January 2011
8 posts
R F Langley
Very sad to hear that the poet R F Langley has died. I read the news on Todd Swift’s Eyewear blog, minutes after reading through his book Journals.
Michael Egan's "I went to the Ship"
Michael Egan’s new chapbook I went to the Ship is out NOW from erbacce-press. Full ordering details here - http://erbacce-press.com/#/michael-egan/4547644733 The chapbook is being launched at a reading at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk on 26th January. Details here - http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/rosetheatre/2011/01/26/caroline-bergvall Support the small press.
erbacce #23
erbacce # 23 is out. Featured poet is Chris McCabe. Other poets in this issue are - Laura Bottomley, John Burroughs, Leilanie Cesnik, Cyndi Dawson, Vlado Kreslin and Hosho McCreesh. £3.50 post paid worldwide. Suppot the small press
New erbacce-press title
Michael Egan’s new chapbook is being launched at a reading at Edge Hill University on Weds 26th January. The book can be bought here -
http://erbacce-press.com/#/michael-egan/4547644733
Support the small press.
Tom Lubbock RIP
Sad to hear of the death of Tom Lubbock, art critic of The Independent. I was a big fan of the collages that he often published in the paper on a Saturday. I hope one day that his collages are collected in a publication. Rest in Peace Tom.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/tom-lubbock-artist-critic-and-independent-great-dies-at-53-2180273.html
Music of 2010
Despite the ongoing moronicness of X Factor etc, I think that 2010 has been a pretty good year for music. A highlight for me was appearing on BBC 6Music’s Lamacq show and getting to mention Epic45 and Ringinglow and Make Mine Music on national radio. For those interested, the track I chose to play was ‘Helicon 1’ by Mogwai. Anyway here is a list of my favourite music of 2010 not...