Thursday 27 October 2011

New FHM...


The current issue of FHM includes my piece on 12 things that winter makes you do. #1 being...

Balloon in weight
You hit a certain point – usually early October – when putting the heating up and wearing an extra jumper just aren’t enough to keep out the chills. And your body tells you that what’s really going to warm you up is a massive beergut and a wobbling pair of mantits. Cue long periods of steady eating, with short recovery periods – a kind of ‘Inverted Ramadan’ – with heavy abuse of boxes of donuts, last night’s Chinese takeaway, whole pots of Doritos sauce and an entire roast chicken, which has been knocked down to 10p just before Tesco Express closes.

G n' R, Cycling Shorts and False Nostalgia…


With the wave of nostalgia for 1991 showing no sign of abating, my Guardian article looks at the biggest album of that year, which nobody now seems to remember: Guns n' Roses' USE YOUR ILLUSION. You can read the piece and admire Axl's cycling shorts here.

The Art of Studio One


Soul Jazz's new coffee table book celebrates the cover art of legendary reggae label Studio One. You can read the piece I wrote for The Guardian about the book here