The Climber
Her virtues have been the subject of previous accolades here, but I really am bursting with pride at the amazing …
Category Archives: nostalgia
There and then, here and now
From Williamsburg Bridge (1928) by American realist painter, Edward Hopper. Looking out my window onto Humboldt Street, Williamsburg.
He’s with The Band
The whole point of our roadtrip to Woodstock was to attend a Midnight Ramble. About a mile out of Woodstock, …
"If Paris is France.. Coney Island is the world"
The full quote, pilfered from a faded mural on Coney Island’s beachside boardwalk, is: “If Paris is France, Coney Island, …
Mermaid avenue
When researching Coney Island before my visit, there was one vague image that bubbled up from the vault of memory. …
Songs of innocence & experience
Just as songs can evoke specific memories, certain albums will always recall certain chapters in my life. Radiohead’s OK Computer …
Fletch and the city
This time next week… I’ll be on the plane. New York bound, with nothing more organised than a couch to …
Don’t bore us: get to the chorus!
There is so much more I have to say about the Arcade Fire’s new LP The Suburbs, but I will …
This is the day
Sometimes songs come to you just when you need them. Sometimes they recur with freakishly appropriate timing, as though you’re …
Mermaids are fishy but are people too
Keep getting distracted clearing out three-plus years of work emails. Just lost an hour on old personal correspondence, but it …
