The short story that won the Literary Death Match set to music by the West Norwood Cassette Library
The Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Were Incidental
by Matthew De Abaitua •
Woodstock was about camping
The Red Men live performance – Matthew De Abaitua and the Time Attendant
by Matthew De Abaitua •
Listen and download to tracks from The Red Men, performed and recorded live by Matthew De Abaitua and the Time Attendant
Twenty Eight Versions of Purple Rain
by Matthew De Abaitua •
This is Wendy’s first gig with the new band, and the song she is playing is Purple Rain, and nobody in the audience has ever heard Purple Rain before because this is the night that Prince and the Revolution record the song
HiLobrow hero: Sun Ra
by Matthew De Abaitua •
In praise of the otherworldly genius of Sun Ra.
Komedia with Will Self
by Matthew De Abaitua •
Komedia, Brighton, 24th Jan at 7.30pm
HiLobrow hero: Russell T Davies
by Matthew De Abaitua •
My brief appreciation of Russell T Davies, the man who revived Doctor Who
The Idler and the Kibbo Kift
by Matthew De Abaitua •
Just got this from Tom Hodgkinson, editor of The Idler. It is the first page of my essay in the new issue of The Idler, and it looks beautiful.
Port Eliot festival
by Matthew De Abaitua •
This Summer, I will be performing at a few events at the Port Eliot Festival, 23rd to 25th July. As the proud owner of ticket 001 purchased at the first Port Eliot festival, I have long harboured an ambition to perform there. I was booked to talk a few years ago but floods prevented my…
The Red Men script handover with Shynola
by Matthew De Abaitua •
I met Shynola in the bar of the Phoenix on Charing Cross Road to pick up a copy of their script for The Red Men, delivered within a wrapper embossed with their redesign of the Monad logo. Everything within that wrapper was new to me, as I had no part in the process of turning…
