IS THIS REAL LIFE?

Grace Jones in Stockport, 1980. Meeting A Certain Ratio. She later spoke approvingly of their haircuts and wondered where the barber shop was - which turned out to be down near Manchester Cathedral. She didn't have time to check it out...

Do any of the kids at the cool table wanna share this loser's book? I've been crying and picking at my skin in the bathroom.

It took me a long time to write this. It's been a labor of love and pain. Give an unknown 41yo mom with OCD a chance❣️whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books-1…

Patti Astor, a cofounder of Fun Gallery, the famed New York space that introduced a range of graffiti artists to the wider art world, has died at 74. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Veranstaltungstipp: Ein Abend mit Dave Haslam in Berlin musikexpress.de/veranstaltungs…

Grace Jones in Stockport, 1980. Meeting A Certain Ratio. She later spoke approvingly of their haircuts and wondered where the barber shop was - which turned out to be down near Manchester Cathedral. She didn't have time to check it out...

Only a week until Dave Haslam comes for Walthamstow Trades Hall for a night celebrating Grace Jones, New York and Manchester - eventbrite.com/e/811867737257

🍓🍎HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! 🍓🍏Today is the official launch of the latest Art Decades book, Strawberry and the Big Apple: Grace Jones in Stockport, 1980, by Dave Haslam – get your hands on a copy here... confingopublishing.uk/product-page/s…

My new book about Grace Jones in Stockport is out today, and at midday I'll be chattering about it with ed connole on ALL FM 96.9 Listen live online here - allfm.org

The evening before this, #GraceJones had slapped Russell Harty on live TV. I reckon the band look a little wary of her...

Dave Haslam Kevin Cummins A Certain Ratio Cōnfingō Publishing Manchester Literature Festival I’m sitting dangerously close to Grace there. I remember being very nervous hence the silly grin

Kevin Cummins took a camera to Strawberry Studios, Stockport, Nov 1980, when Grace Jones met up with A Certain Ratio. The encounter – the whys & hows - explained in my new short format book 'Strawberry & the Big Apple' OUT TODAY!

INFO confingopublishing.uk/shop Photo by Kevin Cummins.

Looking forward to my book event in Berlin on April 23rd. rollingstone.de/veranstaltungs… Thanks to Rolling Stone for the coverage.

Reform Party candidate for Parliament, Iris Leask, is suspended for saying that Ben Wallace ‘should be left to die’ in Afghanistan, advocating that meat-eaters ‘eat other humans’ and calling for the obliteration of the human race (2024)

News that makes my heart sing.

As someone who has been involved in school streets in various roles for years I’ve seen the difference they can make.

For happier, healthier, greener lives and neighbourhoods. And more joyful journeys. 🌱

Out tomorrow! The story of Grace Jones visiting Stockport 1980 to meet A Certain Ratio 🤯

Available online! ‘Strawberry And The Big Apple - Grace Jones In Stockport, 1980’.

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Donald Johnson (ACR) “A brilliant deep dive into this period. You get the instant feeling of being totally immersed in & around the creative energies of the time”

RIP Patti Astor, doyenne of the East Village scene in NYC early 1980s.

These are the worst jeans I’ve ever seen

Officially out tomorrow! ‘Strawberry And The Big Apple - Grace Jones In Stockport, 1980’.

confingopublishing.uk/shop

Donald Johnson (ACR); “A brilliant deep dive into this period. You get the instant feeling of being totally immersed in & around the creative energies of the time”