IMPERSONAL INTERVIEW: Theophilus Garcia, author of The Malingerer
an interview with Theophilus Garcia, author of The Malingerer
Tag: music
IMPERSONAL INTERVIEW: DONOVAN REYES, author of DENOUEMENT and APOCRYPHA
an interview with DONOVAN REYES, author of two new books
BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER WIP PERFORMANCE ON MONDAY!
Hi all! My Lambeth Fringe WIP performance of my developing show, BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER is coming up in FOUR days.Continue Reading
IAN ASSERSOHN: NOTES ON THE LAMPMAKER INTERVIEW
notes on my new video interview with Ian Assersohn, author of The Lampmaker
IAN ASSERSOHN: NEW VIDEO INTERVIEW
a new video interview with Ian Assersohn, author of The Lampmaker
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Claire Moore, author of It’s OK To Wobble
a conversation with Claire Moore, author of It’s OK To Wobble
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Feyisayo Anjorin, author of The Hypocrite Series
a conversation with Steve McLean, author of Stealing Deep Purple
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Steve McLean, author of Stealing Deep Purple
a conversation with Steve McLean, author of Stealing Deep Purple
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
too many notes on a lyrical novel that is frequently beautiful but isn’t quite perfect
video – scott manley hadley ten minute alternative comedy set
a longer set than I’ve previously posted…
video – scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD tries musical comedy
an attempt at musical comedy from scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD
10 Year Hair Free “Celebration”: SOLID BALD video playlist link
10 years hair free… and still making a song (not a dance) about it
video – 20th June 2008: scott manley hadley Plays & Sings ‘THE BARON SHITE SESSION’
a tape recording of 19yo smh singing has been found and digitised
XXXMAS SPECTACULAR 2024: IF SANTA WAS A BABY
gags, props, racy costuming and another seasonal what if…
video: it’s orange time – solid bald feat bb whamathan
a lovely song about oranges thank you
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
a solid memoir about the importance of food… and cancer
XXXMAS SPECTACULAR 2023: DADDY CHRISTMAS, HE’S GONNA COME (IF YOU WANT IT)
an xxxmas gift from me and mine to you and yours
Kanye West Superstar by Byron Crawford
eeeeee it’s a little bit sexist
video: noise.piece.solo.voice.versace
one more video of me playing by (not with) myself on my recent birthday
Video: drum.machine.in.the.lakes
little play with a drum machine with a view
live noise performance #6: double dogs and triple dogs
an occasional series
live noise performance #5: beat and cable car
an occasional series
live noise performance #4: “i dont intend to feel”
an occasional series
Do Every Thing Wrong!: XXXTentacion Against The World by 😇 Jarett Kobek 😇
an extensive discussion re the weighty themes raised by this book
live noise performance #3: “a small voice underneath”
an occasional series of improvised noise performances
live noise performance #2: nye session 2
an occasional series
George Michael’s Faith: 33 1/3 by Matthew Horton
an excellent small book about St. George Michael
live noise performance #1
for 2023, a new occasional series
SONG: ‘Handsome Mr Dog (Your Name Is)’
Recorded mid-January, SOLID BALD presents a hot synth pop rock tune yet again about their favourite dog!
James Baldwin Threeway
baldwin, baldwin, baldwin
Four New Songs
solid bald sings four times again
solid bald – father figure
another year older, another year bald, eugh.
Xmas Spectacular 2019
santa come back
“Handsome Boy” Music Video
music video of a brief song for my dog
Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen
some inappropriate teenage nostalgia
Paymon’s Trio by Colette de Curzon
a short story chapbook that’s fine, no more, no less
Solid Bald – WET DOG
try drying urself without using a towel
#TotNTV: Birmingham & the West Midlands
Shakespeare ‘n’ Sabbath
Just Sold My Banjo
Scott Manley Banjo
Hold Tight by Jeffrey Boakye
i’m looking tired but feeling great
Music & Literature No. 7
I get angry and confused because I’m repressed and have elitist interests
White Girls by Hilton Als
Off the booze (again), I enjoy a book but despair of life.
Music act SOLID BALD performs ‘SexBomb’
Life means nothing. So you may as well sing:
The Last Holiday: A Memoir by Gil Scott-Heron
The ‘Godfather of Rap’ offers a rose-tinted memoir.
Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac
Last Summer, whilst twatpacking* around the Mediterranean, Tunisair lost my backpack between Casablanca and Tunis. Though it contained nothing ofContinue Reading
Review of 2013
A hip-hop review of the year now ending.
On Janis Joplin
I discovered the music of Janis Joplin in the late Spring of my first year of university. I’d just spentContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 