live noise performance #3
an occasional series of improvised noise performances
Tag: Scott Manley Hadley
the discworld graphic novels adapted from Terry Pratchett by Scott Rockwell & illustrated by Steven Ross
terrified i may look like i dont know how to drive
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
med free and hating life lol 😜
live noise performance #2
an occasional series
I, Nerd by Max Sydney Smith
another nice book review descends into dissociated left-wing raving
live noise performance #1
for 2023, a new occasional series
We Do This ‘Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba
hope is a discipline, and I am undisciplined
2022 REVIEW: FOR ME, IT WAS MIXED
that wasn’t very good for me
My Dead Book by Nate Lippens
breathtaking book on death
The Passengers by Will Ashon
an excellent book
POETRY MONTH: text redacted from 2017 SAFE MODE by Sam Riviere blog post
redacted text from septy ’17
POETRY MONTH: 81 Austerities by Sam Riviere
objectively brilliant, yes, but not not not so good for me?
POETRY MONTH: Liver Mush by Graham Irvin
“People eat what they can. They love what can love them back.”
POETRY MONTH: Waiting Room by Poppy Cockburn
powerful, direct, dignified poems
POETRY MONTH: The Towns We Leave Hate Us Most by Aislinn Evans
excellent poetry & performance piece
POETRY MONTH: scott manley hadley readings round up
some old vids of *your* favourite mentally ill poet-blogger
POETRY MONTH: reviews of scott manley hadley
you been doing all this dope [blogging] / You ain’t had a chance to show ’em what time it is
POETRY MONTH: HEROIN HAIKUS by William Wantling
a gorgeous chapbook kicks off POETRY MONTH
POETRY MONTH: poetry film premiere
exclusive look at a new poetry film by scott manley hadley!
Fireship/Mother and Child by Joan D. Vinge
a novella as boring as my life rn then a novella that’s good
The Other Wind by Ursula Le Guin
i continue having a terrible time
The Experimentalists by Joe Darlington
the limits + importance of language (cw: suicide ideation)
Andrea Víctrix by Llorenç Villalonga
a “lost masterpiece” that deserved to be forgotten
Tales from Earthsea by Ursula le Guin
reading more earthsea, hating everything else
Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
a very american-feeling memoir about being rich and successful and a literal god?
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine
a bland book for my bland life
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!
In the Freud Archives by Janet Malcolm
is the conscious or the subconscious mind the most potent agent in our lives
Frederik Pohl
read some terrible books that failed to distract me from anything
Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s (PART ONE)
re-reading Joan Didion for the first time in my life
The Magus: A Revised Version by John Fowles
sleazy, sexy, postmodern novel
Four New Songs
solid bald sings four times again
Noted Poet Andrew McMillan enjoys the pleasure of regret
“it’s great”, he tweeted
Surrender by Joanna Pocock
big post on privilege, re-wilding, ageing; a phenomenal read
Hello Friend We Missed You by Richard Owain Roberts
disjointed blog post on a very affecting new novel
Poo Become One
wacky promo video for still-in-production TRUTHER PRESS poo anthology
the mirror and the light by hilary mantel
Written June 15th and actually it was this one, not Things Fall Apart that caused me to pause blogging, forContinue Reading
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
hide the dfw; notes on craft & posthumous novels
After the Fall by Arthur Miller
thoughts on avoiding the canon
Cygnet by Season Butler
a solid contemporary novel
this is how you lose the time war by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
more mediocre writing slash “lauded genre writing”
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Who the f*ck is Malcolm Gladwell?
Decreation by Anne Carson
was almost sectioned today; read a book that was difficult but perfect
Xmas Spectacular 2019
santa come back
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
great early[ish] essays from one of america’s best
Solid Bald – Abba Bald (Dancing Queen)
birthday song performance
The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Daniel James
the emotional cost of working in high end catering
Finding Time Again (À la recherche du temps perdu 7) by Marcel Proust
bye bye marcel, marcel bye bye
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
I’ve been ignoring my depressive relapse by studying AIDS
Triumph Of The Now 