Album review – Ghost Town by Owen
Tags/ Posted by Luke GrundyYou were electric. The way you mawed the light, flicked earthquake from nimble fingers.continue reading this poem
Mike Kinsella’s fifth album under the Owen moniker contains moments of fleeting brilliance, offset by those of slightly less remarkable melodic melange. Kinsella can conjure magic, but all too infrequently.
Movie review – Shame
Tags/ Posted by Luke GrundyI am the unexpected bleeding stepping off the stagecoach unannounced in tight shoes and a christening dresscontinue reading this poem
Steve McQueen’s sophomore film is too strong to be called a slump, but Shame, like its protagonist, could do with a little more heartbeat under its magnificently sculpted skin.
Movie preview: The Rum Diary
Tags/ Posted by Luke Grundynaked, your body a sheen / backlit, the thrust stage ornatecontinue reading this poem
Bruce Robinson’s adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s ‘lost novel’ looks to pick up where Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas left off: starring Johnny Depp in the lead role, its booze-drenched, sun-kissed milieu could make for one of the most memorable films of the year.
Album Review: The Whole Love by Wilco
Tags/ Posted by Luke GrundyWe all kept grinding our respective pestles into the assigned mortars, despite the lack of intrinsic beauty.continue reading this poem
Wilco’s latest release ranks among the pioneering group’s finest, and offers a gateway to a fabulous back-catalogue for the uninitiated.
