Radio 1’s seemingly never-ending devotion to the Coldplay album — exclusive tracks! interviews! reports on the making of the record! — repeats the farce of their coverage of the Robbie Williams Knebworth concerts. When a section of […]

Bob G says in this morning’s Observer (can’t find the link, sorry) that in order to raise the most awareness for African debt relief he needs the biggest selling artists, hence African musicians are being left off. “It’s not a[…]

is peter halley a comics artist ?
no
a) he doesnt work on paper (ie he is not ephemeral)
b) he doesnt use words (is the usual conflation and split b/w language and image requiste?)
c) his work can appear apart (ie can it be modular and still be seque[…]

There’s little more satisfying than seeing a story which you know is going to involve the words and watching in delight as they appear. Paragraph 1…2…come on….3…4….almost there….5….6…yes! GET IN y[…]

‘No one in France had been taking film seriously. Then people were saying you had to […] that was the the thing we had to do first: force it on people that there was “work,” even if you have to tell them now that they’ve[…]

long ago i planned to gussy up something abt how everything twadorno sez abt igor s in this book actually better applies to the banshees but IN A GOOD WAY however art is long and life is short and i am v.easily distracted and in the meantime here is […]

It’s Poptimism #3 this time next week, Downstairs @ The Polar Bear in SoHo, from 7 till 1. What can you expect? Guest DJ this month is Kate, former Lolly and current Shimura Curve, who will be playing bubblegum and seeking pop at the heart of t[…]

like you i have been revolted bored sickened and soporifically aghast at the varied dullardoid attempts made to interpret “revenge of the sith” as a fable about bush
actually though i *like* this mode of examination a lot but the basic r[…]

…now that spring is here. Or any other season for that matter, as Clitheroe is home to my favourite wine seller, the legendary Byrne’s. Now, I would happily have arsed about with HTML and used their name as a link then, but Byrne’s […]

The first thing to be said – and it almost goes without saying – is that moment for moment this was about five times more entertaining and inspiring than most other gigs I’ve seen. This is surely because I don’t go to pop gigs[…]