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079: I give you humanity

September 6, 2018

Hullo. After last time's sprawl, this one is a little bit Just The Facts, if only because the next one is inevitably going to Go On A Bit with the likely...

078: “First It” and “Second It.”

August 29, 2018

Hullo. No books out this week. Just chat. Sit down. Have a biscuit. No, wait, that was the last biscuit. How dare you! We must fight. Contents! Once more...

077: nowt but a mass of insecurities with pop-songs as sticking plasters

August 23, 2018

I really should start writing these newsletters earlier in the day, when my brain is still mostly working, but it seems never to happen. Will there be a typo...

076: self-inflicted

August 16, 2018

Hullo. Arethea Franklin was just announced having died, and I tweeted: "I can't say anything to capture Aretha Franklin's greatness that isn't explained...

075: you are our pop Aslan.

August 1, 2018

Hullo. Music crushes these week is Imarhan's Tumast and Idles' Samartians. The latter is one of the best songs about toxic masculinity I've ever heard. I...

074: Her From Enchanted Meets Lovecraft

July 25, 2018

Hullo. I need to write this before cooking. In this case, a Simple Lamb Curry. When I am cooking, I always enter "Simple" into google before whatever thing I...

073: the power of ritual

July 18, 2018

Hullo. I started the last newsletter with first trying out Mitski's Nobody. I've been obsessively listening to it ever since, only alternating with Twilight...

072: plotted by a pack of drunk Labradors.

July 4, 2018

Hullo. I was going to write something serious here, but I just realised Mitski released a single last week, which has left me all excited. Join me! This is...

071: a comedy Kelvin trying to find absolute zero

June 27, 2018

Hullo. I forgot to say this last week, but I had several folk point out Olympia absolutely was released as a single. Thankfully Alex, the first, also gave me...

070: Lucifer as Nun

June 20, 2018

Hullo. It's me again. I had a brief break, for the dual reason of prioritisation (as in, I had nothing 100% essential to get out so other things took the...

069: a genre which left such deep roots and/or scars

May 31, 2018

Hullo. I'm writing this in a local coffee-shop drinking lemonade because I am such a rebel. Everyone is very impressed. Contents! Vegas Fairford Books &...

068: when is June?

May 23, 2018

Hullo. I like to think that every piece of writing poses a fundamental question that needs to be answered. This newsletter is an exploration of the question...

067: in the land of the feline elves, she was a hobbit.

May 17, 2018

Hullo. Today is very much the sort of day when I'm reminded of a bleak truth. I have a career not because of how I write when I want to write, but how you...

066: glycemic blitzkreig is my Waterloo

May 9, 2018

Hullo. Now, when I only sent the last one on Friday, do I skip a week, when I don't really have anything new to plug? Of course not, as I am driven by love,...

065: Dicey Moral Dilemmas

May 4, 2018

Hullo. Today's main thing has been watching the sort of memeic shuffle between people who still really like May The 4th as a thing, and people who are bored...

064: a little secretly-ironic arrogance

April 25, 2018

Hullo. How are you? I'm thinking about lines between the mid-period Clash singles, Marc Bolan and Destiny's Child's Lose My Breath. Because I remain me....

063: a graphic (and graphic) memoir

April 18, 2018

Hullo. Warren linked to me last time, which has led to a bunch of new followers. I can only presume it is an act of homage to my might. The Omelette Wars are...

062: milk.

April 11, 2018

Hullo. No comics out today, so no real need to write, except for the fact I need to give my subconscious some space to chew over how a fight scene is going...

060: kaffeeklatsch

April 5, 2018

Hullo. Mum update: she hasn't got the last newsletter, so presumably has been eaten alive by the spam-filter or she hasn't approved it, which means we're...

059: a half-harmonized scream

March 21, 2018

Hullo. Since last time, I told my mum that I had a mailing list and now she's signed up so expect less swearing from now on. Contents! Not Losing My Wedge...