HUNG An exhibition curated by Stuart Sandford 15th - 30th October, 2010 This exhibition was held in the Horse Hospital, presumably there is a connection, in the title to the vulgar designation of chaps who are 'big down below'. None of the … [Read more...]
Simon Gage Lisa Richards Howard Wilmot Thunder's Mouth Press distributed by Publishing Group West ISBN 1-56025-377-0 This big chunky 'coffee table' book is authored by three Brits, and published in the US of A. That's about as … [Read more...]
Charles Spencer Penguin ISBN 0 14 00.5155 4 This edition was published in the US in 1979. The first publication (UK and US) was in '74. The cover has an image derived from an illustration by a chap called Erté. It is (probably) of a … [Read more...]
Jamie O'Neill ISBN 0-7432-0713-0 Scribner / Penguin This very long book (643 pages) is very readable. Despite the title it is nothing like Flann O'Brien's At Swim Two Birds, the similarity in title is somewhat deceptive, it is a 'thing in … [Read more...]
Rock Haven Morning View Films David Lewis (Director) This video is quite long, but could have been much shorter. This is not a sneer, the story is simple, boy meets boy, boy falls in love with boy. Brady (Sean Hoagland) is a Christian. … [Read more...]
SALOMÉ The Drill Hall, London (17.10.09) Sound Affairs In 1923 Photoplay magazine described this as "[a] hothouse orchid of decadent passion…". It's certainly true to say that it was probably not intended for Mom, Pop, and the kids in … [Read more...]
Dream Boy Peccadillo Pictures James Bolton (Director) This near feature-length (90 minute) video would be vastly improved if it was reduced to about thirty minutes. It is based on a novel of the same name, by Jim Grimsley (Algonquin Books, … [Read more...]
The City [of London] Music Society runs free lunchtime concerts in Bishopsgate Hall on a roughly weekly basis in Winter. Despite that, one gets mugged at the door, the CMS asking for a fiver 'donation' to its running costs. The concert / recital … [Read more...]
new music::new ireland Solos and Duos for Violin and Piano Out Hear (which has a vaguely 'Gay' ring to it) is a series in Kings Place (in the new squeaky-lean King's Cross, London) of new music from around the world. The recitals (Mondays … [Read more...]
THE YEAR OF ICE A Novel Brian Malloy St. Martin's Griffin ISBN 0-312-31369-1 (pbk) The year in question is 1978, in Minneapolis. The central character is Kevin Doyle. Kevin is an 'alpha male' in the fairly raucous pack culture of … [Read more...]