The University Of Chicago Press is taking an interesting approach to promoting some of its authors - it's publishing lengthy blog essays written by their...
AAA-league neo-70s guitar rock starring the definitively adequate vocals of the singer songwriter. Leadoff number "Window in the Dark" steals the chilly...
Released in 2004, this one's a campy, theatrical pot of alt-noir French caf wallpaper and off-Broadway Rocky Horror enunciated in the Cribs-like accent of...
Sad news of the death of Grant McLennan, mainstay of wonderful Aussie band The Go-Betweens . Spring Rain , Head Full Of Steam , Streets of Your Town , Right...
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Of course there are the big questions: the existence of God, the problem of evil, the meaning of life and how best to live it. But surely the biggest question...
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Morrissey - Ringleader Of The Tormentors "...On his new album, the atavistic riotous Catholic streak of Irish blood is bubbling over in the ascendancy. The...
Chris Hall and I have been hard at work over the last few months putting together an all-new, all-singing official website for Will Self. It's now live at...
Spike contributor J More on _subject_: Spike | Google | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Wikipedia Open Directory | Technorati: _subject_ -- Posted by Chris to...
Spike contributor J More on _subject_: Spike | Google | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Wikipedia Open Directory | Technorati: _subject_ -- Posted by Chris to...
Spike contributor Jerome De Groot now writes a regular column in Time Out magazine called Forgotten Classics. "'Reading neglected writers so you don't have to'...
Spike contributor J More on _subject_: Spike | Google | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Wikipedia Open Directory | Technorati: _subject_ -- Posted by Chris to...
I've been getting some interesting books sent to Spike Towers here in Bangkok. Some I've not read yet, but as I'm always grateful when publishers go the extra...
Amazon.co.uk are doing a very nice promotion tied in the World Cup. If you place an order over 20 before the World Cup begins, you get a 5 Gift Voucher to...
First part of a huge 3 part interview with Alan Moore about his forthcoming book Lost Girls , co-written with Melinda Gebbie, which is chock full of...
BldgBlog (Building Blog) has an excellent, lengthy interview with Mike Davis, most famous for his LA architecture autopsy City Of Quartz and most recently...
Mount Everest has been front page news several times recently - first with the arrival of amputee climber Mark Inglis at the summit of the world's highest...
According to this Independent inteview , looks like Messrs Karl Hyde and Rick Smith are about to release a new album after rethinking and rejuvenating...
There used to be a great Martin Amis website at http://martinamis.albion.edu/. Then it disappeared. Now it's come back, with a new web address and editor. You...
Superb review of Coupland's latest novel JPod at 3:AM by Dogmatika 's Susan Tomaselli. To quote her quote from the book: "You feel chilled because you have no...
Interview with Canongate supremo Jamie Byng in the Scotsman , still heading up one of the most successful independent UK publishers: "Before Life of Pi, which...
Over on will-self.com Mr Hall's posted a suitably ridiculous competition Q & A for you to win a signed copy of Will Self's new opus, The Book Of Dave. Send him...
New on Spike: Kenn Taylor talks to Niall Griffiths , the author of Grits and Sheepshagger, about his new novel Wreckage, and his new home town Aberystwyth....
Last week a copy of 3:AM Magazine's The Edgier Waters anthology arrived here in Bangkok (thanks Andrew!) - while I've yet to read the majority of this book,...
Proof, if proof be need be, that you can make the Bible justify anything: "The sex act called fisting is a source of confusion and misconceptions for many...
"Women, romance novels and revealing snapshots have always been a cause for public fascination and blogger Qin Dai has incorporated all of these elements on...
If you haven't been keeping up, Will Self has posted a couple of new blogs whilst on his book reading tour in the last few days. Tim invited me down to the...
Sometime in June 1996 the first version of Spike Magazine arrived on the Internet. I'd learned HTML in a weekend thanks to one of Laura Lemay's doorstop books...
A book review I wrote over on Travelhappy: China Inc.: The Relentless Rise of the Next Great Superpower - Ted Fishman's China Inc. offers a breakneck tour of...
First Freak Brothers strip in 10 years . [via BoingBoing ] -- Posted by Chris to splinters: books, authors, literature, travel, politics at 7/05/2006 03:39:39...
I've set up Free New Books over at - surprise! - Free-New-Books.com - it's a site where I'm showcasing recently published books that have been made available...
