One of the compensations of winter is donning a nice, cosy wooly hat. There’s nothing like the snug feeling of those knitted sheep fibres embracing your cranium. But for me and many others, these items are more than just a way to keep warm. Woolen headgear has played a role in subculture for many years. It’sContinue reading “Beanie Bohemia – A History of Wooly Hats.”
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Berlin’s Radical Underground
My first visit Berlin six years ago coincided with the global financial system going into meltdown. It was all over every screen in my hostel, with panicked-looking people in suits trying to explain incompehensible columns of figures. But I wasn’t there as a financial journalist; I was on a mission to explore a very differentContinue reading “Berlin’s Radical Underground”
It’s ok to be moody…
This is a new song I found in my sleep. I had been trying to understand the approach of less melodic artists like Nick Cave, with their dark and moody intensity, not a vibe that I normally create. One day I heard the chorus of this song, with lyrics, as I was waking up. ItContinue reading “It’s ok to be moody…”
Under the Skin: The Lure of Leather
I have fond memories of certain headshop in Sheffield that helped me through my adolescence. I often used to go in there, and after browsing the vinyl LPs and sniffing the packets of incence I would look through the second-hand leather jackets, trying one on occasionally as a kind of rebel fantasy. But one dayContinue reading “Under the Skin: The Lure of Leather”
Nerve Magazine – Interview with local singer, songwriter and writer Tom George
Nerve Magazine – Interview with local singer, songwriter and writer Tom George.
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…”
I SPRAYED THE COVERS…
…of my book individually with aerosol paint – here’s an example. The book features the hit poems ‘Checkout Girl’, and ‘UV Angel’ as well as several previously unpublished or performed poetry and prose pieces. You can now find it in Liverpool’s radical bookshop News From Nowhere, on Bold St. Just hand over four fresh squidsContinue reading “I SPRAYED THE COVERS…”
Mello mayhem with The Vermin Suicides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUr7Qh3Bqk4&feature=plcp
New video I made featuring interview and live footage of Livepool punk band The Vermin Suicides…also featuring Pete Bentham, promoter of Free Rock’n’roll.
Tom George 