Issue 99, May 2011
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
Stories Undertones fan reunion, Beyond The Fringe, what your favourite band says about you, curation, Black Metal, Latitude 2011, Fantasia, Nirvana cartoon
Emmylou Harris
Best/Worst Royals
Nick Kent v Greil Marcus Rock-crit summit
Fleet Foxes 36 Alison Krauss in Facetime
Phil Oakey and Maxine Peake in Word Of Mouth
Allison Pearson in Word To The Wise
The WORD CD 15 tracks to help combat Austerity Britain
THE WORD COLUMNS
Rob Manuel Career suicide is never having to say you're sorry
Andrew Harrison Germ warfare enters the iPad universe
David Hepworth Welcome to the brave new world of vanity releases
THE FEATURES
How Writers Write
The Airport Paperback v Real Life Literature is the loser
The Impossible Lives Of Rock WAGS What's it like living with a legend?
THE LAST WORD
Music Foo Fighters, Wolfram, Panda Bear, Mickey Newbury, Fleet Foxes, Booker T, About Group, The Donkeys, Webb Sisters, Colin Hay, Gatto Fritto, Trowza Rokitt
DVD & Cinema Your Highness, Sucker Punch, The Killing, Treme
Books Nicky Hopkins, John Niven, David Foster Wallace, Greil Marcus, James Frey
I Was The Phantom Axe Man Of Radio 1 Blood on the carpet - by Trevor Dann
99% True Espionage: there's a mole in the ministry