Monthly Archives: September 2012

Sunday – Wot No Song?

Posted on September 30, 2012 by petertennant

Well we had a song the other day, to mark the passing of Andy Williams. So instead a couple of videos that people linked to on Facebook this week just gone and which impressed me, one for its beauty and … Continue reading →

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Filler content with spare parts

Posted on September 28, 2012 by petertennant

Stuart Young‘s debut collection Spare Parts has just been issued as an e-book by Stumar Press, which seems like a good excuse to post my review of the 2003 edition from Rainfall Books. This review originally appeared on the old … Continue reading →

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R. I. P. My Huckleberry Friend

Posted on September 27, 2012 by petertennant

I find it hard to believe now, but there was a time when I was rather fond of Andy Williams. And so, for old times’ sake…

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55 Reading Questions

Posted on September 25, 2012 by petertennant

I saw Andrew Hook doing this, and then Jim McLeod, so I decided to play too. 1. Favourite childhood book? First thing that came into my head, King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard. The author lived just up the … Continue reading →

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Brief Thoughts on a Miserable Monday #3

Posted on September 24, 2012 by petertennant

ITEM: And it is indeed a miserable Monday, pissing down like nobody’s business. I’m sitting here trying to convince myself that I am not really cold, because it’s a matter of principle at Chez Tennant that we don’t turn the … Continue reading →

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Song for a Sunday – Stolen Car

Posted on September 23, 2012 by petertennant

Today is the 63rd birthday of the world’s greatest living human being. And this little number from The River is one of the greatest songs ever written. I love the simplicity of the lyrics. It says exactly how I feel … Continue reading →

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Filler content with fripl

Posted on September 22, 2012 by petertennant

This review was published back in Black Static #3, exactly as it appears here except for any editorial changes/corrections. LIGHT READING BY ALIYA WHITELEY (Macmillan New Writing hardback, 304pp, £14.99) Pru and Lena are RAF wives, consigned to the usual … Continue reading →

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Filler content with KKK

Posted on September 21, 2012 by petertennant

Today we shall mark the release of the film Hysteria with a return to the world of Richard the Rabbit and his friends. Like its predecessor, this was published on the old Whispers of Wickedness website. At one point we … Continue reading →

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I Sing Like a Girl

Posted on September 20, 2012 by petertennant

Something else I am very much looking forward to, the new film of the musical Les Miserables. I’ve adored the show ever since I first saw it at the theatre in London back in the late 1980s, and the song … Continue reading →

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Filler content with lycanthropic lyrics

Posted on September 19, 2012 by petertennant

This review was published back in Black Static #2, exactly as it appears here except for any editorial changes/corrections. SHARP TEETH by TOBY BARLOW (William Heinemann hardback, 321pp, £12.99) Set in Southern California, this novel masquerading as a prose poem … Continue reading →

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