By Stewart Home. Rude Boy features a lot of great footage of late-seventies Britain but also unfortunately way too much of rock bozos The Clash playing live. The conceit behind this is nice, the central character is a complete asshole called Ray Gange (who plays an almost fictional version of himself). The film starts with Nazi [...]

Joe Orton and the Sex Pistols. Also: the Pistols’ first interview. * Will Self does Richmond. * Check out the interviews not included in Jon Savage’s fascinating The England’s Dreaming Tapes. * David Peace interviewed in the Times: “After that he has a plan for one more book that he won’t discuss...

In a similar vein, Minton contrasts the dull and hyper-sanitised environments of the Docklands and Bluewater with grittier, more unpredictable urban spaces like the Manchester rave scene. Many readers will share her instinctive celebration of the latter over the former, but the comparative analysis...

As a writer, Lunch’s prose is distinct in its defiance of current literary standards emphasizing simplicity and restraint. Her text is infused with an electricity that sends her words kicking and punching off the page. She is not afraid to lay it on thick, but it works and it is hard to believe...

It is late, as it always seems to be these days. Murray rarely sees the sunlight - it left alongside obligations and responsibilities. He hasn't shaved and now that he passes under the full beam of a street lamp, he notices his trousers are crusted with dirt and half-eaten food. He has the address...

For his fall 2009 namesake collection, Karl Lagerfeld created what are probably the most fabulous scooter helmets of all time, which came encrusted with pearls and covered in mink. When they debuted, it was unknown when or even if the works of helmet art — complete with iPod hookups...

The diva was in London this weekend, where she dropped £20,000, or about $33,200, at Harvey Nichols. Her purchases included $2,783 gladiator crystal sandals and a $1,370 clutch from Christopher Kane's Versus collection for Versace; a $3,789 biker jacket by Rodarte; a $4,727 safety-pin matador...

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PLASTIC SURGERY • "Botax" may become a reality. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled his $848 billion health-care bill on Wednesday. Page 2,045 contained a section that would impose a five percent tax on cosmetic procedures and surgeries. [Fox...

Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web: John Gall on redesigning Nabokov, with covers as specimen boxes & with help from Chip Kidd, Dave Eggers, Michael Bierut & Barbara de Wilde among others & The Complete Review on Andrei Codrescu’s Posthuman Dada Guide (3:AM’s...