Was up in Dublin for the weekend, went to see Dead Man’s Shoes at the IFI. I’ve seen this six or seven times but it was good to see it on the big screen.
They also showed Paddy Considine’s new short film, Dog Altogether, which was excellent. Considine did a Q&A afterwards, seems like a good egg.
Even the three borderline-retarded mooks sitting across the way from us who laughed a little too loudly at the violent bits and then sprayed deodorant on themselves halfway through the short couldn’t spoil what was a thoroughly pleasant afternoon. There was a technical hitch with the sound system that meant the short film had to be started again after about thirty seconds, the largest and most stupid looking one opined loudly that “Paddy Consintine won’t be happy with that!”
As we left they were discussing the sound Considine’s hand gun had made, apparently, because of the distinctive “whoop” it could only have been a “.22″ They also agreed that one of the executions had been “text book.” Stupid fucking twats.
Here, have a clip . . .
Got some great news yesterday. Nature editor Henry Gee emailed me to say that he’s accepting my short story “Spamface” for publication in the Futures section of an upcoming issue.
Click below for info on the current issue.
Lonny Chant has started work on our 6 page strip for Accent UK.
This is the first page, spotted blacks.
You can read my short story New In Town on The Tiny Globule. And it’s free!
This could be my favourite photo of all time.
SFX reviewed issue 3 of Murky Depths. Nice to see Shit New World getting a mention.
Not sure why they called it a fanzine though.
Found on Strange Maps. An annotated floor plan of 221B Baker St.
‘The floor plan was “drawn from notes taken while reading all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories twice in a row. If it appears in the books, it appears in this drawing,” says Mr Stutler.’
There’s a link to Russ’s site at the end of the article.
