BOOK REVIEW - Collage: The unMonumental Picture, Preface by Lisa Phillips |
Essays by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman & Massimiliano Gioni £17.95The book outlines a selection of views of where we find ourselves today as a culture. Layering common materials over our real world, s...
Posted by Hayley on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:55:00 PST |
BOOK REVIEW - Sinema: The Northumberland Massacre By Rod Glenn |
Let me just catch my breath and recoil, from the vice grip of having my knees curled so tight to chest, whilst reading this novel. Was I scared&yes! Did I imagine the author secretly plotting out the ...
Posted by Hayley on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:53:00 PST |
SINGLE REVIEW - The Whip, Sister Siam (Southern Fried Records) |
A bubbly electronic-pop number, with slight rotation in beat and repetition of lyrics and unadorned one-liners. A tastey dance-floor filler blasting straight out of Manchester. H ForbesOut Now
Posted by Hayley on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:45:00 PST |
MUSIC REVIEW - The Hoosiers @ Newcastle Carling Academy |
Loved, loved, loved this gig. The band oozed character and humour. They lapped up the crowd's enthusiasm. They were like a well-rehearsed pantomime, they jumped the crowd jumped, they sang a line to t...
Posted by Hayley on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:42:00 PST |
BOOK REVIEW - Paris Noir: Capital Crime Fiction Edited by Maxim Jakubowski |
In this novel lies a dark collection of tales, not skirting the beautiful sights of Paris, that we see in movies and our friend's holiday snaps, but the shady under-belly of sights and happenings off ...
Posted by Hayley on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:38:00 PST |
BOOK REVIEW - Underlay By Andrew Mcewan |
A strong, highly flavoured work of fiction, using a diverse mix of dialogue. Each chapter building for the next. The novel is broke up into various entwining stories, neither one, following on from th...
Posted by Hayley on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:37:00 PST |
MUSIC REVIEW - Newton Faulkner @ The Journal Tyne Theatre |
Everyone should experience a live show at the hands of this captivating man. His performance was a one-off parade of original songs, all honest and heart felt. A few slightly pop jingles and very poor...
Posted by Hayley on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:43:00 PST |
STAGE REVIEW - The Suggestibles Instant Musical @ Northern Stage |
A friend described them as 'Who's Line Is It Anyway' with a twist of Northern charm. They picked at the audience for storylines and direction, even props, chalking them all up on their ideas board and...
Posted by Hayley on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:44:00 PST |
