Matt Morgan: “I don’t need to sort out the mysteries of the universe.”
For some, mainly Matt Morgan Appreciation Society members (like myself), Matt Morgan will be best known as Russell Brand’s sidekick on the hugely popular XFM and Radio 2 shows. Those familiar will also know he’s the man who as a school-boy suffered a horrid but hilarious ‘pin-pinning’ (thus becoming the original victim), he who as […]
Re: Discovering California Son
It’s been a year and many days since Morrissey released ‘California Son’, his tremendous ‘covers’ album where he set about repurposing some of his own personal favourite tracks. By doing so he gave older admirers as well as younger fans the chance to discover or rediscover artists and older songs we may have missed or forgotten about. […]
COVID-19? The world won’t listen
In recent weeks, there’s been a deluge of musicians and artists coming out and being vocal in their condemnation of China’s ‘wet markets’, and the impact, basically, the reason behind, the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Both Brian May and Paul McCartney have voiced their distain over the history and continuation of these practices, practices […]
Fiona Dodwell: “Inexplicable events have probably planted little seeds of inspiration.”
Writer and journalist Fiona Dodwell talks about her ongoing career as a working writer, mother and wife, what draws her to horror as a genre, and her (metaphoric) love affair with Morrissey. Do you have an optimistic view of the world? It’s a difficult question to answer, because I’d say that my outlook can […]
Will Self: “Writing definitely became my drug of choice…”
Writer Will Self’s periods of drug addiction are well documented for anyone keen enough to use Google. And anyone familiar with the author should know the best and most public anecdote. That’s the one about getting caught taking smack on John Major’s private jet. His ‘official’, as I’ll call it, ‘addiction’ memoir only came […]