Category archives: Sought My Company Voluntarily, Now Regretful
Tessa Souter and the perils of MySpace
A couple of years ago, I was lucky enough to befriend Tessa Souter, a British expat living in New York earning her crust as a jazz singer. Since then I’ve seen her a few times – whenever we happen to… continue reading »
Do you know what you’re wearing?
Simon Ostrovsky bets that you don’t, and he’s prepared to make you feel guilty about it. All you need to do is to watch Newsnight on BBC2, this Tuesday at 10:30pm. Apparently the government of Uzbekistan may be involved in… continue reading »
North Circular Stories
I met Simon Ostrovsky in Berlin, where he sold me a bike that only had one pedal and then disappeared. I forgave him because he makes really interesting documentary shorts, like the recent North Circular Stories that aired on Channel… continue reading »
Breakneck Records Presents a Mighty Fine Party
The eternally vigorous Mike Pollitt sent me this flyer for the latest Breakneck Records night out. I appear to be listed as one of the DJs, which is unfortunate as I appear to be quite a long way from London… continue reading »
Cookthink Launches (a thousand paunches)
Six years ago I had a thought. What if you came home from work (or school, or combat, or whatever) and wanted to cook yourself a hearty meal, but when you looked in the cupboard the ingredients you saw just… continue reading »
RASH: A true story about Life, Love and Landmines
Six years ago I travelled to New York for the first time, an innocent abroad with only the clothes on my back, etc, etc. A friend of mine gave me the number of a friend of his, and that was… continue reading »
Faber Rocks
The jungle drums! They beat to the rhythm of the night! And they were programmed by none other than Nick Faber! Nick always delivers the goods, and it’s a crime that he never made it as a superstar DJ. Still,… continue reading »