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Casting the Runes - Cinematic permutation of the classic

Ghost stories are as quintessential part of British Christmas traditions as turkey and stuffing. It is a wintertime activity that has existed as long as people have been gathering around fires on cold, dark nights to get warm and to pass the time.What better way to do that than to listen to a tale of terror that will make the darkness outside just that little bit more frightening and the cosy warmth of the fire a little more comforting? Perhaps the best-known example of these stories is Charl...

Life After Carter - The Essential Jim Bob

James Collingwood wrote on We Are Cult: Life After Carter: ‘The Essential Jim Bob’❉ Snapshots of modern life in the form of a two-disc recap of Jim Bob’s prolific solo career, reviewed by James Collingwood.Once part of the duo Carter USM, Jim Bob (real name James Robert Morrison) has made consistently good solo records over the last two decades. Cherry Red Records’ excellent The Essential Jim Bob distils highlights of his prolific solo output into a two-disc collection. It features songs from...

James Baldwin on Art, Life, Writing, Reading, and More

Happy birthday, James Baldwin! Here are some quotes from the writer:   "Artists are here to disturb the peace."   "This is the only real concern of the artist, to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art."   "When you’re writing, you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know. The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you don’t want to know, what you don’t want to find out. But something forces you to anyway."   "Most of us,...

James Turrell - Wikipedia

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