Peaky Blinders (and other Gangs of New Street)
Tom LennonJust watched the first episode of Peaky Blinders, the BBC’s much-hyped interwar gangland drama. With its strong storytelling, lush photography and a big […]
Craig Ferguson: Why Everything Sucks
Tom LennonThis isn’t exactly new, but my pal (and former work colleague) Alex introduced it to me and it made me laugh.
Let’s see if it does the […]
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Dance of Reality trailer
Tom LennonOoh, this is exciting…
The film director Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of my artistic heroes. I’ve written about him extensively and even interviewed him once (albeit […]
The day Bob the Builder taught my child to swear…
Tom LennonSince playing the Bob the Builder game on the CBeebies website my 4 year-old daughter now regularly says 'A plastic sh*t!' Thanks for that, Bob.
Cookiewaits
Tom LennonSesame Street’s Cookie Monster + Tom Waits = Cookiewaits. It’s obvious, really, and I love this much more than any man should love love some […]
My Olympic Shame
Tom LennonAn Olympic-themed Tale of Teenage Turmoil from a weird, faraway land called 1988...
Tom Waits: Hell Broke Luce
Tom LennonI’m a massive Tom Waits fan. A video for Hell Broke Luce (a rather excellent track from his rather excellent latest album, Bad as […]
Lord Byron’s Luggage
Tom LennonI’ve had a song on heavy rotation in my head today. It’s an up-tempo ditty called Lord Byron’s Luggage by the criminally-underrated (and […]
2012
Tom Lennon
From The Archaic Revival by Terence McKenna:
‘What is happening to our world is ingression of novelty […]
Batman or Batmad?
Tom LennonChristopher Nolan is currently shooting his third and final Batman movie. I imagine you’ve heard about this, seeing as though you’ve got […]
“Boss” Tin
Tom LennonThe second issue of Dirty Bristow magazine features a piece I wrote entitled Lennon’s Guide to the Mythical Fauna of the English Midlands. It’s my attempt at presenting an overview of those Birmingham-based mythological beasts that have so often been ignored by local historians, cryptozoologists and the presenters of Midlands Today.