The Pixies are a special band, being the major component to 90s alt rock and the catalyst to the grunge music scene two decades ago. What made them plunge into the hearts of rock-loving fans were their two magnum opus’s: Doolittle and Surfer Rosa. This is only what their new album, Head Carrier cannot be, … Continue reading Review: Pixies – Head Carrier
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The Netflix Era – Are We In The Golden Age Of Television?
I’m not one to watch much television, not since I was a kid when I watched cartoons every morning and afternoon after school. But as an adult I just either didn’t have the time or didn’t want to give my time to something like that. I’d watch films, listen to music and read books. But … Continue reading The Netflix Era – Are We In The Golden Age Of Television?
Never Let Me Go – One Of The Most Beautiful Novels Ever Written?
I read Never Let Me Go several years ago when I saw it in a bookshop and just decided to get it. I’d heard of it, it must have been around the time the film came out in 2010 so it was one of those books people were talking about. I was on my Masters … Continue reading Never Let Me Go – One Of The Most Beautiful Novels Ever Written?
The Breakfast Club – Comedy, Drama, Psychology
One of the best comedy-drama films ever made is The Breakfast Club. I must have first watched it at university back in 2007 maybe, but it stayed as one of my favourite films. We all know the charming story of five high school students on Saturday detention – each of them their own stereotype and … Continue reading The Breakfast Club – Comedy, Drama, Psychology
Radiohead – The Most Important Band Since Nirvana?
I think a number of companies could take advice from Radiohead’s marketing team since even I was on the proverbial bandwagon for their new album, A Moon Shaped Pool. They’d deleted their entire online presence, which strangely attracted an audience. I noticed people quoting their song lyrics like ‘Is this really happening?’ from Idioteque or … Continue reading Radiohead – The Most Important Band Since Nirvana?
Jesus’ Son – Denis Johnson’s American Emotion
I read Jesus’ Son last month while sitting on a train from Liverpool to Manchester. My friend, James Rice, had bought it for me for my birthday, as he’d mentioned it when we were in university. It’s a collection of 11 short stories, which all are quite short and which touch upon drug addiction, alcoholism … Continue reading Jesus’ Son – Denis Johnson’s American Emotion
The Psychology of Horror Films
I can’t remember the first horror film I watched, but I remember I did watch a lot of them when I was younger. My mother seemed to enjoy them back then – my parents were okay with me watching them, they didn’t think I'd be able to sit through them. But I did. I kept … Continue reading The Psychology of Horror Films
Breaking The Fourth Wall – How and Why It’s Used
The fourth wall comes from the traditional, three-walled box set stage production where there are three walls on stage – two walls at either side and one at the back – and the fourth is the front of the box, or the invisible wall through which the audience can see. I’ve been watching House of … Continue reading Breaking The Fourth Wall – How and Why It’s Used
My Top 20 Short Stories
1. Hills Like White Elephants – Ernest Hemingway 2. The Girl with Curious Hair – David Foster Wallace 3. Anne Moore’s Life – Roberto Bolano 4. The Most Beautiful Woman in Town – Charles Bukowski 5. A Room Forever – Breece D'J Pancake 6. Jerusalem’s Lot – Stephen King 7. Heat – Joyce Carol Oates 8. Gazebo … Continue reading My Top 20 Short Stories
The New Professional Craze
What makes us crazy in the 21st century, era of computers, Generation fb, the false space-age, the present future? Eleven years ago I was unemployed for a year and struggled not only to find a job but to understand what that meant. I walked in the Jobcentre and a woman at a desk asked me … Continue reading The New Professional Craze