Turn The Page: Jafsie And John Henry by David Mamet

From one book of essays to another; from one book which I found essential to another which I found to be the total opposite, and it pains to me say that. I like David Mamet – I like his films and I like the plays that I have read; I’ve enjoyed a couple of interviews [...]

Turn The Page: The War Against Cliche by Martin Amis

When you read a book of essays you are hoping to get an insight into the subjects under discussion that you may not have arrived at by yourself; or you are looking for an opinion on something that you are not knowledgeable about yourself – you seek to educate yourself; or perhaps you want an [...]

me, god and the bible (or thoughts on a strained relationship)

I have always had a somewhat problematic relationship with the bible, and therefore I have always had a somewhat awkward relationship with those who live their lives by it. I was born into fertile ground as far as having religious based confusion went – what with a mother who is a lapsed catholic and my [...]

Opinion

Do you ever wonder about your qualification to speak about something? If you find yourself wanting does that make you reconsider opening your mouth to let loose what may be that most dangerous of traps, an uninformed opinion? I know I have been guilty of talking about something I am not fully up to speed [...]

Rebellious Jukebox: Throbbing Gristle

I don’t know where I had heard about Throbbing Gristle but I had just got a catalogue through from Mute Records and there was a big re-release program going on where they had all of the bands albums available so I bought six at once. I had never even listened to them once. To say [...]

Good Reads

my ‘read’ shelf:
So I found this site that I am having a lot of fun with the widget for it being above this blurb — go check it out.

Blogosphere: Blogging

today i pretty much joined up on every major blogging site that there is — thankfully it is getting easier to feed stuff from one site to another so you can mount the props a hell of a lot easier. i have stuff of substance planned — this is just one of those holding pattern [...]