Monthly Archives: October 2014

Years since I gave Supertramp a second thought, so here’s a real trip down memory lane:-

This is one of those weeks when it’s going to be filler content or nothing at all (and probably more of the same next week), so here’s a little something that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #37:- NYLON ANGEL: … Continue reading →

The aliens have (crash)landed, just in time for Halloween:-

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #38:- WHITE DEVILS: PAUL McAULEY Simon & Schuster hb, 521pp, £12.99 Several decades of war and bio-terrorism have left the world in a bad way and Africa has suffered more than … Continue reading →

Two reviews that originally appeared in Black Static #34:- STEPHEN KING: IN TRIVIAL PURSUIT From Cemetery Dance we have two new books targeted at fans of the world’s most successful horror writer, but before I get into reviewing them let’s … Continue reading →

Once upon a time there was a man who wrote a song with the line ‘I don’t want no god on my lawn, just a flower I can help along’. I miss that guy.

So, recently I spent a weekend watching movies starring the woman whose name garners more search engine results for my blog than my own. Watching the Detectives (2007) Cillian Murphy plays film buff and video store owner Neil, who is … Continue reading →

Following on from last month’s Books Read in 1987. The total for the year is up to 115, and there seem to be rather a lot of art and poetry books in the mix, the latter mainly because I had … Continue reading →

Out later this month and based on the Joe Hill novel, which I haven’t read. Not sure if I like the cut of its jib or not.

ITEM: The Russian mystic Gurdjieff thought that transcendence could be achieved through work and repetitive actions, and so set his disciples to digging ditches and then filling them back in. I believe I achieved a similar satori last week when mowing … Continue reading →