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Beauty Beyond Breath
On Matt Smith’s APPLIED PUPPETRY (Methuen, 2024) Beauty beyond breath could be a definition for puppets; Those lifeless structures brought to life by a touch, Gifs from the hand’s majesty ruling...
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A Home For All Stones
On ROCK FLIGHT by Hasib Hourani (Prototype, 2024) In this most timely of tomes, slim as the sling It espouses, Hasib Hourani, a Lebanese Palestinian poet, Makes practice perfect by containing...
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Allen Alfred Freiesleben – Artist, Cartoonist, Teacher and Meter-reader
10th November 1933 – 28th April 2024 Hammersmith Bridge – Allen’s favourite among his more recent paintings Allen Alfred Freiesleben was born into a working-class family in west London, in...
View ArticleZephyr Sounds Sunday Sermon No. 198
Steam Stock Tracklist: Ennio Morricone – The Strong Moondog – Lament 1 ‘Bird’s Lament’ Kip Tyler – Shadow Street The Sleepy Jackson – Good Dancers Empire of the Sun – Country Primal Scream – Damaged...
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Unconscious Interactions
LASH/SINTON/WARD, Dominic Lash, Josh Sinton, Alex Ward Scatter Archive (Bandcamp) Hazard Calls, Alex Ward, Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders Shrike Records (Bandcamp) Adjacent Planes, David Hopewell, Ash...
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Dead Plays Tchaikovsky, French Horn
He left clear instructions, and hence we buried Sam, the maestro whom no one except us knew, with his French Horn, its patina and notes. Often we should regret that we have no ear to hear the solo...
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Project Gemini and Joe Hollick (Human Hand)
Alan Dearling shares the psychedelic vibes Joe Hollick was performing under the name, Human Hand: A solo acoustic set. Joe came to the stage strangely apologetic for being alone for a solo gig on a...
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Littered
There they were, All littered, Bodies scrunched up, Pushed together, Blankets curled around them, Heads on cannibalized seats. There’s a pile of rags In the shadows. A body stretched out, Across rows...
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Sausage Life 309
Bird Guano’s SAUSAGE LIFE The column that believes ice cream is a dish best served cold READER: Whoooo! MYSELF: I beg your pardon? READER: Sorry, did you get a fright? I’m still getting over the...
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