Bethnysium 25 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm

Sitting in a pub on Bethnal Green Rd, drinking cider and listening to classic soul. About to watch Matt Damon's (read his name as said on Team America) Elysium. Took an hour to walk here. Spent 707 ca...

House of Wax 23 Aug 2013 | 12:43 pm

Wax Idols, Discipline + Desire, 2013 My boyfriend was cutting my hair last week in our makeshift hair salon in the kitchen when I suggested this album as soundtrack. As the album unfolded and he snap...

G33k/Techie question 22 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm

Can any of you recommend a good CRM for a small arts organisation with little to zero budget?  I've already had a look at MailChimp and SalesForce but they don't "quite" work.  Many thanks!

Dead Teens 13 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray My rating: 2 of 5 stars This should have really been called Porky Dies because it owes much of its spirit to the 80s Canadian B-Movie "Porky's", with its gang of boys who ...

Allen Ginsberg Exercise #3 8 Aug 2013 | 01:10 pm

Harsh beat, stress down my spine and fingers. Sitting in the spare room, early Thursday morning in London, about to slip on some socks and head to work. Bjork so hard, drilling a hole in my head.

Allen Ginsberg Exercise #2 7 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm

Vocals and chords from a tiny device I touch, a roar outside. In my writing room, 9.13 Tuesday morning, before heading to work. See myself walking all the way to the station while listening to the J...

Madder Rose 5 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm

Troglodyte Rose by Adam Lowe My rating: 4 of 5 stars I recently stumbled upon this novel in Wattpad, where it's available for free as a novella. I was drawn to it because it was a finalist for the L...

Best New All Female Band 3 Aug 2013 | 03:42 pm

Sorbet's Return 28 Jul 2013 | 09:54 pm

New York Subway, a photo by areshuan on Flickr. I just received a notification that my close and intimate friend Jacqueline Sorbet has returned to her novel A Rendezvous With Passion. She posted its 3...

2013's Summer Anthem Has Arrived 27 Jul 2013 | 03:48 pm