Mr Sunshine Man – Oxford Painted With Poetry

The illuminous Dan Holloway of eight cuts publishers recently enlisted some talented people to help him paint Oxford with poetry http://eightcuts.com/2012/04/07/oxford-painted-with-poetry/ I contributed one of my poems and didn’t think much more of it. Then after the event, where some intrepid writers went round the famous university city attaching poems to anything that would take [...]

Letter From An Alien: All You Need Is Me

I thought I had read all Mark Simpson’s blog, and heard all Morrissey’s songs, but this one passed me by till now. All You Need Is Me. http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2007/10/17/all-you-need-is-me/ Apart from the fact Moz’s 2007 (?) performance on a chat show confirms my belief he has become a ‘psychotic lounge singer’ I couldn’t help but smile [...]

I Hate Morrissey Because

I hate Morrissey because 1984. Because he gave us no choice. He took all the boys I knew and turned them into versions of him. I hate Morrissey because you can’t be a girl and a bona fide Smiths Fan. Don’t tell me I’m wrong. I read it in NME, and in Saint Morrissey I [...]

Penny Arcade’s Bad Reputation: Guest Post By Caroline Hagood

    photo: Jasmine Hirst  In her book, Bad Reputation, performance artist, playwright, and one-time citizen of the world of Andy Warhol and his Factory (even appearing in Warhol’s and Paul Morissey’s film, Women in Revolt), Penny Arcade (born Susana Ventura) has collected three of her foundational performance pieces for the first time. In the [...]

Reader, Meet Author: #1 St Morrissey

Welcome to Quiet Riot Girl’s Book Group: Reader, Meet Author. The first book to be discussed  is St Morrissey by Mark Simpson. http://www.marksimpson.com/saint-morrissey/ I am a rubbish fan of both Morrissey and Mark Simpson. Although I love them both, and feel they have touched my life in quite profound ways, I have never been to [...]