TriumphOfTheNow.com – a Manifesto (a Personifesto)
what is Triumph of the Now? It’s scott manley hadley
Category: Musings
july/aug/sept movie watching round up
what I was watching in July, August, September 2025
update on BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER
some notes on the process of developing my first one-person show!
june movie round up
what I was watching in May 2025
notes for an interview with FRANK ABRAMS, author of THE COCKFIGHT
find out more about THE COCKFIGHT by FRANK ABRAMS through my pre-interview notes
may movie round up
what I was watching in May 2025
april movie round up
what I was watching in April 2025
march movie round up
adventures in cinema in March 2025
february movie round up
in february i saw some movie
video – poetry, stripper trousers, hairloss, napoleon complex: smh live stand-up
it’s scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD
january movie round up
the movies I watched in January
video – the pret a manger coffee subscription was the best thing that ever happened to me – anti-comedy stand-up
pret a manger is like Greggs for people with student debt … like Birley Sandwiches for people who iron their own clothes
2025 Resolutions? That’s too many resolutions, I have 10
some resolutions for the future and further reflection on the past
2024? A fine year!
it was a fine year, yes it was [in my personal life]
XXXMAS SPECTACULAR 2024: IF SANTA WAS A BABY
gags, props, racy costuming and another seasonal what if…
Abolish the Family by Sophie Lewis
accidentally, i am almost a revolutionary
since my last birthday I witnessed a birth
this year I’ve started doing things that I don’t regret
Truth & Dare by So Mayer
stories of nb life & literature bring me down down down down down & i don’t think they’re meant to…
video: a sad evening in london making LEGO
why live when you could watch this???
My 2024 Resolution? Revolution!
chasing enough optimism to change the things i can surely change
My 2023? Some good books and trips but mostly a waste of time!
the best part was when i spent a full day as an unpaid boom mic operator
video: jane in safari
a conversation/ video piece about a recent safari
Another Birthday Rolls Around in the Dirt
i am older than christ and i understand why he consented to be crucified
Video: Santander (a 40 minute improvised monologue)
40 mins of talk and shots of rainy northern spain
TRUTHER PRESS RETURNS (KIND OF)
truther press is back with a zine!
Triumph of the Now is 10! lol whoops
ten years ago i started a blog instead of killing myself
2022 REVIEW: FOR ME, IT WAS MIXED
that wasn’t very good for me
POETRY MONTH: text redacted from 2017 SAFE MODE by Sam Riviere blog post
redacted text from septy ’17
POETRY MONTH: scott manley hadley readings round up
some old vids of *your* favourite mentally ill poet-blogger
POETRY MONTH: poetry reviews from the vaults
before a month of all new all poetry reviews, check out a selection from the TotN vaults!
POETRY MONTH: poetry film premiere
exclusive look at a new poetry film by scott manley hadley!
Penguin Classics Marvel Collection: Black Panther by various
are superheroes for superzeroes?
found text – ‘sutcliffe rumours’ – Oct 1, 2013
found text from 2013 about serial killer rumours
found text: note from 17-04-2010
a somewhat prescient note i found from 2010 (picture from then, obvs)
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings by Nellie Bly
scott reads a collection of writing from a trailblazing lady gonzo journalist!
Toilets at the Venice Biennale
water, water, everywhere and not a spot to piss
Not Really A Review of Not Really A Year
my year was deathly dull, which in 2020 counts as a good year
South and West by Joan Didion
3 lines on joan didion and 1000 words on my terrible mental health lol
Noted Poet Andrew McMillan enjoys the pleasure of regret
“it’s great”, he tweeted
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
i read a great Toronto novel and recall summer 2019 when I worked at lux events
The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Daniel James
the emotional cost of working in high end catering
Scott Manley Hadley’s More Triumphant 2018
well i had a good year
Found Diary Entry from April 17th, 2010
bizarre note to self from 2010
Bad Boy Poet: LIVE TONIGHT IN DALSTON
BOOK LAUNCH TONIGHT NOVEMBER 14TH 2018
Bad Boy Poet: Intimate & Al Fresco
reading some poems in the Spanish desert…
Birthday Post: 30 Things I’ve Done, 30 Things I Haven’t
it’s my 30th birthday
Sobriety As Taboo – Scott Manley Hadley
Originally posted on Milk + Beans:
Every time I make it sober to the end of the day, I feel like I’ve…
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