TIMES I LEFT THE HOUSE 2019

26/01/2019-world cafe reading- brickwork lizards best bit was the gong player

04/02/2019- union chapel london- the residents pretty and freezing

20/07/2019- forum london- godflesh/neurosis surprisingly good but not as good as anna karenina I was reading at the time (not godflesh) scary beardy men.

11/08/2019- underworld london- dwarves chav man dressed in tattoos and burberry hat didn't dare drink my water

26/10/2019- venue southend- das ghoul/dai x/igam ogam/ t bitch what, I didn't go to this !!!

27/10/2019- wheatsheaf oxford- melt banana/unman/scrap brain more beards and more noise, I know this and I wasn't even there, scrap brain whatever the fuck that is.

07/12/2019- st giles church oxford- brickwork lizards  warmer and prettier than Residents 

#reviews by Gemma this year. 

BOOKWORM 2019

LEAVES OF GRASS -WALT WHiTMAN

BOSUN-NEW JUCHE

A LONG WAY DOWN-NiCK HORNBY

THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY-FLANNERY O'CONNOR

HOUSE OF THE DEAD-FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN-CHARLES BUKOWSKi

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD-RiCHARD YATES

WEB-JOHN WYNDHAM

WASP FACTORY- iAiN BANKS

HAUNTED -CHUCK PALAHNiUK

MR SAMMLER'S PLANET-SAUL BELLOW

DISGRACE - J.M COATZEE

IN THE HOUSE UPON THE DIRT BETWEEN THE LAKE AND THE WOODS -MATT BELL

THE END OF ALICE-A.M HOMES

OF HUMAN BONDAGE - W.S MAUGHAM

GO ASK ALICE - BEATRiCE SPARKS

SLEEVENOTES-JOE THOMPSON

PINCHER MARTIN- WiLLiAM GOLDiNG

ON THE ROAD -JACK KEROUAC

THE NOSE/THE CARRIAGE - GOGOL

DECLINE AND FALL - EVELYN WAUGH

COSMOLOGICAL EYE - HENRY MiLLER

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN - PATRiCiA HiGHSMiTH

LADY CHATTERLEYS LOVER-D.H LAWRENCE

FOR ESME WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR-J.D SALiNGER 

TIN MAN- SARAH WiNMAN

CROME YELLOW- ALDOUS HUXLEY

GLOW - NED BEAUMAN

PROZAC NATION - ELiZABETH WURTZEL

DANDELION WINE - RAY BRADBURY

BEDROOM SECRETS OF THE MASTERCHEFS-iRViNE WELSH

THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT- JOHN STEiNBECK

METAMORPHOSIS AND OTHER STORIES-FRANZ KAFKA

WALKING ON GLASS-iAiN BANKS

THE DIARY OF ADAM AND EVE- MARK TWAiN

VILE BODIES-EVELYN WAUGH

RABBIT RUN- JOHN UPDiKE

FOUNTAINHEAD-AYN RAND

RANT- CHUCK PALAHNiUK

SOMETHING HAPPENED-JOSEPH HELLER

THE HEART OF A DOG-MiKHAiLBULGAKOV

GO SET A WATCHMAN - HARPER LEE

RABBIT REDUX- JOHN UPDiKE

LESS THAN ZERO - BRET EASTON ELLiS

ROBINSON CRUSOE-DANiEL DEFOE

AS I LAY DYING-WiLLiAM FAULKNER

RABBIT IS RICH -JOHN UPDiKE

MARCH OF THE LEMMINGS -STEWART LEE

STEPPENWOLF-HERMANN HESSE

PERFUME-PATRiCK SUSKiND

RABBIT AT REST -JOHN UPDiKE

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE-JUAN PABLO ViLLALOBOS

JAMAICA INN- DAPHNE DU MAURiER

HIGH FIDELITY -NiCK HORNBY

LOST BRITTISH SERIAL KILLER-(BIBLE JOHN) -DAViD WiLSON

MRS DALLOWAY-ViRGiNiA WOOLF

LICKS OF LOVE -JOHN UPDiKE

THE DOG CATCHER- ALEXEi SAYLE

GRAPES OF WRATH -JOHN STEiNBECK

 

The few records I bought this year (2019)

VOID MANES/BLUE WHALE- SPLIT 7" WITH BOOK/WHITE VINYL
BIG BUSINESS-THE BEAST YOU ARE/WHITE VINYL
HEY COLOSSUS-RRR -ORIGINAL PRESS 22/250
HEY COLOSSUS- IN BLACK AND GOLD
HEY COLOSSUS- THE GUILLOTINE
USA/MEXICO- MALAMOROS
GODFLESH- POST SELF
COME- DONT ASK DONT TELL
COMANECHI- YOU OWE ME NOTHING BUT LOVE
TAD-QUICK AND DIRTY/GREEN VINYL
HEPA TITUS- BLUE FAT PUSSY
BREEDERS- MOUNTAIN BATTLES.

I SOLD MORE RECORDS THAN I BOUGHT THIS YEAR.