God, it makes me angry, now the Government are talking about making Pensioners pay for their T.V. licences. They always go after the most vulnerable Members of society. The aged, the poor The disabled. How do these bastards Sleep at night ? Since I had a major Stroke I am classified as disabled In the…
October 24, 1996 by Fred Shrum, III
There was a riot in the streets and it makes me sick While we’re proselytizing about unity We’re burning down our own community Car lurches forward and shots ring out Self defense the cops had no doubt But the citizens did not agree So they lit the fuse of anarchy I know that a riot…
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A CONSUMER: Sandra Ruttan
TELEVISION The joke in this house is that my husband is all about movies and I’m all about TV; I love a great series, the kind that has season-long arcs, memorable characters. I’ve been doing a lunch rewatch of Fargo, season 1, recently. I love the storytelling, the characters, the intricate way the threads weave…
2 Sonnets by Kristin Garth
The Woods Have Teeth Dangled beneath branch bowed, a bottom lip, perceived to be half of a smile, a child believes it for a while. After arms rip the residents its foliage hides, wild squalls, some shawled invalid saw (infants humans would claim, rename), remain untamed, same feral pets, a mansion…
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A CONSUMER: Beau Johnson
TELEVISION I do love good TV, yup. Some of my favourites being Breaking Bad, Justified, Lost, The Golden Girls, Hannibal (gone too soon) Bosch, X-files (season 1-7 only, sorry Doggett), the first 2 seasons of Battlestar Galactica and the TV movie Razor, The Office, Friends…I could go on. Currently I’m in love with Fleabag and…
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A CONSUMER S.W. Lauden
TELEVISION I watched a lot of TV throughout my childhood and early teen years. As I got older, I started turning my back on TV for long periods to make time for other things (music, books, concerts, writing, etc.), so I’ve missed out on a lot of big cultural moments in the last couple…
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A CONSUMER: NIGEL BIRD
TELEVISION I’m not sure what it is, but I’m still trapped in a time-warping loop that takes me back to a different age. My devices are filled with episodes of Columbo, Van Der Valk and Frazier and I can safely say I’m an addict. It might be that life feels stressful a lot of the…
Taco Truck By Nick Kolakowski
She doesn’t look like much, Jesus sometimes mused, but she gets us through. Under his baby’s dented hood roared a Chevy 350 V8 capable of zero to sixty in a blistering twenty seconds, provided you pointed her down a steep hill before you hit the gas. Inside the onboard kitchen, the exhaust fan hacked…
David J featuring Rose McGowan The Auteur (Redux / The Starlet’s Cut)
David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) presents ‘The Auteur (Redux / The Starlet’s Cut)’, a digital-only single featuring actress, activist and writer Rose McGowan. This release serves as a taster for his forthcoming double album ‘Missive To An Angel From The Halls Of Infamy And Allure’, which is set for release on Glass Modern Records in…
The Weather Prophet by Paul D. Brazill
It had been another one of those seemingly endless days when, like King Midas in reverse, everything I touched turned to shit. True, cold calling was a thankless and futile task at the best of times. In fact, most people in the company hated it but me, well, I just seemed to have a knack for it. A…
