Author: Paul Gallagher

Cure fans. The first time I saw someone dressed-up to like one of their cultural idols it was a young lad, no more than fifteen,…

‘Ms. Chlorine.’ Meet Gregory Jacobsen. He likes all those things you hate about yourself. Flab, bingo-wings, over-bite, acne, tombstone teeth, receding chins, unwanted hair, and…

The Devil and all his internal works. There’s an episode of South Park where Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny try out different routines only to…

During these cold dark winter nights, I’ve been catching up on some those still-to-be-read literary classics like Biggles Flies Undone, Where’s Dildo? and improving my…

‘I, the Jury’ (1947). Mickey Spillane said he was a writer, not an author. “Authors want their name down in history; I want to keep…

Most young men in the sixties didn’t look like Charlie Manson in beads and a kaftan. Most wore button-down shirts, drainpipes, and sported short hair.…

When you share a bedroom with a sibling you’re not too bothered about privacy, well, that is until you start growing hair down there or…

City dweller, successful fella, worked in a bank as a clerk but he thought to himself, “I want to live a life that’s a lot…

Between dream and illusion comes the artwork of artist Rob Gonsalves. Gonsalves (1959-2017) was a Canadian artist who produced a delightful series of paintings that…

Hustler, 1976. I’ve never quite bought into the idea that red is always a color of sex and desire. Not that I give a fuck…