I love both Stewart Lee and Will Self, so I knew this interview in the Guardian was going to be good value. And it is from the first paragraph: “I really noticed the scene changing in the 90s. The audience at the Bedford – a pub I used to work … Continue reading
Gaga twitched and honked awkwardly around the stage in her Grammy’s “tribute” to Bowie – sponsored by Intel. Seriously. Her performance, eulogising the death of a definitive British rock icon with a cumbersome medley of accessible singles, has already been turned into an advert. Then, at the Brits last night a … Continue reading
I recently had the kind of personal epiphany you’re supposed to stop having after you’re in your teens and twenties. I realised that I’m an introvert. Then I freaked out about it. Then I realised that it’s OK. It’s all because if this book: Quiet – The Power of Introverts … Continue reading
The Value of Creative Work (or “Shit Clients Say”) My significant other is a fashion photographer and retoucher. She recently had a conversation with a new client who’s runs a hair salon. It went like this: Hair Bloke: Hey, I’ve got a lead for you. Do you retouch passport photographs?My … Continue reading
I wonder if 2010 will be the year that mainstream marketing starts to understand the reach of online publishing. A recent exchange I had doesn’t bode well for it: “Hi Kyle,” barked the PR guy on the other end of the line, “[COMPANY NAME] accidentally emailed us your request to … Continue reading
The train doors open and like the shuffling automata in ‘Metropolis’ we trudge towards them. People get primal when they’re using public transport. Those in pairs and groups use unspoken alliances to gang up on the rest, making blocking manoeuvres to secure maximum space. Those alone (i.e. me) have to … Continue reading
Last Wednesday I drove my car into a wall at 40 miles an hour and walked away from the twisted wreckage, lucky to be alive. My chest is black and blue, I can’t move my head too well, there’s a graze under my eye that I think might have been … Continue reading