I saw that Rich Hall documentary on Texas the other night + really enjoyed it. I love his documentaries - I'm interested to see what he does next ( Read more... )

The new issue of Classic Pop is amazing - great articles on OMD + Eurythmics + Some Bizarre record label (also giving guides to their best songs) plus reviews of the Wendy + Lisa reissue and the Fuzzbox reissue. Plus interviews w/Alison Moyet and Wendy James (hope they do a longer piece on Transvision Vamp at some point - Wendy was also one of the ( Read more... )

I quite liked the twist in the last episode of Utopia tho' for some reason the series never really caught on with me, it was OK but I didn't really love it ( Read more... )

I'd better make the most of LJ actually working ( Read more... )

Got new issue of Classic Pop magazine, I do enjoy it probably because its focus is on 80s pop which is my favourite era for pop as well - largely because you had arty/weird people making mainstream pop music & doing it so well. I'm dying for them to do a feature on Transvision Vamp or Shampoo ( Read more... )

I got the new issue of Gay Times. They had little mentions of theatrical productions of Hedwig & the Angry Inch and Dandy in the Underworld which I would love to see. They also mentioned a performance artist/singer called Taylor Mac who sounded quite cool ( Read more... )

Well the weekend went OK (my brother came up with his family) --- managed to get a couple more things done round the house, went out for an Italian meal on Saturday night and my brother cooked a big roast dinner for everyone on Sunday. His 2 boys are OK but it just makes even more certain that I do not want children ( Read more... )

I was at the dentists today so I picked up the latest copy of Vice from the cafe nearby. It was actually really good for a Vice issue as it was all short stories. My favourite one was the one about Cary Grant on LSD, they also had interviews with Dennis Cooper and Poppy Z. Brite (the Poppy Z. Brite one was particularly interesting as she says she ( Read more... )

These are my top CDs of 2006 (in no particular order ( Read more... )

Recently I got a Fuzzbox Greatest Hits CD/DVD from amazon for less than a tenner which I have been enjoying. They were an all girl quartet from late 80s Birmingham who started off as outrageous punks (couldn't play, didn't care, crazy colour hair --- one of them had a Mohican --- and jumble shop clothes). They signed to a major label and had a ( Read more... )