July 2015 – Pop & Politics

Found: First draft of Manics’ Wales Euro song, lyrics by Richey

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An ongoing blog and an archive of various bits of writing by Jon Bounds. Who’s available to hire.

Also available:

Pier Review out now, published by Summersdale. Buy from Amazon in paperback and on Kindle, or on iBooks or from independent bookshops.

“Peerless” – Danny Wallace

“Humour, nostalgia and a certain landlocked romanticism run through this coastal odyssey. Pier Review is an engaging and highly revealing sideways look at Britain from the margins.” – Catherine O’Flynn

“I don’t think I read books anymore, but if I did, I think this is the sort of book that I would read” – Bill Drummond

You know that Birmingham isn’t shit. Sometimes, though, you can’t articulate exactly why…

In this funny, revelatory, and occasionally nostalgic collection, the team behind Paradise Circus explore the places, people and Brummie ephemera that delight us about the second city. It lays out the ineffable reasons why we say ‘Birmingham: it’s not shit’ and then effs them.

Meet at the ramp and Jon, with Jon Hickman and Danny Smith, will dally down Dale End and take you up The Ackers. Discover Aston Villa’s sarcastic advertising hoarding, learn why Snobs could literally be magical, and dig up what might or might not be buried under Spaghetti Junction.

You can grab a copy of Birmingham: It’s Not Shit — 50 Thing That Delight About Brum from Amazon UK.
(There is no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism.)

“If you think it’s looking dark over Nechells Green and your face is as long as Livery Street, and if you can forgive me for getting all kippers and curtains, this book will hearten you.” Stephen Duffy.

Birmingham was the crucible of the Industrial Revolution, but it gave the World so much more…

101 Things Birmingham Gave the World

“irreverent, informative and laugh-out-loud hilarious”

“one of the funniest books I have read in quite a while”

“the industrial language was uncalled for”

“Good if you finish Viz before the next edition is out”

More of this, including interviews and some short fiction. available on Kindle.