Meera Syal appeared in a short play on BBC Radio 4 recently. Syal, a versatile actor and writer of Indian extraction, was playing a (presumably white) police liason officer called Jackie Hartwell in this mini-drama. She did a great job as usual, her ethnic background was neither here nor there. It made me wonder; areContinue reading “Black and White Lines”
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My Ten Best Points…
Cultural end-of-year lists are so fucking smug. They’ve already started appearing, and I’m having to avoid the Sunday papers where cultural hacks declare which books, films and albums were the most essential. What a lot of great shit I’ve missed (as usual). There’s nothing wrong in theory with writers looking back at their personal highlights,Continue reading “My Ten Best Points…”
Love on the Streets…
Last month me and my part-time minion Jodie Schofield went out onto the streets of Liverpool to do film a video for my song ‘Like a Wave’. After half an hour of me playing in the street, a cop and a municipal whelk turned up and asked me for my name and address, as partContinue reading “Love on the Streets…”
Dreamcatcher news
Since June this year I’ve added a new identity to my several selves. I am the Dreamcatcher; collector of stories from the subconscious. Practically speaking, this means I go up to people and ask them about dreams they’ve had. It’s a strange activity to undertake and I encounter as many misses as hits; but withContinue reading “Dreamcatcher news”
The Life Organic (grassroots culture vs. corporate control)
I probably don’t have to tell you this, but NASA’s latest probe ‘Curiosity’ which is currently trundling around the surface of Mars is not expected to find any living organisms. Millions of years ago, so the story goes, the red planet possessed oceans, a rich atmosphere and all the elements needed for life to develop.Continue reading “The Life Organic (grassroots culture vs. corporate control)”
Saturday at St Luke’s
Last Saturday (8th Sept) I was glad to play at St Luke’s (the bombed-out church) on Leece St. The event was called ‘Hobo Market’, a regular Saturday market run by my friends Tristan and Delia Brady-Jacobs. In addition to stalls selling books, clothes and some gorgeous handmade bits and bobs, there was a ‘listening tent’Continue reading “Saturday at St Luke’s”
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