Monthly Archives: February 2021

Cinema Show/Firth of Fifth/Second Home by the Sea

A triple bill to bring down the curtain on this month’s celebration of Genesis, as I really can’t decide which is my all time favourite track by the band (but it’s probably one of these three).

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OR: Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine #30

A review that originally appeared in The Fix #7:- FUTURES MYSTERIOUS ANTHOLOGY MAGAZINE #30 Edited by Babs Lakey It looks decidedly pulpish, with poor quality paper, every inch of which is crowded with prose, poetry, cartoons, contests and illustrations, everything … Continue reading

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The Return Of The Giant Hogweed

The first album I bought by the band was Genesis Live and I remember loving this song, in part owing to the horror genre overtones of the title. They said hogweed, but in my mind I heard triffid. Only later … Continue reading

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OR: Problem Child #1

A review that originally appeared in The Fix #7:- PROBLEM CHILD #1 Edited by Lori Selke ‘A Group Home for Well-Loved but Unruly Literature’ is what it says on the front cover. In both its predilection for old advertisements and … Continue reading

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The Fountain of Salmacis

Another track from Nursery Cryme

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OR: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #5

A review that originally appeared in The Fix #7:- ANDROMEDA SPACEWAYS INFLIGHT MAGAZINE #5 Edited by Danuta Shaw According to the cover blurb this is ‘Australia’s PULPIEST Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine’. Could well be, but you’ll have to ask … Continue reading

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The Musical Box

I used to love Genesis and Nursery Cryme is fifty years old this year. Here’s a deliciously creepy track from the album.

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Lighthouse Magazine #1

A review that originally appeared in The Fix #7:- LIGHTHOUSE MAGAZINE #1 Edited by Paul Calvin Wilson This new magazine looks promising, printed on good quality paper and with an attractive, easy on the eye layout. Mind you, at £5.00 … Continue reading

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