Tag: John Cooper Clarke

Interview: John Cooper Clarke

“What kind of creature bore you Was is some kind of bat They can’t find a good word for you, but I can… TWAT.” Rapid-fire delivery and satirical performance poetry uniquely defines John Cooper Clarke like no other punk. The…

AN OPEN LETTER TO: ARCTIC MONKEYS FANS

Dear fans, By eck, ee by gum, ey up, by the crumpled tights of Nora Batty and the continuing exploits of Compo Clegg, hey, hey, it’s the Sheffield Monkees. The Steel City Rollers, once a chrysalis of George Formby proportions…

THE WORD: John Cooper Clarke

I hate clichés in writing, but let’s be honest: John Cooper Clarke is a national treasure. In the sense that, at a late stage of his life, nearly forty years since he was almost a footnote to the punk era,…

John Cooper Clarke LIVE @ Theatre Royal Brighton 16.11.14

The nasal tones of John Cooper Clarke sit fondly in my memory: on hearing them I’m transported back to the back seat of my mum’s maroon mark 3 Astra, in which he intermittently commentated on our journeys (via CD) around Manchester….