I’m one of those terrible people who just constantly goes on about the thing that they’re doing. I’m going to be wanky and call it ‘being an artist’. The problem is, everyone is doing something, and it’s very hard to get your voice heard. That’s why this morning I’ve conducted myself in a way I … Continue reading »
Project 333 – one month in.
So a month ago today I started on my own Project 333. You’ll want to read that post first, it’s here. Today I am allowing myself some adaptation to it all. I will still keep 33 items of clothing in my wardrobe but the last month has taught me a little more about my wearing habits than I … Continue reading »
21.
Today is my baby brother’s 21st birthday. It’s really strange to think of him as an adult. I don’t know if I ever will truly be able to grasp it. He certainly doesn’t act like it a lot of the time. When I think about how we were when we were little, and how much I … Continue reading »
Between the rock and a hard place.
A while ago I wrote a massive article on music, and the current state of it. As part of this article I interviewed a number of people about their tastes, and what they think is on the horizon. I think we’ve started to see the turning of the tide. The article was never published despite … Continue reading »
Proof copy of my book arrives.
Macbeth.
Last night I went to see ‘the Scottish play’ at Trafalgar Studios. I’m not the biggest Shakespeare fan. I respect his body of work, and his creation of words, and his wordplay therein, and I like the amount of death that seems inherent in his tragedies. That’s quite a lot of things. Maybe I do … Continue reading »
To the marathon.
I am shattered. I just walked a mile to catch the train to London. I am going to watch the marathon today, and I am obviously being satirical, although I did have to pace it because I spent far too long lost in my own reflection this morning. Two very good friends are running today … Continue reading »
Project 333.
Last night I went through my wardrobe and chest of drawers, packed up two thirds of their contents into two suitcases and put them in the loft. Don’t worry. I’m not going anywhere. It’s an experiment in the minimalist lifestyle. For the last couple of months I have been harping on at people about the … Continue reading »
‘David Bowie Is…’ Exhibition – V&A Museum.
The three albums which define my early childhood are REM’s Monster, David Bowie’s Hunky Dory and Jason Donavan’s Ten Good Reasons. Luckily for all concerned I became disenfranchised with the latter before I was ever asked what my favourite albums were. The first two, meanwhile, are entirely down to my parents, who would permeate bathtime … Continue reading »
The Life And Loves Of Jet Tea – a review
Jet Tea is a man plagued by the twenty-first century. Stuck in a series of jobs which don’t really do justice to the years of ability he has built up, and dumped by the first real love of his adult life, he bounces from pillar to post, and pub to pub, trying to find love … Continue reading »
