Originally written for the Worthing Community website - this comprehensive Tank Girl biog was the site's most popular page, so when that site was lost I moved it to my old blog, I Hate Dan Thompson, where it's had 37,695 ...Read More
The third stop on the Empty Shops Network tour (the second, Shoreham, was so manic it goes unblogged) is Carlisle. It's a bewildering, beautiful and bewitching city. I'm staying in a moderately grotty guesthouse a few minutes outside the city centre. ...Read More
A couple of years ago I ran a small local arts organisation, the Revolutionary Arts Group, struggling with no resources to stage artist-led festivals and open studio events, and using non-traditional venues for exhibitions- an old bakers, a functioning church, ...Read More
As I've had time and space to work on ideas for empty shops this year, and as I've been able to support others in their work, I've become ever more keenly interested in the ideas, inspiration and ideology behind the ...Read More
At 7am this morning, with the streets still dark and empty, I loaded the bike pannier with six chunks of ice. Inside each was a splinter of pine from the cargo of the Ice Prince, which sank a year ago. ...Read More
Brighton Art Fair (known to friends as BAF) is back at the city's Corn Exchange. The annual show is organised by Worthing artists Jon Tutton and Sarah Young, who have brought together a great collection of painters with just enough ...Read More
Bill Drummond said: “All recorded music has run its course. Dispense with all previous forms of music and music-making and start again” Bill Drummond is right. How many times have you bought a CD only to find that the recording you now ...Read More
Look he's crawling up the wall; big, mechanical and very tall. Liverpool has unveiled the centrepiece of the Capital of Culture celebrations - a new performance from the team behind The Sultan's Elephant. Demolition work on an office block has disturbed ...Read More
I've been sitting in Revolutionary Music for six months, and haven't quite got the fanzine off the ground. It shouldn't be difficult; I know how to, and enjoy, writing; I have lots to write about. Now, though, I have a partner ...Read More
