“The Amateurs” by John Niven
20 May 2009 // Books
David Quantick reviews John Niven‘s new novel The Amateurs. Signed copies are available in the CBTR shop. John Niven’s first published novel was Kill Your Friends, a callously brutal gakanory through the music industry, Martin Amis’ Money rebooted by Irvine Welsh and some piranhas. It was deeply accurate, deeply unpleasant and clearly the work of [...]
English Dreamer
19 May 2009 // Books //Music
Posted a piece by our friend Jon Savage yesterday – thought it was a good time to point you in direction of his newly launched website, an online archive and occasional blog on the affairs of the day. You’ll probably know Jon’s writing from one of his exemplary books (such as England’s Dreaming or Teenage) [...]
Vince Aletti: The Disco Files
18 May 2009 // Books //Music
Jon Savage, writing exclusively for Caught By The River (more on Jon later in the week…) With Disco going through one of its periodic revivals – in this case the Italian inspired ‘Cosmic Disco’ sound – the first generally available publication of this brilliant book is very welcome. “The Disco Files: 1973-78” is a collection [...]
The National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair
the national vintage fishing tackle fair abbey sports stadium – today until 2pm
Remembering Rob Gretton
15 May 2009 // Music //Remembrance
‘This is the New Order 1989 usa tour programme centre spread, i got Rob to sign it a few years later. miss him dearly’. Bobby (Langley) There’s been a lot of ‘remembering’ going on here of late, I know. But I think it’s important and in this case, it was someone that I was very [...]
Islands.
CBTR contributor Matthew de Abaitua shares his love of the outdoor life. (from his site ‘Cath and Math go Camping‘). The vision of an island, coming out of the fog as you approach it by boat, or surveyed from a beach on the mainland, is alluring. (The cliff at Foula as featured in The Edge [...]
Caught By The Reaper – Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise: August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009. by Karen Krizanovich “Dom DeLuise is on!” That was a typical cry from American living rooms throughout the 1960s, when dinners would be delayed just to see what silliness Dom DeLuise was up to. Deluise, who died at the age of 75, was a big man [...]
‘River of Time’ revisited.
12 May 2009 // Books
A review of ‘River of Time‘ by Jon Swain. Written by Arthur Alexander Parker and published on The Wag blog in June 1999. Does Jon Swain have a death wish, or an impulse to live life so fully that he’ll risk his neck for the merry hell of it? After reading River of Time: A [...]
Pleasures Of April – Kavel Rafferty
Our friend Kavel put together the visuals for the Roger Eagle mail out we did last week – she’s the one who made it look utterly fantastic. We thought we’d ask her what’s been floating her boat other than tripping down memory lane with us… listening to Valero new ep the Shipping Forecast and soul, always [...]
Esq.
Not like us to be raving about gents magazines over here, but should give a heads up about a couple of great articles in the latest edition of Esquire by a couple of old friends of Caught By The River. First up, there’s former Herb Garden majordomo Gilly. Rather mindblowingly, he’s moved to Kabul and [...]
