Fish Man squats Fatima Mansions, a tumbledown townhouse on Pentonville Square. The building is in all day shadow behind iron tooth-pick railings on a scrap of dirt. The windows are boarded and the front door padlocked. But the board at this window, here, is a sham. It is nailed once at the top of the … Continue reading The Hollow Men.
A salmon, glistening, unexpected, in silver breastplate armour, unprotected, rose from the unseen other realm, breathed once upon this August mirror, ecstatic at the vision found there, arched, brief in sunlight - beneath the river, disappeared ˙ just as the bells of St. Lawrence pealed the final quarter tones of the hour, concentric circles on … Continue reading This Stunning Creature.
September 24 2005 Croydon Phoned The Ship and Joel E trying to track down my scissors. No joy. Wrote a postcard to Nick B and one to Alaster G. Phoned Scream Studios and booked a rehearsal with Santiago for next week. Met Magic Sam at The Hogshead for lunch - tomato soup, crusty roll with … Continue reading Notes From a Fragile Island…29
Then, all at once, and everywhere, an explosion, a mighty crash, tore the restaurant asunder, ˚ momentarily waking me, or willing me to sip further the elixir she held to me, ˚ and the birthday began again. Rice, like wedding confetti, fell from above and I Was reborn.
The Soap Company return after a six year hiatus with Album 6 (Proper) 'Creative Looting in Times of Austerity'. Head honcho, Tony Soap, has pulled together another glistening, dystopian groovehouse - punkrock - synthpop future classic within which I am honoured to have played my part alongside old and new Soap Co. collaborators - Aurora … Continue reading Creative Looting in Times of Austerity/ The Soap Company
August 10 2015 Croydon The shopping centre reeks of men's hair product. The haircut remains the traditional short-back and sides, but edges toward something quite Hitlerite of late. There are too many men sporting baseball caps. Too many men in tight or ill-fitting sportswear. Too many oversized tee shirts proclaiming Old Guys Rule, Pink Floyd … Continue reading Notes From a Fragile Island…28
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