Babel by R. F. Kuang
a cracking idea, a knife-edge epilogue but too much brilliance and not enough sex
Tag: Scott Manley Hadley
The Bureau of Past Management by Iris Hanika
on blogging, on genocide, on the dangers of forgiveness
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
notes on a brief bought of heady influenza
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: noise.piece.solo.voice.versace
one more video of me playing by (not with) myself on my recent birthday
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
stream of consciousness response to reading an illustrated short story
video: noise.piece.plasticwind.versace
live noise play from my recent birthday using 3d-printed instruments
World Running Down by Al Hess
reading too much SF cuz im on a psychological downswing that wont end unless/until i change the material conditions of my life which i am trying to do
video: do expresso beneath at tree
watch me make a expresso in a lay-by – with lovely crema!
Another Birthday Rolls Around in the Dirt
i am older than christ and i understand why he consented to be crucified
Play The Devil by Scott Laudati
i read a fun picaresque novel but remembered how much i hate my name
Video: Santander (a 40 minute improvised monologue)
40 mins of talk and shots of rainy northern spain
live noise performance #6: double dogs and triple dogs
an occasional series
live noise performance #5: beat and cable car
an occasional series
The Carnivorous Plant by Andrea Mayo
an excellent (maybe?) novel about an abusive relationship
live noise performance #4: “i dont intend to feel”
an occasional series
Triumph of the Now is 10! lol whoops
ten years ago i started a blog instead of killing myself
Do Every Thing Wrong!: XXXTentacion Against The World by 😇 Jarett Kobek 😇
an extensive discussion re the weighty themes raised by this book
Embassytown by China Mieville
i suppose this book is excellent?
live noise performance #3: “a small voice underneath”
an occasional series of improvised noise performances
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: nye session 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
Triumph Of The Now 