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Jukeboxes in pubs started to appear in the 1950s, but only in establishments that wanted a 'modern' image and to attract a younger clientele. (In a later decade, the Greyhound even had a disco that I used to frequent.) However, during this period...
This is the first part of a long-term series I've been planning for years. Each story will be a self contained vignette. With minor exceptions, there will be no repeating characters or narrative through-line. It is a combination of memory,...
The timeline is a bit fluid but that's not a bad guesstimate. Part 1 was post-glam pub rock about 1975, part 2 obviously 1976-7. This part alludes to Jon Foxx's Ultravox and Gary Numan's Tubeway Army, so post punk and pre new wave. Danny seems to...
This was actually supposed to have been a violent political thriller but Google took exception to my parameters when I was researching how an ordinary person would obtain a weapon and plan an assassination. (I'm probably flagged on a government...
It must have been convincing.
Posted on Sun, 04 Feb 2018
It must have been convincing.
I was distracted by a couple of members of the audience looking at their phones during my performance.
Am I being that boring or self indulgent? I wondered.
Turned out they were Googling me and...
Read full commentPosted in 'The Wages of Sin', Unplugged
Jukeboxes in pubs started to
Posted on Mon, 04 May 2026
Jukeboxes in pubs started to appear in the 1950s, but only in establishments that wanted a 'modern' image and to attract a younger clientele. (In a later decade, the Greyhound even had a disco that I used to frequent.) However, during this period...
Read full commentPosted in "Answer Me"
Broke my own rule!
Posted on Sat, 02 May 2026
Broke my own rule!
Deleted all but the first quote which surely qualifies as fair use.
(Don't confuse it with the song made famous by Hendrix, it's not the same one.)
Read full commentPosted in "Hey Joe!"
The nurse has checked with
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2026
The nurse has checked with her metal comb...
Read full commentPosted in "I Believe"
This is the first part of a
Posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2026
This is the first part of a long-term series I've been planning for years. Each story will be a self contained vignette. With minor exceptions, there will be no repeating characters or narrative through-line. It is a combination of memory,...
Read full commentPosted in "Here In My Heart"
'Ten years since Live Aid'
Posted on Tue, 10 Mar 2026
'Ten years since Live Aid'
Read full commentPosted in Electric Grace
The timeline is a bit fluid
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2026
The timeline is a bit fluid but that's not a bad guesstimate. Part 1 was post-glam pub rock about 1975, part 2 obviously 1976-7. This part alludes to Jon Foxx's Ultravox and Gary Numan's Tubeway Army, so post punk and pre new wave. Danny seems to...
Read full commentPosted in More Roche Five Than Pain
This was actually supposed to
Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2026
This was actually supposed to have been a violent political thriller but Google took exception to my parameters when I was researching how an ordinary person would obtain a weapon and plan an assassination. (I'm probably flagged on a government...
Read full commentPosted in The Last Step
Thank you. I like writing non
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
Thank you. I like writing non linear narratives - and this one is a bit of a merry go round in itself.
Read full commentPosted in The Boy With The Telescope
Hi there.
Posted on Fri, 20 May 2016
Hi there.
I enjoyed the short, impressionistic strokes of your poem. It felt immersive and claustrophobic.
However, I hope you won't mind a newbie's observation that the third section 'moist' does not appear to flow thematically...
Read full commentPosted in The imperative (Poetry Monthly)