| I think it would be fair to say that I do not have the world's best singing voice, though this piece for the Guardian at least proved that I am not actually tone deaf. >> Melody faker
Watching Shane Meadows' film This Is England was uncannily like being taken back to my own youth as a tiny skinhead. This piece for the Guardian has all the gory details (and no, I was not a rightwing skinhead, as the headline may suggest!).
>> 'Nazi salutes were part of the fun'
Going behind bars with my 'just visiting' card I find out that the most amazing art is being made in the cells and classrooms by our nation's growing prison population in the name of the Koestler Awards, which were judged by Grayson Perry. >> Odd is good
Artangel turned my home town into a giant film set for the making of a modern
version of the story of Exodus. I went back for
the Guardian to see what the locals made of it all. >> Plagues
of frogs and lice
In
the summer of 2006 I was taught five dance styles in five days for this
piece on Dance Week in the Guardian. It was chosen
by Guardian readers as one of their articles of the year.
>> How
I learned to stop worrying and love the dancefloor
Talking
to Lockstock star Nick Moran before the opening
night of his play about troubled 1960s recording legend Joe
Meek for the Guardian. >> Nightmares
on wax
The Evens could play nightclubs and rock venues, yet they choose to play church halls and bowls clubs instead. I meet Fugazi frontman Ian Mackaye and Amy Farina to find out why.
>> Time to get Evens
Meeting
Rockney legends Chas and Dave for this Guardian
piece. They even sang for me. One of the Guardian's articles of
the year. >> Rockney
geezers
A chat
with Folk Archivists (and Turner Prize-winner) Jeremy Deller
and Alan Kane about Superkings, cake and drawing rude pictures
on the back of white vans. >> Hot
stuff
I meet
outsider artist and musician Sexton Ming for the
Guardian to discuss toilet humour, his first solo show and avoiding
a day job. >> Can't sing, can't draw, can't paint
Morrissey and The Smiths have found a new fanbase amongst
LA Latinos. I speak to William E Jones for the
Guardian about his film on the phenomena. >> Mad about Morrissey
Having become an unofficial expert on re-enactments I was intrigued
by artist Rod Dickinson's ambitious plan to recreate
the siege of Waco on the outskirts
of London. I faced my hatred of coaches to witness the event. >> Noise annoys
A
trip down to Margate for the Guardian to discover
why the proposed design for the Turner Contemporary gallery has been brought to a sudden halt. >> Seaside
with a squall coming up
Witnessing
the re-enactment of The Cramps' famous Napa Mental
Hospital gig for the Guardian. >> It beats bingo!
Who
would have thought it? The world of avant-garde art and cinema is
not dead at all, but alive and well in an amazing former horse
hospital tucked behind Russell Square tube station. From
the London Evening Standard. >> The real home of avant-garde
Husband
a wife duo the Handsome Family are a fascinating
mix of beauty, darkness and oddity. This Guardian article from
2000 tells unusual tales of mental illness, Apple computers and
helicopter deities. >> He's eaten cat food
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