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December 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 190 David Brent
I watched the David Brent: Life on the Road movie the other day. It was alright – I like Ricky Gervais a lot though the film broke no new ground and just delivered up more of The Office but in a different context. In the picture David Brent (now a travelling salesman) puts together a […]Archive
June 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Fried: DVD
Fried Director: Luke Snellin Accorn/RLJ/Zodiak BBC Three sitcom Fried is a six-episode season based around the staff of a Croydon chicken shop, Seriously Fried Chicken. What starts off so broad and excruciating as to feel like someone’s havin’ a laff in the way that Ricky Gervais was with his When The Whistle Blows show-within-a-show in […]Archive
June 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski
Fante Bukowski Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics; 1 edition Noah Van Sciver’s graphic novella about a talentless/struggling writer is brutal in its satire – take for example this scene where at a reading given by Dave Eggers a trio of desperate and hopeful writers gather, one says “I brought my new story. I’m gonna give it […]Archive
November 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Jon McLeary
Jon Mcleary is the creator of The Spines, check them out on Bandcamp. They will be playing two shows this coming weekend with Vorn and The Julie Lamb band as part of The Bungee Tour. He is also an artist, author of the novel Manslaughter and you can read his weekly War Stories here at Off The Tracks […]Archive
June 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman