Tangents - 2006

DECEMBER

I Want To Be In Let's Wrestle
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Homecoming
Photographs by Natasha Aftandilians

Something For The Sofa
Alistair Fitchett rounds up some comics for Christmas

Lizzy Mercier Descloux
The concluding part of John Carney's epic Fifty Thousand Reasons series

People and Places
Chris Fox on Spare Snare

The Place I Come From
Andy Wood on Spare Snare

Davy Henderson
The penultimate part of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series


NOVEMBER

Val Simpson
Part 48 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

All The Difference In The World
Alistair Fitchett on The Left Outsides

Mark Stewart
Part 47 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Andy Weatherall
Part 46 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Nothing In This World
Chris Fox on New Order, Tennicoats and National Park

The Comfort In Being Sad
Daniel Ross on recent listening

Reg King
Part 45 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Ivor Cutler's Not Dead
Neil Jones on recent listening

OCTOBER

It's The Fighting That Matters Still
Alistair Fitchett on the 'Still Doing It For Fun' C86 shows at the ICA

Candi Staton
Part 44 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Borderline Lunatics
Andy Wood reviews Dawn Of The Replicants' Bust The Trunk

Adrian Sherwood
Part 43 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Neo Plastic Beatific Visions
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening including new releases by Mahogany and Brakes

Rosie Cuckston
Part 42 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Musical Impulses And Progressive Potboilers
Rupert Loydell catches up with some music books

B-B-Bicycles
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Alice Coltrane
Part 41 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

It Happens
Photographs by Tatevik Iskandaryan

Dennis Bovell
Part 40 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Ten Light Claps And A Scream
Daniel Ross on recent listening

SEPTEMBER

Jacqui Ham
Part 39 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

There’ll Be A Time For The Nice Guys
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Sam Prekop
Part 38 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Autumn Acoustics and Spectral Splendour
Neil Jones with some album reviews including Ooberman and Manyfingers

The Third Way
Alistair Fitchett on Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie’s The Lost Girls

Now They Are 10
Daniel Ross attends the Fortuna-POP! Birthday party

August Darnell
Part 37 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Final Day
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Joe Henderson
Part 36 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Moonlight Pioneers
Chris Fox on International Airport, Monorail, Glasgow, 23rd August

AUGUST

Horace Andy
Part 35 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Full Colour Glory
Rupert Loydell on some new Art books

Summer Short Listen Now
Rupert Loydell on recent listening

Michael Head
Part 34 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Manic Pop Thrills
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Barry Gifford
Part 33 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Joy Will Find You Out
Andy Wood celebrates The June Brides

Middle Of The Road
Alistair Fitchett on new releases by Broadcast, Junior Boys, Testbild! and more

Insider/Outsider Sounds
Andy Wood on Saint Jude's Infirmary, Viva Stereo and My Latest Novel

Ana Da Silva
Part 32 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

JULY

Splendid Journeys
Part Two of Alistair Fitchett's recent listening

Nicolette
Part 31 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Musty, Dusty, Tattered And Torn
Part One of Alistair Fitchett's recent listening

Posdnous
Part 30 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Jill Cunniff
Part 29 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Phantom of his Own Opera
Chris Fox on The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Joe Foster
Part 28 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

The Heat Of The Downs
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Anna Karina
Part 27 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

JUNE

Watching Kojak On My Own
Alistair Fitchett on Kojak

Ian Svenonius
Part 26 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

The Lesson Of The Smiths
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Swamp Dogg
Part 25 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

J Saul Kane
Part 24 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

On Pepperbox Hill
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Neville Brody
Part 23 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

MAY

In The Moonlight Of The Shivering Bay
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Naomi Yang
Part 22 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Hidden Wiring
Rupert Loydell on recent music book reading

Sylvia Robinson
Part 21 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

The Infuriating And The Sublime
Rupert Loydell's recent listening

Patricia Highsmith
Part 20 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Aide de camp
Part 5 of Tim Footman's Moments and Whatnots series

I don’t believe in fairy tales, I do believe in stories
Alistair Fitchett on recent listening

Maxine Brown
Part 19 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Just Got Back From A Dream Attack
Chris Fox sees Go! Team, Flaming Lips, Morrissey and Silver Jews

APRIL

Alan Horne
Part 18 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

More Than Words
Part 4 of Tim Footman's Moments and Whatnots series

Missy “Misdemeanour” Elliott
Part 17 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Play It For Today
Alistair Fitchett's recent listening

Guru
Part 16 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

It Hurts Even More Than You Thought
Part two of Alistair Fitchett's March/April listening mix

Alison Statton
Part 15 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Taped Recorder
Part 3 of Tim Footman's Moments and Whatnots series

Still in love with Hayley Mills
Part One of Alistair Fitchett's March/April listening mix

Dave McCullough
Part 14 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Eating from the Fishbowl
Album reviews by Neil Jones

MARCH
Linda Lewis
Part 13 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Reality Check
Part 2 of Tim Footman's Moments and Whatnots series

Fay Hallam
Part 12 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

David Axelrod
Part 11 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Lord Have Mercy!
Part 1 of Tim Footman's Moments and Whatnots series

Ed Cobb
Part 10 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Find A Way
Alistair Fitchett on Smoosh in Brighton

FEBRUARY

Will Bankhead
Part 9 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Balling The Jack
Dr. Marino Guida on the Miles Davis/Jack Johnson archives

Joyce
Part 8 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Searching for sandwiches in Dimension Zero
Recent comics reading by Alistair Fitchett

Robert Manton
Part 7 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Get Out While You Can
David Thomson on Chris Dobrowolski’s solitary way

Jean Seberg
Part 6 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

JANUARY

Repulsive?
Tim Footman gets remixed, unmixed and reworked

Vodka Popsicles
Side Two of Alistair Fitchett's January Mix Tape

Ady Croasdell
Part 5 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Sparklingly Forlorn
Neil Jones on Cast King's Saw Mill Man

Andrea Parker
Part 4 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

One Dollar A Secret
Side One of Alistair Fitchett's January Mix Tape

Patrice Holloway
Part 3 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Val Wilmer
Part 2 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series

Of Ceramic Submarines and The King
Alistair Fitchett on comics reading

Steve Walsh
Part 1 of John Carney's Fifty Thousand Reasons series