“Well, someone had to say it.” Those were the last words spoken as the last few remnants of the human race passed into the silent oblivion of death as the non-corporeal yet strangely expansionist alien force surged into their bunker beneath the ancient stronghold of London. London, of all cities, […]
Before I left on this trek across these here United States of America I was full of excitable hype for the release of Crashed America. And then it didn’t happen, because I’m an unreliable bastard. Well, partially because I’m an unreliable bastard at least. In the few days before I […]
Courtesy of Dave ‘The Artist’ Vigor here are the front and back covers for the upcoming Crashed America, due for a – er- ‘soft’ release on the 13th of January (Monday!). In a triumph of poor planning, disorganisation and good, old fashioned, fuck-up-covering ‘artistic temprament’ I’m still making the final […]
The sign might have been meaningless, she thought. She’d spent two days wandering this time – her furiously focused marching leading her miles away from the machine before fear, or guilt or something had forced her to turn back. Now, as she made her way across the last few hundred […]
Never have found Russell Brand particularly interesting or funny but then I don’t recall ever watching or reading anything he’s done, so largely a non entity from my point of view. Watched the bulk of the Paxman interview though and fair play to him, his objections and broad goals are […]
Well, I figure a good first post on my new site would be one which answers a question which I’ve barely even asked myself so far, why Indie publishing? Now over the months to come there’s going to be more and more said about my novel (well, by me at […]
In what I intend to make my very last online move I’ve shifted my nefarious activities over to a new site – LaikaReb.com. As well as hosting all the archives of my free music writing and reviews it’ll be the new dumping ground for any musical discoveries I manage to […]
At what point does the focus of humanity shift from the vast, sprawling expanse of reality over to the screen sized abyss of the digital? The Internet of Things is the concept of connecting anything and everything to the internet for the purpose of feeling like we’re living in The […]
[bandcamp album=1850183307 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande3] Well it’s UK Hip Hop old timer Syntax and Tom Caruana – variable but undoubtedly talented producer, with a new album which samples Edgar Wright’s work (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead et al) and is loosely related to his work. Although in practice that just […]
I don’t dislike Dizraeli, although starting a review with that may seem like a certain precursor for slating something.