Life could have been very different and then...something changed. Except, nothing has really changed. Oh sure, I've got less hair and a wider waist. You've got a few grey hairs. We are all a little older. But none of the things that matter have changed. By the things that matter I mean, of course, [...]
The last time I saw Supergrass was a quarter of a century ago. Can you give me a moment while I wipe the tears from my eyes? Thank you. It is strange to think that I was just twenty-two years old. That probably means that Supergrass were about, well, twelve? Thirteen maybe? Who knows. My [...]
He was a man when I was a boy. We were the same age. He was taller, faster, stronger, better looking and, perhaps most importantly, cool. We had been friends in our last year of primary school but now, four years into high school things were different. So different. Same place, different worlds. I was [...]
The best writers seem to be speaking directly to you. It's like they've been living in your wardrobe. They've seen you naked, rifled through your pockets, heard all of your best lines, been there through cold blooded old times and they know all of your secrets. At least that's how it seems. This should seem [...]
It's time to start again. Again. Just when I think I've worked "it" out I am hit by some event, some word, some person, some feeling, some thing, that strips me of that notion and leaves me sobbing, hopeless and broken on the floor. Again. It's almost as if life, whatever that means, is not [...]
***this article is a response to one that appeared in the Independent.Ie on February 8th 2020 written by John Meagher*** Line upon line. Britpop's most emblematic year was 1995 Was it really? If by emblematic you mean the year when lots of records were sold by Blur and Oasis...fair enough. But the year that "best" [...]
Thousands of men, and it is always men, in Clark's desert boots, a polka dot button down shirt and a Paisley pattern Tootal scarf are members of a sinister cult. Like all cult members they don't know that they are members of a cult, they think they are free thinkers. Far from being victims of [...]
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