A dozen or so people, maybe even more than twenty people, know that I write stories. That’s not important, everyone…
Charlie Sayzz – twitter poem – PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE Charlie Sayzz A twitter poem made from Iraq/Afghanistan war reportage, intercut with quotes from cult leader Charles Manson,…
A Note on My Latest Yawn, etc.
And so today I find another unadventurous fiction longlist from the National Book Awards: not a single book from an…
The Dain Curse
I finished Dashiell Hammett’s The Dain Curse more than a year ago, as part of an ongoing effort to read…
Baudelaire’s Nightmare
In 1859, the Paris Salon allowed photographs into its exhibition. This brought a howl of outrage from Baudelaire, who claimed…
The Chameleons live in concert
Here are four video recordings of concerts by one of my favorite 1980s post-punk bands, The Chameleons. I sometimes describe…
Feature Friday: “My Name Is Albert Ayler” (2007)
I’ve been wanting to watch this film since I read a review of it in Sight & Sound six years…
The Nature of the Beast
My slow, steady progress through Donald Sassoon’s monumental but unfailingly fascinating The Culture of the Europeans continues to throw up extraordinary…
Standing on the shoulders of giants
We like to think of ourselves as living in the digital age. It’s a title that makes us feel more…
Blackbox Manifold No. 10 (Summer 2013)
The new issue of the always enjoyable Blackbox Manifold was just launched. It features work by Billy Cancel, Rick Crilly,…