Archive of posts filed under the books/zines category.
Deep Down with Penny Reel
I forgot to mention – if you liked Penny Reel’s excellent writing below (in the Tappa Zukie entry) and my feeble attempts at emulating his style then you should definitely get hold of his book Deep Down With Dennis Brown. Comrade Reel is one of the best reggae writers EVER imo – a much underrated …
in love with depravity
pH level
Phil Hine’s online journal is now up. Phil used to edit Pagan News, which is possibly the only thing I have ever enjoyed reading which included the word “pagan”. Perhaps not uncoincidentally, he has also written the only two worthwhile books on chaos magick. (Accessible too, if you are wondering what it is). And again …
in da remainder shop
Went out looking for telephone cable at lunchtime and instead came back with a copy of: Dessauce, Marc (1999) The Inflatable Moment: Pneumatics and Protest in ’68. New York, Princeton Architectural Press. For a fiver (published at 20 quid! 150 pages! Jesus!) Which, on first inspection, seems to be an account the much-overlooked link between …
2003 best of part three
Books I didn’t read nearly as much as I wanted to last year. 1. Iain Sinclair – London Orbital. (courtesy my Mum) Apparently he was on The Today Programme yesterday discussing the widening of the M25 and was admirably bonkers – talking about collective hallucinations and how the widening of the M25 would just lead …
yes yes y’all
Ian Penman back once again…The Goodrick-Clarke book is an essential read for anyone remotely interested in the subject – also a must have for anyone who has come into contact with the posturing of da black clad legions of occulture. If you do a search here you’ll find an early entry on his book about …
Big up Hackney Libraries –
Eye: David Toop – Ocean of Sound (I confess I skimmed this, but it’s damn fine even if the more classical ‘trad’ avant garde isn’t your bag) Polly Toynbee – Hard Work (sort of “povery porn” – Polly goes to live on the minimum wage on a Council Estate and is shocked to find that …
all roads lead to Manchester
x years to get out…
Finally got around to watching American History X on video last night (It was on telly a couple of weeks back). Thought it was pretty good and compared favourably with other “nazi-skinheads come good” efforts like Romper Stomper, and, uh… Made In Britain. Good soundtrack by Anne Dudley as well (you’ve got to have a …