I should be having a conversation with writer and broadcaster and Hastings resident Ben Thompson on 19 December to be broadcast on Resonance FM. The show is called The London Ear and the subject will be Edgar Allan Poe and Music, something I cover in my forthcoming book Mansion of Gloom.
Only one week to go before the launch of Mansion of Gloom on 7 December in Hastings Old Town. Incidentally the talk advertised as part of the launch will instead take place early next year.
Nino Rota ‘O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia’
Francesco De Masi ‘Oggi in Africa’
Franco de Gemini ‘Cheops and Nefertiti’
Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab/Vampires Sound Incorporation ‘Droge CK9’
John Surman and Friends ‘Glancing Backwards (For Junior)’
Miles Davis ‘Duran (Take 4)’
Ian Carr Double Quintet ‘Snakehips’ Dream’
Donald Byrd ‘Estavanico’
John Coltrane ‘Bass Blues’
The Alan Tew Orchestra ‘Ironside’ [tribute to the late Quincy Jones]
I am honoured to have been asked to do a DJ spot (first ever!) at the Berth of the Cool club in the White Rock Hotel Hastings on Thursday 14 November. I shall be in the esteemed company of Mr Bevis Frond Nick Saloman. Thanks to Ben Thompson and Ian Greensmith. I shall be spinning some al dente Italian film soundtracks and venturing into psychedelic jazz for an hour or so.
Details here
The new book Mansion of Gloom: The Unsettling Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher will be launched on 7 December at Tadhg Mae Projects in George Street, Hastings Old Town. Please note I shall be there between 3 and 5.30 (possibly staying a bit later) to sign books and have a chat. Apart from being an art gallery Tadhg Mae also sells Poe-related items, witchy stuff, candles and cards.
Quality 650-page paperback retailing at £25. Also includes a bookmark and separate booklet with Poe's tale in full (see website).
There will be other book-related events including a London launch and film and music evenings in 2025.
The website for Mansion of Gloom can be found here.
Trailer by Luciana Haill here.
