Posted by Douglas Anderson November 11, 2010 books, Literature Comments(0)
I feel I have a pretty good success rate with the books I choose to read. By that I mean I enjoy the majority of books I get lost in and have had a pretty good run of things recently. …
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Posted by Douglas Anderson July 5, 2010 art, culture, dougie anderson, douglas anderson, Film, football, Literature, music, nostalgia, the world cup Comments(0)
I’ve been listening to quite a few debates on the radio recently concerning The World Cup and in particular the proposed introduction of goal line technology. I’m all for it as the absence of it has shown the multi-million pound …
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Posted by Douglas Anderson June 25, 2010 Arturo Bandini, book covers, dougie anderson, John Fante, Literature Comments(0)
I have mentioned the work of John Fante a few times on this blog with particular reference made to the fact that he is one of my favourite American authors. On more than one occasion when I have been …
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Posted by Douglas Anderson June 2, 2010 American Splendor, comic book, Film, Harvey Pekar, Literature Comments (5)
Like many I had never heard of Harvey Pekar before watching the film American Splendor. I went to see it on a cold and grey January afternoon in 2004 after scouring the cinema listings in the hope there would …
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Posted by Douglas Anderson May 27, 2010 Arturo Bandini, Bukowski, John Fante, Literature, music, Nick Kent Comments(0)
We are careering towards the middle of the year quicker than I had expected so I thought it high time to pop in with a couple of book recommendations for anyone in need of some new reading material. The first …
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