My first year in Leeds was hard. I chose to move here because it was where everything was happening with the music I was into. I loved going out in Leeds, and I’d met a lot of sound people at parties, but actually living in this city, before I’d really made it my home, wasn’t … Read More
After the cider, we headed into town. The sky was a dark, inky blue, at the very last stage of twilight. It was a nice night, warm for late April, and we walked along smoking and chatting. There were a few stars out and I thought about the vastness of space and how remote everything … Read More
For me, back then, the weekend always began at around four-thirty on a Friday night, the moment I stepped through my front door after college. Things generally followed a similar pattern every week, but at the same time, no weekend was quite like any other. You always knew that something interesting and ridiculous was going … Read More
When I was in my teens, I wrote a novel. It just came to me, as a fully-formed idea, and I wrote it over a few days, in a room full of people who probably thought I was doing my coursework. I didn’t do anything with it, and I didn’t know, or even care much, … Read More
My friend told me That he does voodoo I howled at that Sorry to laugh I said Yes, ok there may be some spooky action Possibly People can experience telepathy Most likely And we’re more perceptive than we know We are You said that But this is a waste of energy. I get it though. … Read More
I remember you At the skating rink You would have been about fourteen I was nine or ten All my friends were older than me It was Thursday nights They used to play whatever the chart dance music was at the time One of those things that tries to be cool for young teens School … Read More
The view of Tower Works was one of my favourite things as I left or returned to Leeds on the train Now the towers are surrounded by construction and consumed by something new and other and soulless I liked the old view Probably so did many other people But the developers have their sights set … Read More
I’m leaning into the deja vu Bass soaked boxes and piss soaked alleys in between where we light cigarettes, take stock, and step back inside and then we dance The room is caught in the beat The lover of my lover gives me a cold stare The lights change hue Briefly, I am blinded I … Read More
The main problem in the world at the moment is laurels People rested on them and now they don’t know how to get up again
The girl looked at the photograph. It was taken a long time ago, and if you looked at it really closely, after a long time, you could see that it was of her. She was wearing a bridesmaid’s dress and a tiara, and although someone had put makeup on her, it was clear that was … Read More