Ranthead: Star Wars Raped My Childhood

Have I anywhere publicly expressed my loathing for Star Wars? I am not sure that I have. I feel the urge to do so now. Why? Because my children have the Star Wars Lego computer game and the sound of R2D2 screaming like he is being introduced to twelve inches of wookie meat is driving [...]

Indie Bookshelf

Click the above link to check out this new site.
This is a site that will advertise the indie media (books, CD’s, etc) for the artists and provide indie authors resources for indie publishing, including links to publishing resources, articles on indie publishing, and free advertising for their products. There is also opportunity for freelancers to [...]

All About Me: Our Sister Site

Please check out our sister site — it houses some older pieces that were culled from a scattering of poetry and writing blogs and some newer pieces. All of it is worth a read and I would appreciate any comments that you have — there is something for everyone: poetry (free verse, haiku, sonnets, etc); [...]

Ranthead: Proofread

I know that as soon as I sit down to write this rant, no matter how many times I look at it there will be a typo that is going to make me look like an arsehole. That aside though, I would just like to say, that if you are putting out your first issue [...]

Turn The Page: Siddartha by Herman Hesse

As with a lot of the works by Herman Hesse this book is not large in regards to the number of pages but the largeness of the spirit contained within is immeasurable.
Sometimes you read a book and you feel that serendipity has delivered it to you, so closely does it seem tailored to the needs [...]

Turn The Page: fake memoir number 2: Love & Consequences by Margaret B Jones

Wow, these idiots are really coming out of the woodwork. Oops, is that a bit harsh? Well, Jesus, what the hell do these people expect? They write these things and then they get published — someone who knows you is going to see it and damn if you aren’t rumbled.
Margaret B. Jones wrote about [...]

Comicsphere: Freakangels Theories

I know it’s probably not the best thing to be floating theories around before something is notionally out of the gates but there is enough of intrigue already in the Freakangels to get the old noggin working. I was wondering what the significance of Jack The Ripper might be to Freakangels given that it is [...]

papershop: found magazine

http://www.foundmagazine.com
the whole idea of finding something and re-contextualising so that it becomes something other than it was fascinates me. i have to admit at one point that i might have seen it all as cheating but that has changed. you get interested in collage, you think about the cut-up technique of william burroughs where, [...]

Turn The Page: Jim Goad — Shit Magnet

As with a lot of the books that line my shelves I came to The Redneck Manifesto by Jim Goad through the recommendation, or rather a loan, of the book from a friend. What’s your first reaction when you get handed a book with a title like that? Well, you start looking for swastikas [...]

turn the page: Jack Ketchum - The Girl Next Door

I just finished reading this book and I am glad I did in more than one sense. I am glad that I read it because for once a book delivered on what was promised on the blurb on the cover, it is well written, tense and truly was horrific. I am also glad I [...]