I first caught Rites of Hadda at the Easton Punk Festival, 2024.
During the set singer Wasperella jumped into the crowd to embrace members of the audience; in the process, I was lucky enough to be recipient of a juicy Continue reading
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The Grapes of Rock: AC/DC bow out with fruit salad of rock ‘n’ roll ecstasy!
Unusual for me to be lost for words, but that I fully was when opening an email a few weeks back claiming to be from a major record label. It asked if I wanted to be involved in an incredible project involving one of the biggest bands around. It turned out to be true, the band in question wanting to make their last ever release special for a number of reasons, one of which being only asking a handful of independent reviewers to review it pre release. Continue reading
Orange Abyss of Death
Things that annoy me make me write poetry; this week I was particularly vexed by the quality of an orange: Continue reading
One Banana, Two Banana
Revisiting Fruits of the Loon for the purposes of Instagram lead to me once again facing arch nemesis Banana: the fruit that foiled like no other. Continue reading
No Animals
Thoughts on animals and the film industry via the medium of poetry.
Shorts
A collection of twelve short poems never more than thirty-six words long. From subjects such as friends, middle-age, still being cool despite the former, lies, food, family, cats, being rude, tradition and more!
With thanks to EVJF GREG for use of the image. Continue reading
The Worm that Turned
There was once a very popular chain in the UK famous for its Pick and Mix sweet/candy selection. Whether if was famed around the world for it—it wasn’t in origin a UK company—I don’t know. What I do know: this is one of the pest control stories that people hate hearing most.
I’d been paged a message to get a particular branch with bells on. Continue reading
I Scream at Ice Cream
It’s summer: the weather is scintillating (for a change); so what could be better than ice cream?
Fruits of the Loon: Banana
A four part series on the joys and disappointments of fruit. Number Four: Banana
Fruits of the Loon: Apple
A four part series on the joys and disappointments of fruit. Number Three: Apple
N. P. Ryan 