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27.5.05 This Is How Weeks Fly Past

I've been out every night since I got back from Cannes. There's some blindingly good stuff going on in London right now, and I planned to summarise all of them for you over the weekend. But I can't wait. I need to tell you about the new Neil LaBute play, This Is How It Goes, right now. I caught the first preview at the Donmar last night. It's blindingly good. You think you know what it is, and where it's going, and then it just sticks two fingers up at you and launches into something else entirely. It's a bravado feat of structure and plotting, because all the hairpin turns in the narrative feel completely natural. Oh, hell. I probably just like the play because it reminds me of Pirandello. Go see it. Don't read any reviews. The less you know going into it, the better.

At my usual Thursday night pub engagement before the show, a friend alerted me to the first print review of my comic. After buying an advance copy at Bristol, Paul Gravett (him at the crossroads) makes SMOKE one of his Picks of the Month in Comics International:

"A financially and morally bankrupt government, a wave of bizarre terrorism, and a soldier boy turned official assassin. All thrown together in a disturbingly plausible near-future London. This comes in three 48-page monthly chunks of barbed satire and steely intelligence. A health warning - SMOKE is good for you."

More information on SMOKE and my other comic work here. If you are new to this farrago of a website, might I recommend the Amphigory section, as it contains short stories to while away a dull afternoon. From misguided adventures with hookers, to sneaking across the Russian border or breaking into hotels in Cambodia - it's all true, and makes me realise how boring my life has become. Not mine, but I wish it were: Conversations Overheard On The Underground.

Tonight, off to see some new anime at the ICA, then Vincent Vincent & The Villains at Barfly. Until we speak again, I remain, your devoted purveyour of fine pulp entertainment &c...

( 9:00 AM )

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