Holy cats! What rip-roaringly exciting new blogs I have for you this week.
I've been doing some more work looking at the juxtaposition of creative writing and blogs lately, so I was delighted to find that Manchester writer Chris Killen is writing a novel on his blog, a chapter a day. It's called untitled 'supermarket nightmare'. Go read it. It's ace. He's also running a competition which you should probably know about:
i am starting an untitled 'supermarket nightmare' competition. the competition is titled "write chapter 50". if you would like to enter the competition, please write chapter 50 and post it below as a comment. you have about thirty days or so to enter.
if anyone enters, i will choose the entry i like best and it will be chapter 50.
i don't think anyone will enter the competition.
if you enter the competition it might really fuck up the writing of this novel.
please enter the competition.
Also new to the blogroll is Mount St Helens weeps lava tears. It's the blog of Chadderton-based cartoonist John Allison, who is responsible for the comic Scary Go Round. (Um, how come nobody told me about that. It's really good and it's only been going for five years.)
John recently attended All Tomorrow's Parties and posted a review. Here's a bit:
SUNDAY
SLINT - alas I am making some macaroni at this point ?/10
MICAH P. HINSON - nothing a nice gargle wouldn't fix 7/10
BAT FOR LASHES - were playing crazy golf directly in front of me this morning 7.5/10
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI - it's 5! 7/10
BAND OF HORSES - best band of the weekend 9.5/10
MODEST MOUSE - v.good but Johnny Marr is not going to be in the band for very long because he obviously wants to be in charge 8/10
CAPRICORNS - I had to play darts on my mobile phone to take my mind off this mess 1/10
GRIZZLY BEAR - hippies 6.5/10
DO MAKE SAY THINK - I have never been more tired zzz/10
Sounds about right. Thanks to Sheshark of the newly-revitalised If You're Sad and Like Beer for the tip.
What's with the fish picture? Well, that's Sammy the Salmon. More info at the Mersey Basin Campaign.
6 comments:
Thank you for linking to me, Yankunian! While I have spent some time in Stockport (usually in unmoving, ill-tempered traffic) I live in Chadderton, north of the city centre, where fashion's own Karen Elson (Mrs Jack White!) spent her schooldays mere streets away.
It is an honour and a privilege & etc
thanks for the mention. the competition is 'hotting up'.
John, I just put that in to see if you were awake.
Love the green! Is that your colour for the summer then?
Yeah, it feels breezy and light. Like a delicately-perfumed summer wind blowing through my blog.
untitled supermarket nightmare is addicting.
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