The Complicatist : Blue Eyed & Soulful
From the Righteous Brothers to Yelawolf and beyond…
Columns
From the Hood : Finding A Happy Media
Ask A Prime Minister
From The Hood : Fol-De-Royal
Werewolf wasn’t paying close attention to the royal tour but we thought we’d have a go at the whole coverage thing anyway.
The Complicatist : Jackson C. Frank, Mark Kozelek
The love songs of the middle-aged mope
From The Hood : Unofficial Cabinet Manuals
And so it was written, and so shall it ever be…
The Complicatist : Angel Olsen, William Tyler
Are you lonely too? Hi Five! So am I!
From The Hood : That Referendum Thing In Plain English
The Financemeister is not a man to let fancy forms of democracy get in the way.
From The Hood : The Masque Of The Blue Line
Am I getting old or are holidays just not as fun any more?
The Complicatist : Deafheaven and Sunbather
This black metal / shoegaze hybrid is (almost) everyone’s pick as album of the year
From The Hood : Pure Petroleume
As if royals are in charge of anything these days.
From The Hood : Armchairs At Dawn
A mind is a terribly wasteful thing to democratize…
The Complicatist : Miley Cyrus, and Dancing About Architecture
Feet don’t fail my words
Classics : Ernest and Celestine
Life on the emotional edge, with the bear father and the mouse child
From The Hood : Ars Tonga, Vita Brevis
What I did on my holidays
The Complicatist : Bobby Bland R.I.P., Laura Marling
Eagles may be high and free, but they’re also birds of prey
From The Hood – Plot, Mega-Plot
Who really did in Peter Dunne?
London Calling : Racism, Woolwich, and Beyond
Two Weeks In Battleground Britain
The Complicatist : Lil B, the Based God
The clown prince of hip hop comes to town
From The Hood : Factual Correctness Gone Mad
In which we hear about the journalistic standard of accuracy and think it sounds like a fantastic idea.
The Complicatist : Precious Bryant
Paying dues to the Piedmont style of blues
Travelling Light : Argentina Plays By Its Own Rules
A visit to a country with striking similarities to New Zealand, but vastly different policies
London Calling : Sold, and Cold
Selling off state-owned energy companies has been a disaster in Britain
From The Hood : Ich Bin Ein Wiener
The French have A Word For It
The Complicatist : Lee Moses, and Friends
More obscure soul music gems from the vaults
From The Hood : Texts From My PM
Lyndon Hood wonders why these people haven’t run out of credit
Go To China
The best (and worst) films of 2012
From The Hood : This Movie Sucks
Shouldn’t reality have a better script?
The Complicatist : Serengeti, Del Shannon, Lana Del Rey
Learning survival tactics from Brian Dennehy
From The Hood : Qui, Jean, Ou Est La Growth?
If Planet Key did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it.
Punishment Park
Five attractive teenagers, a remote cabin in the woods … What could possibly go wrong?