Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Two things have got me thinking about comics this week.
Firstly, I got stung by a radioactive wasp. This cruel and bizarre chemical incident has turned me in to a new and terrifying superhero; Trunkleg Woman. “She itches, she swells and boy does she look bad in skirts.”
Secondly, I looked at new cinema releases, to find [...]
Monday, September 13, 2010
“Redskins open the season wearing gold pants”
Snarf. I might not be what you’d call an ‘expert’ on American Football, but headlines like the one above seem to indicate that the National Football League has been rather ‘sexed up’ while my back was turned.
You may expect, with a name like ‘The Redskins’ that the football kit [...]
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Because I am part of the Tesco generation, I thought I’d give Kate Nash a 2-4-1 deal on fanzine articles, so here is my second.
They say that age is relative. Well when it comes my relatives, age aint nothin’ but a mind warp.
This year I turned 25, my younger sister turned 3, my mother turned [...]
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Here is a little article I wrote for Kate Nash’s new fanzine, available at all good European music venues while she’s on tour. The theme is age, inspired by her support band Supercute, who are all under 16.
I remember the first time I got drunk. Of course I do. I was six.
Now, before Esther Rantzen [...]
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Here is my latest column for Ideas Tap.
Forget music, friends, warmth and entertainment; when it comes to festivals, all you really need is cold, hard cash. Inspired by a summer of al fresco spending, Nell Frizzell introduces us to her new summer staple, Capitalism Fest…
Do you know what festivals need? Bigger charges on cash machines. [...]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
When I won the Ideas Tap Columnist competition, they asked me to provide a photo to accompany each article. When you’ve got a face like mine (a smiling egg attached to a beak) this kind of request usually results in a fit of hair-renting, grimacing hysterics in front of a long suffering photographer.
Luckily, Nick Scott, [...]
Monday, September 6, 2010
My latest column for those work wear wonders Director-e
If you think minimalism means not being able to find the doorknob in an entirely white room, or having to hide all your books behind sliding white screens, then think again. This season, thanks to Stella McCartney and fellow Brit Hannah McGibbon (for Chloe), minimalism in fact [...]
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Let me first say this; I love old Juliette Brioche.
I mean, I really love her. If you’d asked me a couple of months ago I probably would have said “God, I could just watch her for hours. Give me Juliette Binoche, in a nice outfit, and I’m happy. Throw in a silver fox, some beautiful [...]
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Call me childish, suspicious and lewd, but I have just read the Wikipedia page on revolvers and the whole thing seems to have been web optimised by a horny thirteen year old boy with more screens than pubic hairs.
In the first two paragraphs alone I found references to ‘cock’, ‘pull back’, ‘pump action’, ’self-cocking’, ‘one [...]
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Here is my latest column for Ideas Tap. I cannot urge you enough to visit their website.
As anyone who’s ever tried to cop off in the toilets of the Louvre can tell you, sex and art can be a heady, if uncomfortable, combination.
While theatre, sculpture, painting and music all give it a bash, the art [...]