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Another good-fella is gone … Paul Sorvino dies, aged 83
Paul Sorvino has died at age 83. It is more than 30 years since the lugubrious-faced charmer with a smile as wide as Florida played Paul Cicero in Goodfellas. What is probably one of the greatest gangster movies also starred Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, and went on to become a cult… Continue reading Another good-fella is gone … Paul Sorvino dies, aged 83
STONE ME! IS LARS A PROTEST SONG OR JUST A ROLLING MOAN?
Come writers and critics who prophecise with your pen … read the article or don’t come again I’m not protesting, or anything like that … but I am a bit surprised that so many people commented on our article LIKE A ROLLING STONE, THE SOUND AND FURY HOWL ON AFTER 57 YEARS However, the discussion… Continue reading STONE ME! IS LARS A PROTEST SONG OR JUST A ROLLING MOAN?
Wild days of Pearl, the real pistol-packin’ mama of the West
Another tale from Burroughs-ian writer Eric Lastick UNUSUAL THEMES OF THE BOLD AND OLD AMERICAN WEST Part 1: PEARL Taylor Heart, wild girl of the West. Canada’s own…and only female stagecoach robber of the American territories. Pretty Miss Pearl, gaper-eyed and gatefold’s request of ‘’sing and songs’’ as an old saloon barkeep at a hundred… Continue reading Wild days of Pearl, the real pistol-packin’ mama of the West
ANOTHER YOUNG DAD DECIDES TO DIE
By Andrew John Teague R.I.P. Tragedy has struck us again. Last Friday, early hours, a young father took his life. He leaves behind a 11 month old daughter. Sadly, just another non-statistic of failings of a system that ignores the parents in crisis. We know there are many parents who struggle withou help. Actually bullied… Continue reading ANOTHER YOUNG DAD DECIDES TO DIE
Death at the bus stop… the intimacy of loss in Putin’s horror
The tragedy and horror of what Putin is doing to the people of the Ukraine are portrayed sometimes in the intimate detail. The intimate details of what it is really like to meet death without warning on a street corner. We are brutalised by modern ways of dying – the glint of a lone-wolf’’s knife… Continue reading Death at the bus stop… the intimacy of loss in Putin’s horror
Like a Rolling Stone, the sound and fury howl on after 57 years
Did Bob’s Miss Lonely, his diplomats and Siamese cat, rock your world? They did mine! It was on July 20 1965 that Bob released Like a Rolling Stone. It brought fear to the world and fury to my dad. The single was stupendous, noisy, rallying, subversive, hectoring, finger-pointing, vicious, told it like it was (is?),… Continue reading Like a Rolling Stone, the sound and fury howl on after 57 years
MOANING GLORY – BUT MERCURY IS STILL RISING!
I am rocked by all those who popped up the charts while I wasn’t listening … Well, Freddie is Queen-ing it again and I have to say, I’ve just about Abba enough. No, you won’t be seeing Rainbow on the top playlists for (ear)-plugged-in trendies… in fact it’s over, it’s over … it’s over! Even… Continue reading MOANING GLORY – BUT MERCURY IS STILL RISING!
Leigh and Rodney – the serious side of life
Leigh describes a life-long trauma of being a victim CLICK INSIDE TO WATCH…
‘Love ya long-time Paul,’ tributes as Happy Mondays co-founder dies, aged 58
Some of 80s rock and pop luminaiies have paid tribute to Happy Mondays bass player, Paul. Paul, brother of the band’s frontman Shaun Ryder, was one of the founding members of the Manchester band. He was 58 years old. Announcing his death on Twitter, his family wrote: ‘The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply… Continue reading ‘Love ya long-time Paul,’ tributes as Happy Mondays co-founder dies, aged 58