Ashleylister

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• The Best of TV is 20 Years Old.

  There was a time when Saturday night TV meant something was on. The pick of the week's shows would have been scheduled for a prime time run in that included... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Favourite Bottom

  By Ashley Lister Before I begin, I need to remind everyone reading this on the morning of June 1st that the Dead Good Poets will be performing some of their wor... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Remote Rant!

  

  Everything in life is another fucking choice. How the hell am I supposed to be able to cope when every 3rd second of my day involves a conscious choice that wil... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reading with Square Eyes

  Let's face it. Much as we all hate to admit it, TV/Film is the dominant creative force in our lives. As Cerridwen said yesterday, much of it (especially the... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tv

  My step-dad bought a huge 3D TV that sits glaringly at the fore of our tiny front room. This means the joy of being subjected the sights and sounds of the idiot... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Good TV

  “He's a nasty piece of work” a bent over grey haired old lady said to her friend “A right wrong en'”So poked the blood soaked teenager with her walking stick.... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Incomprehension.

  

  This week on the blog, we've been looking at reasons NOT to write. I can think of many, but none so scary as the idea that my words will at some point be taken... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 BOOKS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Not Write

  by Ashley Lister There are many reasons why I don’t write:Blogging. Pitching. Jogging. Bitching. Reading stuff that others wrote. Jotting ideas on a Post-It... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Not Writing is Easier Than Writing, Right?

  

  To plan for this topic, I decided to not write anything creative for a WHOLE week. This seemed easy as I’d just finished off my portfolio and felt like a break... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Navels of Others

  

  FACT: 43% of all novels have a protagonist whose employment relates in some way to writing.Give or take some numbers, that's approximately accurate. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Time.

  There are lots of reasons not to write. There’s always washing up, unwashed clothes, sunny weather, screaming children, illness, demanding friends, demanding... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reasons Not to Write

  ...I am dead, Bereft of life, Breathless, Buried, Checked out,Deceased, Defunct, Departed, Done for, Expired, Extinct, Gone to meet my maker, Inanimate, Inert,... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pop Poetry... Euro Style

  Everybody's talking 'bout pop music.As Eurovision swept the UK last night, I found myself infront of the telly- a distinct lack of good foreign beers around me... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lyrical Ballads

  By Ashley Lister I don’t listen to a lot of pop music. I have no ability to focus on more than one thing so, if I’m listening to lyrics and writing at the same... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pop Rockin' Beats

  This is a little rushed and for that I apologise. I had written a post last Saturday, in a foul feel-sorry-for-myself mood, and set up lots of heavy metal... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Ning Nang No?

  

  This week's theme is loosely related to a question I've been considering lately. I've entered a couple of poetry competitions this year. Two of them were... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• iGod

  Marcus had known he was special from a young age. Chosen. It wasn’t something he could explain to people, or had a care to for that matter. He just knew that Go... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pop Music

  New York, London, Paris, Munich everybody talk about mmmm, that’s right pop pickers this weeks theme is all about pop, pop, pop music. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• We Can All Learn from Wigan.

  A journalist walks into a bar. Eyes fixed on the floor, he shuffles over to the pumps and points to the cider. Three or four times he does this, shuffling back... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing and Money

  

  By Ashley Lister "If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favour you can do them is to present them with copies of The... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION