Russ Meyer has died. One of the great shlock film makers of our time has left the building. He was responsible for such esoteric classics as “Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill”, “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” and “Supervixens”.
Of course, none of these are exactly guilty of literature or, indeed, art but are more [...]
Archive > September 2004
R.I.P. Russ Meyer, King of Sexploitation
Short Cuts
While in HMV deciding whether or not to spend ?35 of your Earth money on the brand spanking new DVD incarnation of ‘Star Wars’ or to save a whopping 40% and buy it from that virtual wonderland that is Amaon where they are selling it for a mere 26.99 I noticed that they have released [...]
Stability
Under the first of the fallen autumn leaves, a couple of letters caught my eye. I kicked the leaves away and lying discarded on the pavement was a card, slightly bigger than a business card and laminated. It read:
WARNING! An irritant poison applied to banknotes could destabilize the western economy
I picked up the [...]
Rumours
I ate’nt dead.
I ate’nt hiating either.
I just don’t have anything to say.
I’m going back to bombing the living bejesus out of terrorists instead.
Things to do
Go here, read him. He’s very amusing.
Go here, read him. He says it better than I can.
Go here, sell drugs. It’s a great game and highly addictive (but fortunately can only really be played for 10 minutes at a time a couple of times a day.)
Mothballs
The dust, exercising its right to free assembly, gathers. It’s unnoticeable at first unless you look closely and see that the bright colours of all the baubles and bobbins strewn around are not quite as bright as they once were. Undisturbed by human hands, working, playing or otherwise, there’s no contrast between the [...]
Interesting times…
Dallaglio goes…
Woodward goes…
…it’s going to be an exciting year for English rugby!