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New Wave

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20/02/09
by Nick Holloway

More news from Mercy’s most trusted friends, Wave Machines: they play a homecoming gig at Korova in Liverpool tonight, back from London where they’ve just finished mixing their debut album. Doors 7pm, tickets are £5adv, support comes from Aspen Grove and Balloons.Apparently the album is sounding amazing; Scott Spencer, who’s working on some tentative designs for the album sleeve (above), has heard.. More

If you can't stand the heat

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20/02/09
by Nick Holloway

Today’s first post is written by film editor and all-round cinema obsessive, Dave Bamford.“Don’t let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you feel the heat around the corner.”In the past few years I have become involved in a number of ‘heated’ exchanges about a certain movie, one that many regard to be a classic. Keeping in mind it.. More

The unofficial Aisle16 fan club

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19/02/09
by Nick Holloway

First Ross Sutherland, then Tim Clare, an appearance yesterday by founder member Luke Wright... this blog has rapidly become the online cheering section for poetry collective Aisle16. And why not? They’re all bloody good writers, without whom Mercy’s last seven years of events wouldn’t have been half the fun.Embarking as he is on an east England mini-tour, today it’s the turn of Aisle16 member Chris.. More

Finding Mr Wright

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18/02/09
by Nick Holloway

I was about to settle down to watch The Seven Ages Of Love, a doc that, if I hadn’t been locked in National Express coach hell at the time, I would have plugged before it aired on Channel 4 on Friday. Directed by Zara Hayes and linked together with poems by Mercy’s old mate Luke Wright (above), the documentary looks at what love means in the lives of a range of people including a teenage gay couple,.. More

Dog Days #5

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18/02/09
by Nathan Jones

Dog Days is a serial about the plight of a dog walker, Richie Pen, and Kenny, his dog.Dearest Bob,It’s funny camping out in the living room isn’t it! We are like children, whispering all night. When do you think we’ll get rid of that stink out of the bedroom though? I’m really sorry about that.Kenny thinks we have moved in with him. He is well chuffed. You can tell, despite the fact that he.. More