Triumph of the Now is 10! lol whoops
ten years ago i started a blog instead of killing myself
ten years ago i started a blog instead of killing myself
a gorgeous chapbook kicks off POETRY MONTH
getting sad again in the bleak northern winter
Scott Manley Hadley launches Bad Boy Poet.
BOOK LAUNCH TONIGHT NOVEMBER 14TH 2018
listen and or watch me read some poems (or do neither)
a literary lifestyle novelist in the GUM clinic
Scott sings some songs in a garage
talking about my bald head and my sufficient pubes to camera
the speech i read at my grandfather’s funeral
Come explore the Balkans with sound and visuals!!!
I chat to Susan Curtis-Kojakovic, the women behind Istros Books, an independent publisher specialising in works from the Balkans.
Shakespeare ‘n’ Sabbath
A new episode, a new place: Sheffield
Scott Manley Banjo
Nikolaidis, Li, Frears on Place
Potentially ill-judged exploration of gender from a cis white man
I have mental health problems
Review of a lo-fi art book and footnotes about depression
Some tweet responses from my latest HuffPost article.
home of the lo-fi magazine web series
I’ve been busy busy busy doing lots of different things, including writing two new articles for the Huffington Post andContinue Reading
new article & award attention elsewhere
If Greer – who doesn’t believe in non-binary genders – is correct, then I am a woman.
PAY ME ATTENTION
Merry Christmas. If you’re a fan of wigs made of pubic hair, Mariah Carey and laughing at men for goingContinue Reading
Life means nothing. So you may as well sing:
A 4 second Noise Piece and a link to more madness at the HuffPo
Preacher is fine, but it’s irrelevant to real life. I should adopt a Syrian child refugee.
Fantastic Mr Fox is an ode to adventure capitalism. My life is an ode to wine.
someone has written about me
A bald head looks like the tip of an erect penis without the external urethral meatus.
I read and discuss a book about dickhead hipster bartenders, just weeks after stopping being one.
some anonymous little merican sent poppa some h8 mail and poppa aint havin none of it
I’m trying to get back on top of regular posting on the blog and due to circumstances outside of myContinue Reading
This is my first blog post in a while, and even then it’s still happening a little earlier than expected.Continue Reading
Have a look at this link: http://www.openpen.co.uk/review_arrival_of_missives/ I’ll be publishing new reviews every month or so for Open Pen. Kewl!
Anyone who passes even a cursory glance over my website (the rude TriumphoftheNow.com) will realise pretty quickly that I like books. IContinue Reading
Byron Easy by Jude Cook is the least enjoyable book I’ve read in ages, and the first one I haveContinue Reading
Please enjoy a lo-fi video I made during a day trip to Pompeii last weekend. I will write a fullContinue Reading
Yesterday I took a naked photograph of myself – from behind – to use as the accompanying picture for myContinue Reading
Well, I’ve been away four days and have already completed my first read of the trip. Roberto Bolaño’s HUGE TheContinue Reading
This is a scene that may or may not appear in a forthcoming (when? who knows…) musical about my alter-egoContinue Reading
A video of me performing some old songs. I’m considering gigging with my raps soon. Terrifying.
I have decided, mostly as a way of procrastinating before a) sending off my first novel to agents or b)Continue Reading
Sat, supposedly insulated from the horrors of real life, writing the chorus of a hot new rap song, I noticedContinue Reading
I recently cut my hair. Drastically. Cut fucking loads off. And I look much better for it. (You’re goddamn right,Continue Reading