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     Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.220.8 |
Any folk who will be in London some time before mid-January should get along to Tate Britain and see this:- http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/johnmartin/default.shtm?gclid=CKmR0eH mjqwCFYQPfAodQ10JqA Debs and I went to this today and it's wonderful - we'd seen the end-of-the-world tryptic a few times before as it lives at the Tate anyway, but it's still stunning however many times I see it, and some of his other works are amazing. Go. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.31.214.170 |
That trailer is superb. | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan) Username: Jonathan Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 2.25.224.132 |
Talking of John Martin: http://jonoliverwriter.blogspot.com/ | ||
| Matthew Fryer (Matthew_fryer) Username: Matthew_fryer Registered: 08-2009 Posted From: 90.206.208.85 |
I love John Martin's triptych. I find it genuinely sobering, despite being an atheist. And yes, that trailer is fantastic. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
And if you're going to see the John Martin exhibition, you might like to go on this particular evening: http://www.britishfantasysociety.co.uk/news/pandemonium-launch-stories-of-the-ap ocalypse/ I'd love to be able to go to that exhibition myself but, sadly, I'm nowhere near London. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.220.8 |
Hitch down, Caroline! Ooh yes, forgot to say that BFS members can get into the Martin exhibition at a reduced ticket price. Debbie's a Tate member so we got in free !  | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.24.14.10 |
Mick, surely the highlight of your visit to the Martin exhibition was bumping into me there? | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 92.8.30.148 |
Did you notice the quote from Lovecraft in the exhibition booklet? | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.220.8 |
Yes, we saw that, Ramsey - interesting to see. Stu - of course meeting you was the highlight of the exhibition, and it explained a strange feeling I'd had for days; that of being followed... | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 81.100.126.181 |
Mick, I'm still disappointed that we missed each other at Fopp. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.182.24.155 |
Me too! Did you buy much? | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 81.100.126.181 |
Just the DVD of From Beyond the Grave. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.182.24.155 |
Ah - no DVDs for me; just three CDs - two Scott Walkers and a Mogwai. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
Not being daft or anything (well, maybe I am) but what's Fopp? | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.29.68.60 |
Chain of music/film/book stores. | ||
| Matthew Fryer (Matthew_fryer) Username: Matthew_fryer Registered: 08-2009 Posted From: 90.206.208.85 |
Annoyingly, Sheffield's Fopp closed a couple of years ago. Now all we've got is hmv, which has a much higher commercial dross ratio and is nowhere near as interesting to browse. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.182.24.155 |
I think Fopp is now owned by HMV - hopefully they'll not let it turn into HMV though. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
I wonder if they're just down south then? I've never heard of them before! | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
There's a branch in Manchester. just off market street near Tesco | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
Ah well, just goes to show I don't get out much ...  | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.166.73 |
Went DVD shopping in Manchester's Fopp on Halloween. Came back with a copy of 'From Beyond The Grave' as well, funnily enough, Stu? And 'The Ward', which was bloody good. Genuinely scary (ending was a bit weak, maybe...) Oh, and a John Carpenter box set... I can resist anything except temptation. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.153.150.101 |
I can't bear to be in the same room as anything by Martin. Almost any big paintings in fact. I just feel overpowered. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.56.49 |
That feeling of overpowering awe is one of the things I love about his better works. | ||
| Mbfg (Mbfg) Username: Mbfg Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 82.6.90.110 |
Saw it on Sunday and paid full price dammit because I didn't know the BFS connection. Never mind, it was spectacle and wonder. My favourite is "Belshazzer's Feast" so much happening. Regards terry | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan) Username: Jonathan Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 2.25.224.132 |
And now you can read an extract from my John Martin-inspired story: http://jonoliverwriter.blogspot.com/ | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.208.112.232 |
"Ah - no DVDs for me; just three CDs - two Scott Walkers and a Mogwai." Don't feed it after midnight, Mick. And never ever get it wet. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.56.49 |
Too late! | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
I just ordered The Zombie Dead for £3.75 including postage off Amazon. | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan) Username: Jonathan Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.143.178.131 |
Pandemonium lives! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pandemonium-Stories-Apocalypse-ebook/dp/B00624EIBK/ref=s r_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320420746&sr=1-1 | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan) Username: Jonathan Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.143.178.131 |
Jon - I kill threads dead - Oliver | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.56.49 |
You and gcw! | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
I thought I was the biggest thread-killer round here! * no-one replies *  | ||
| Mbfg (Mbfg) Username: Mbfg Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 92.4.162.173 |
I'm replying. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.24.25.80 |
I'm not. | ||
| Mbfg (Mbfg) Username: Mbfg Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 212.219.63.204 |
Why not? | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 82.11.92.224 |
'Cos I'm too busy talking about Alfred Bester on the 'What Are You Reading?' thread. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
Terry, Stu - you two are rotten spoilsports. I was proud to be a thread killer.  (only kidding - I love you both really  ) | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 82.18.196.177 |
Caroline, don't worry, you DID kill this thread. Now it's just shuffling around in an undead state. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
Thanks, Stu. I'm happy again now I know that. |