The Fall, Dubstep, Basic Channel, Rhythm & Sound, Richie Hawtin, Chris Liberator, The Beastie Boys, Death in Vegas, The Wu-Tang Clan, Laurie Anderson, Patti Smith, Banco De Gaia, The Dandy Warhols, Liars, Tindersticks, Jeff Mills, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Eels, Pole, The Fiery Furnaces, Canyon, The Smiths, Saint Etienne, British Sea Power, D.A.V.E the Drummer, Cornershop, The Beatles, Foetus, Spiritualized, The Wedding Present, DJ Format, Underground Resistance, Teknotika, Dave Clarke, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, The Sofa Surfers, Peanut Butter Wolf, Eels, The Dead Kennedys, The Future Sound of London and Amorphous Androgynous, Creation bands, Johnny Cash, Scanner, John Barry, Ennio Morricone, DJ Muggs, RZA, African Head Charge... that kind of stuff.
Movies
Shane Meadows,
Brian De Palma,
Dario Argento,
Darren Aronofsky
Bad Santa
Books
Martin Amis,
Christopher Brookmyre,
Glen Duncan,
Jonathan Lethem,
Michel Faber
Spider-Man
Batman
I have just finished my fourth novel, called Rain Dogs and Love Cats, which is due out in July. It's about a wedding DJ who becomes embroiled in something nasty. Here is some blurb about it. (The very blurb, in fact, that will apear on the back of the book.)
Somehow Charlie’s found himself back in the suburb he grew up desperate to get out of, playing the same old records to groups of pissed-up punters at weddings and 40th birthday parties. He loves his wife and the new baby but it wasn’t meant to be like this.
Early one morning he learns that his brother has been involved in a fatal accident. It turns out that Leo, a seasoned Tom Waits impersonator, had been running a dodgy detective agency on the side. His last case involved a missing dog. As Charlie picks up the investigation he discovers a trail which leads uncomfortably close to home…
With his trademark ability to skewer people, with all their vanities and weaknesses, to the page, Andrew Holmes delivers a darkly funny and compelling detective story that shows just how hard it is to forget the past.
Rain Dogs and Love Cats is out in July. Out now is 64 Clarke, which is here
It had a lot of love from the national press. The Daily Telegraph said:
"He bombards the reader with fresh, funny observations in a style both wry and poignant. He has grasped that hip young writers' grail - becoming the "British Elmore Leonard" - by imitating not Leonard but PG Wodehouse writing a particularly fine episode of Eastenders."
I love that bit about PG Wodehouse writing EastEnders.
The full review is here, beneath a review of Simon Reynolds' superb Rip It Up And Start Again, in which The Fall appear.
Even The Sun was shining on 64 Clarke. Natasha Harding, who must be a very wonderful person, said, "This novel is fast paced, full of suspense and has flashes of black humour- as you would expect from a critically acclaimed author. A brilliant, dark read that will keep you up all night turning pages."
Does modesty prevent me from mentioning The Times? Does it buffalo.
"This character, Chick, is worthy of Martin Amis at his scatalogical best. The ingenuity with which the author interweaves their respective stories with that of the Snape family is considerable and his charaterisations and descriptions of the grimy reality of 21st century urban life are admirably deft. The ending is wholly satisfying: a morality tale without moralising."
That review is here. See? I'm not making these up.
The Sunday Times also reviewed it. That review (less glowing but broadly speaking positive is here
Also out are Sleb, which was all about a guy trying to kill Robbie Williams, except I had to rename him Felix Carter for legal reasons (I hope I can say that), which was also really well received; and All Fur Coat, er, which didn't get the same kind of attention. Not that you should ignore it. It's a damn fine read.
Reviews and details about those can be found at my hopelessly out-of-date website that I plan on updating very soon, at here
So. All I need to do now is get on with writing Unlimited Trips To The Buffet.
Easy, you'd think...
Who I'd like to meet: Genesis P Orridge. I have some post for him.
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Hi again. How has your month gone? Good, I hope. Are you ready for the holiday season again? It seems to come around faster every year. Have a great week.
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