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The Masked Movement

by on 03. Dec, 2011 in Art & Design, Articles, Books, Comics, DVD, Film, Read, The Eighties

Shout out to me mucka Meeko for linking me up to the recent interview in the Guardian with my main man Alan Moore, in relation to the symbolic use of V masks by participants in the ever growing global protest movement.

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The Mindscape Of Alan Moore

by on 06. Sep, 2011 in Art & Design, Books, Comics, Documentaries, DVD, Film, Read, See, Video

It’s only three months since I blogged about ‘Getting My Dylan On’, setting the wheels in motion for a voyage of discovery that took a turn in a direction I hadn’t anticipated, into the world of ‘Watchmen’ and onto the author behind it, feeding me full of impressions and insights as a whole new vista opened up.

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Everything Is A Remix

by on 05. Sep, 2011 in Articles, Books, DJ / Club Culture, Film, Remixes / Edits, Video

Thanks to Vinz on the Brownwood forum I came across this fascinating illustration of how nothing created is truly original. Looking at music, film, literature, science and technology, ‘Everything is a Remix’ is a four part series of visual online shorts produced by Kirby Ferguson, a New York-based filmmaker.

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Watching The Watchmen

by on 02. Aug, 2011 in Animation, Books, Comics, DVD, Film, Read, See

Having now got a copy of the three and a half hour long ‘Ultimate Cut’ of the film, I know that my original copy of the DVD, an hour shorter in length, is now redundant. The whole problem with making ‘Watchmen’ into a film was how do you cram so much into so little time, so it stands to reason that the longer it is, the more detail you get.

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Reading The Watchmen

by on 07. Jul, 2011 in Art & Design, Books, Film, Read, The Eighties

24 years after it was first recommended to me by my mate Kermit, I’ve finally read ‘Watchmen’, the 1987 graphic novel by the British pairing of writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons. I knew it was going to be something special, so, suffice to say, its right up there for me, a really substantial piece of work with its powerful cast of archetypal characters - take a bow Rorschach, Dr Manhattan, Ozymandias, Nite Owl II, Silk Spectre II, The Comedian, Silk Spectre, Nite Owl and all those in supporting roles who collectively served to knit together what’s been for me, in these past few weeks, an ever-unravelling gift that keeps on giving.

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All Along The Watchmen

by on 20. Jun, 2011 in Books, Comics, DVD, Film, Read, See

It’s funny on how one thing can lead to another – those seemingly unrelated connections I’ve previously mentioned colliding to reveal exciting new avenues of exploration. Following on from my recent ‘Getting On My Dylan’ post (http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2011/06/getting-my-dylan-on/) I finally got around to watching the film adaptation of the classic Alan Moore / Dave Gibbons graphic novel, ‘Watchmen’.

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Coming Unstuck

by on 01. Feb, 2011 in Books, Read

Having made reference to it in the recent ‘Little Big Man’ blog post, I’ve just re-read Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’, a book I’ve returned to every four or five years since I first discovered it back in the 80’s – it’s one of those books I’ll always go back to as it contains some deeper truths, yet presents them in such a fantastically engaging and entertaining manner. Given the writing style and, with the book being just over 150 pages, this is a breeze of a read.

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Hooky’s Book

by on 18. Jan, 2011 in Black Culture, Books, DJ / Club Culture, Interviews, Manchester, Read, The Nineties

I was recently asked about Peter Hook’s book by Joe Rose on the Big Chill forum. He commented “just been reading about you in Hooky's 'Haçienda - How Not To Run A Club'... sounds like those early days at the Hac were bizarre!” To which I replied:

“I'm particularly happy there's finally a book about The Haçienda out there that gives props to the black scene and its key influence on the club. Generally this is missed out completely when people are writing about its part in dance culture...

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Catch The Beat

by on 24. Nov, 2010 in Articles, Black Culture, Books, Magazines, Manchester, Read, The Eighties

A great new book, documenting the London based dance publication, Soul Underground, is now available via DJ History. ‘Catch The Beat’ spans the pivotal years 1987-1991, as UK dance culture was breaking out of its previously specialist confines and coming right into mainstream focus.

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Remember Love

by on 09. Oct, 2010 in Books, Read, The Beatles, The Seventies, The Sixties

John Lennon would have been 70 years old today.
His music and his spirit live forever.

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