Talk To Me
- 08 Aug 07
Columns Opinion
As a contributor to this august web rag I have generally been pretty slack, but in my capacity as Brazen’s nominal “London Correspondent”, I have been especially remiss. That probably won’t change, but in this article at least I am making some attempt at regional specificity.
Chris Vs. Summer - Weeks Eleven, Twelve & Thirteen: Harry Potter, Transformers and The Simpsons
- 04 Aug 07
Film Film Features
It's Childhood Obsessions week here at Chris Vs. Summer, with three films released based on sources outside the world of film of which I've partaken, to a greater or lesser degree, at some point during my formative years.First up - Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. I make no apologies for reading the Harry Potter books. I do, however, make an excuse, and it's this: I was eleven when Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone was published (and, more importantly, when I read it), making me the same age as the titular trainee wizard and so more or less exactly the book's target audience. Had Rowling stuck to the original book-a-year plan, I would have aged alongside Harry, finishing high school at the same time he left Hogwarts. As it is, she began to publish one every two years after the release of The Prisoner Of Azkaban in 1999, meaning Harry has only just reached seventeen with the release of the seventh and final book, leaving me, at twenty-one, officially a slightly embarrassed adult who nevertheless has to know how the story began a decade ago finishes. As Gav so eloquently put it, I am part of a generation of J.K. Rowling's bitches.
July Album Round-up: Of Best-ofs, Comebacks and Damned New Yorkers
- 24 Jul 07
Music Album Reviews
In which I attempt to barrel through our ever-increasing backlog of review copies in as little time as possible: