Music, film, books, politics, walking and travelling
Music
From the National to Nouvelle Vague. Curtis Ellers, the world's angriest banjo player, rocked my boat at the 12 Bar; Langholme Slim made me jump for joy at Borderline; and The National made me cry, again, at Koko. What is rocking my boat at the moment? Sufjan Stevens, the Loose Collective, Ryan Adams, the Raconteurs, the Editors....Like I say, so little time..... The Smiths always top my chart.
Top of my Hate Parade: people who talk at gigs. SHUT UP AND LISTEN!!!!!
Movies
The Appartment, Some Like it Hot, Sunset Boulevard, Days of Wine and Rose, Rear Window, Matter of Life and Death, Now Voyager, the Red Shoes, Night of the Hunter, Seven Samurai, Drunken Angel, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Gene Kelly, Fred Astair, City of God, The Constant Gardener, Mary Poppins, Good Night, and Good Luck, Brick, Donnie Darko, M Hire, Amelie...these are a few of my fabourite things....
Television
no time to watch car crash trash, though I will always find an hour for Oddiewatch
Books
Mukarami, the Moomins, Patrick Neate, John Banville, Ian Rankin, Ray Bradbury, Philip Pullman, Douglas Kennedy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Molesworth, Jake Arnott, Antony Beevor, Thackery, Wilkie Collins and Hoskins's The Making of the English Landscape.
Heroes
Mslexia, me mum, Steven Patrick Morissey, Billy Wilder, Nelson Mandela (I shook his hand!), George Clooney, JK Rowling, Any artist, especially those without money or connections, who keeps going and breaks through.
About me: I am a freelance arts journalist who knows more about the book world than is healthy. My website, http://www.danutakean.com has all my past articles and information on everything from getting a literary agent to how to make a bestseller, plus gig and film reviews.
Loves: gigs and films (note, not movies).
Hates: people who talk through gigs. get back to Weatherspoons you chattering wenches!
Who I'd like to meet: Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder....if I need to explain we shouldn't be talking.
It's the video for our new single, "BRIGITTE BARDOT".
It's from our new album "LOLA DUTRONIC IN BERLIN", and it's available exclusively from iTunes and CDBaby.com The single is starting to get airplay all over the place including Rodney Bingenheimer's show on KROQ-FM in L.A. , and it just showed up on the NME's website!
You can download both the single and the album today by clicking here:
It’s been far too long since I last said hello and so much has happened I thought it about time we said did.
We’ve changed a lot, now we are an “UltraModern, post-electro rock, post-nu rave behemoth where Muse and Mansun meet a Massive Attack with Duran Duran pop sensibilities, louder guitars, and a stunning female front person/guitar virtuoso”, or so we have been told.
I’d love to know what you’ve been up to since we disappeared into the dark damp studio cave, let us know how it’s going, I’m always up for a chat! Be good, and if you can’t be good, be lucky ;-) Dawn xx Scarlet/blonde
What’s up? Please accept this gift of a sonnet to help you make it through the day.
SONNET VII
I claw at my sheets as sleep slips away, Speaking words that betray hesitation. Consciousness jostled me into the day With no training and no preparation. And the morning feels like an epitaph, Or a promise never meant to be said. The day is a slaughter. I am a calf As I endeavor to rise from my bed. I cannot keep track of each shattered dream, Spilling like sand from my ears to the floor; They are too many to count and they seem To resemble dunes piled up at the shore. I stagger upon this oceanless beach Made up of dreams that were just out of reach.
THEY'RE HERE!!
The exciting superhero YA books are now out!!
HERO .COM: RISE OF THE HEROES and VILLAIN .NET: COUNCIL OF EVIL - are now available in the UK!!
Check out Waterstones, WHsmiths, Borders and www. amazon. co. uk
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
THEY'RE HERE!!
The exciting superhero YA books are now out!!
VILLAIN. NET: COUNCIL OF EVIL and HERO. COM: RISING OF THE HEROES - are now available in the UK!!
Check out Waterstones, WHsmiths, Borders and www. amazon. co. uk
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Andy Briggs is being interviewed on BLOG TALK RADIO about the launch of his two upcoming books!
Check out: www. blogtalkradio. com
on Sunday 9pm GMT - click on the LSPC Reviews show on the home page!
Smoke Feathers have been invited to play at the INDY Music Awards media launch and short list announcement party on Wednesday April 2nd 7pm at the Rock Garden, Covent Garden, London.
It’s no guarantee that we have been shortlisted for the final, but we hope it is a good sign....
I also wanted to share the news that I've been accepted into the Amazon Shorts program. This is an initiative through Amazon.com where the reader can download an author's work for only $00.49. Amazon.com will store the story for you in a digital locker, email it to you in the body of an email, and also email it to you as a PDF.
My first story is called "Dr. Nekros: The Tragedian." Dr. Nekros is the lead character in a serialized storyline who is a ghost hunter pursuing the demon that disfigured him, all while trying to avoid his ex-wife. Check it out here.
Dear friend of Yellowhouse! Have a great weekend with Yellowhouse. Thanks for listening. Please spread the word to all. Hope that everything is fine on your end. Stay in touch!
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The flame still burns for Yellowhouse... and for YOU!
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