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My Geppetto #5

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03/09/09
by Nick Holloway

A series of interviews exploring the influences of some of our favourite artists and clever clogses... who is your Geppetto? For the fifth in the series we’ll hear from Bryan Biggs, artistic director of a key venue in Liverpool’s arts scene, the Bluecoat.What artist / human / thing(s) are you most influenced by?Malcolm Lowry, the Merseyside writer born 1909:To be honest, there are other artists who.. More

My Geppetto #4: Jen Poole talks about Jeffrey Lewis

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19/08/09
by Nick Holloway

A series of interviews exploring the influences of some of our favourite artists and clever clogses... who is your Geppetto? For the fourth in the series, we’ll hear from Jennifer Poole, co-organiser of London’s most charming and off-kilter pop, folk and blues night, Let’s Go Baboon.What artist / human / thing(s) are you most influenced by?^ Comic book artist, musician and ’Lower East Sider’ Jeffrey.. More

Spicy Juice

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14/08/09
by Nick Holloway

Thank you, first, to the reader who wrote to say we spiced his juice. It spiced my guilt-juice for not having posted in a while, so here’s some thingummies currently doing the rounds at Mercy Towers.(P.S. Guilt-juice sounds like a synonym for the product of a shameful wank, I realise, but that’s not what I meant.)1. Slow MagicMercy main man Nathan Jones kicked off his poetry residency at Liverpool’s.. More

My Geppetto #3: Joey D on the C64

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28/07/09
by Nick Holloway

A series of interviews exploring the influences of some of our favourite artists and clever clogses... who is your Geppetto?For the third in the series, we’ll hear from poet and author Joe Dunthorne. Joe was a guest at Mercy’s Wave If You’re Really There events in Liverpool in 2008. He also contributed to our latest publication, This Is A Little Book.What artist / human / thing(s) are you most influenced.. More

A Month Is Not Enough

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26/07/09
by Nick Holloway

Aaaaand relax. June and July have taken their toll on our weary young souls; the hangover of our 18-month Arts Council development grant giving way to the daunting realisation that we now have to make everything we promised actually happen. Cue a flipcharts and blackboards bonanza; we’ve been nailing down what on Earth we actually are in some fun-time Mission Values workshops, and also planning our.. More