Jun
18
THE SHOW QUEEN
Given the current high cost of living—and mere survival—in the increasingly devalued City of London (thanks in part
2 min read
Digital Renegade
Jun
18
MISSIONARY ZEAL
Spoiler alert
Having just saved the world from its greatest existential threat (“the Entity”) in Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning, it
2 min read
Jun
16
ON THE ROAD WITH MATT
This past week, I’ve been listening to film actor Matt Dillon narrate Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and
2 min read
Jun
12
PURE IMAGINATION
Many of those who have had their ears blessed and their hearts touched by pop warhorses like Good Vibrations and
2 min read
Jun
07
SUICIDE IS SHAMELESS
If balancing excessive narcissism, self-promotion, and an endless longing for death seems a little contradictory, that’s probably because it
3 min read
Jun
01
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
We all know you shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but can one still be honest if unwilling
2 min read
May
29
BELONGING
Given that the great Keith Jarrett has just turned 80, I can think of no more touching birthday tribute than
1 min read
May
25
STEVE PLAYS STEVIE
The musical legacy of my Uncle Steve (technically my second cousin) is fairly well preserved on YouTube. This Captain Caveman-looking
1 min read
May
24
LIVE AND LET DIE
When you were young and your heart was an open book
You used to say live and let live
(You
3 min read
May
22
BACK TO NATURE
It seemed that the 1960s and 1970s marked the beginning of a re-evaluation of traditional British values and the colonial
4 min read