Category Archives: John Waters

‘LAPVONA’ Ottessa Moshfegh

Posted on September 17, 2022 by wordsandpictures2016

‘Despite her headaches, Ina went into the village regularly to cast spells upon the women that they be blessed with babies, per the priest’s requests. She gave each man who requested it a public massage with fake forsythia oil – … Continue reading →

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a delivery from the filthiest people alive…

Posted on August 1, 2022 by wordsandpictures2016

Following my recent review of John Water’s novel, Liarmouth, here comes the blu-ray of Water’s second most famous picture (after ‘Hairspray’), Pink Flamingos (1972). Telling the story of ‘The filthiest people alive’, its a film which lives up to its … Continue reading →

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liarmouth – john waters

Posted on July 23, 2022 by wordsandpictures2016

‘Somehow I became respectable. I don’t know how, the last film I directed got some terrible reviews and was rated NC-17. Six people in my personal phone book have been sentenced to life in prison. I did an art piece … Continue reading →

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june book haul

Posted on July 5, 2022 by wordsandpictures2016

Are we at the start of a new month already? Is the year really half way through? ‘Let’s Do It’ – Bob Stanley. Not tribute to Victoria Wood, Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley pieces together a history of popular music, from … Continue reading →

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may bookhaul

Posted on June 3, 2022 by wordsandpictures2016

English Garden Eccentrics – Todd Longstaffe-Gowan I flight of fancy purchase, this beautifully produced and illustrated tome looks at a number of English eccentrics and their equally odd garden creations, such as ‘Lady Dorothy Nevill and her Ephemeral ‘Exotic Groves’ … Continue reading →

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John Waters’ Library

Posted on March 19, 2022 by wordsandpictures2016

Now, don’t tell me I’m the only person who pores over pictures of other people’s libraries, focussing the picture to almost pixel level to try to work out just what that is on the shelf? Celebrity or not, I am … Continue reading →

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on the horizon

Posted on December 16, 2021 by wordsandpictures2016

We’re nearly there, only the tinsel strewn days of the Christmas holiday before we start a whole new year. I’ll certainly be glad to see the back of this tatty old year, a year of malign stress and not a … Continue reading →

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Death in Her Hands – Ottessa Moshfegh

Posted on August 31, 2020 by wordsandpictures2016

Following on from ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ comes another treatise on solitude, this time from the angle of 72 year old Vesta, a widow who has recently moved to a new town, spending her days in solitude. One … Continue reading →

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A Book Haul – July 2020

Posted on July 20, 2020 by wordsandpictures2016

First up, a couple of books which I bought specifically for a summer holiday in a few week’s time (fingers crossed!). ‘Magpie Lane’ by Lucy Atkins has had some excellent ‘word of mouth’ recommendations. ‘When the eight-year-old daughter of an … Continue reading →

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Mr Know It All – John Waters

Posted on January 4, 2020 by wordsandpictures2016

‘Somehow I became respectable. I don’t know how, the last film I directed got some terrible reviews and was rated NC-17. Six people in my personal phone book have been sentenced to life in prison. I did an art piece … Continue reading →

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