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Some Links I Like
Site of author Neil Daniels, including interview with Joe Ambrose go
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Independent lo-budget movies of Burke Roberts go
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Myspace for Tsunami Edizioni, publishers of the Italian edition of Joe Ambrose's book, Moshpit Culture. go
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Site of the Irish town zhere Joe Ambrose was born. INteresting historical material. go
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shop and gallery. electronic music.comics.graphics.art.exhibition
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Site of the artist Stu Mead go
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Publishers of Joe Ambrose's Irish history books go
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Joe Ambrose reads an extract from Chelsea Hotel Manhattan on the terrace of his Marrakesh apartment; go
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cut ups, art, writing, noise, research and anger go
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Site of Paul Hawkins, countercultural vulture and loyal friend to outsider artsts everywhere go
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Funkiest literary/punk/cultural/political pub in the world. The genial host is Gerry O'Boyle, the Irish Jay Gatsby. Regular hangout of Shane McGowan, Pete Doherty and, occasionally, Kate Moss. go
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Kind of an arts lab, kind of a sound lab, a proper gallery. go
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Esclusive extracts from Chelsea Hotel Manhattan, music, outtakes, photographs, blogs, news of forthcoming events, Chelsea Hotel-style friends. go
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Did 10% album cover photograph. collaborator on Chelsea Hotel Manhattan which features his interviews with Bowles, Burroughs, Ginsberg, etc go
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Dan Stuart's colourful celebration of NYC highlife, UK lowlife, plus some cool DVDs on sale. go
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NYC poet/photographer who worked closely with Paul Bowles, William BUrroughs etc., and who is featured in Chelsea Hotel Manhattan go
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Arts and culture magazine from Ireland's South East, for which Joe Ambrose writes a regular column. go
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Gonzo poetry site go
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A site dedicated to the art and ideas of Marcel Duchamp. go
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The stylish stylist and Horse Hospital fatale go
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Welcome homage to the Irish poetry and rock collective which eventually gave the world Horslips and poetry publishers Gallery Press. go
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The definitive and official Paul Bowles site, stuffed full of interviews, essays, and photographs. go
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PublicDuck is a free video Podcast network, delivering a mix of video of all forms and functions, directly to your iPod or desktop. Features Asian Flu, scripted by Joe Ambrose
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San Francisco-based independent publisher, bringing the underground into the open air. They've published The Civil Disobediance Handbook and Underground Guides to American Cities go
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The recently reformed kings of Bukowski rock ride out of the sunset, bringing with them some of the most transgressive rock music possible go
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Publishers of my book Chelsea Hotel Manhattan plus an exciitng list concerning film culture, mondo, counterculture, gigs from hell. go
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Frank Rynne's Joujouka site go
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Proper rebel radio music, delicious hot music, excellently played for you. Mondays and Thursdays, 22.30 GMT go
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Sargeant is the author a lot of books including Naked Lens – Beat Cinema, Lost Highways: An Illustrated History of Road Movies, and Deathrripping – The Cinema of Transgression. An authority of all things transgressive and countercultural. go
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After years in Green on Red, during which time he and Dan Stuart wrote the book on Bukowski Rock, Chuck pursured a solo career laden down with pithy, idiosyncratic songs blending soul, sex, and casual brilliance. He contirubted to 10%, providing music for Herbert Huncke and Stanley Booth. go
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Maybe the most influential graphic artist of his generation, Panter was head set designer for Pee Wee’s Playhouse and did the cover of the first Red Hot Chilli Peppers album. go
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Chelsea Hotel writers, painters, musicians, fashionistas, past and present. Interviews with all sorts, gossip, hairdressers, very NYC today. go
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Andrew Sclanders sells rare, signed, or first edition Beat Generation books. This is the place to go looking for your first edition of Naked Lunch or a signed copy of Nova Express. He also vends counterculture titles, rock books, and that sort of thing. go
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Daniel Figgis is an ambitious composer. Joe Ambrose is working with him on a project concerning the novelist Laurence Sterne and he is busy organising what will be his first opera. go
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A really beautiful site, outsideleft is a transatlantic magazine of popular and unpopular culture. I'm the Literary Editor and I also contribute a From the Moshpit column. Stuff about Kate Moss, the Chapman Brothers, Frida Kahlo, and Michael Caine. go
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An allegedly independent site featuring tributes to Horslips by various unheard-of indie and guitar bands. A lot of these bands sound suspiciously like Horslips. If in doubt consult your dealer. go
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Maybe the best radio station in the world. Weird shit, great discussions, unheard voices, experimental music, the sound of cultures in collision or collusion or collapse. go
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Fiction. Short stories. Live literary events in the UK. Details on literary magazines looking for contribtions. Writer's workshops. go
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The Horse Hospital/Chamber of Pop Culture is one of London's most important arts venues. Particularly strong on film events. Islamic Diggers brought Richard Hell and Anita Pallenberg there. Horse Hospital Radio on Resonance FM is one of the best shows on the radio. go
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Monthly magazine. Global resistance. Art. Counterculure. Environment. Pro-Palestinian. Literature. Edited by Jocelyn Bradell, who makes a cameo appearance on my bio page. go
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This is the official Horslips website which charts their sham-rock start, glam rock rise, adventures breaking the States in the late 70s, and late 2004 reformation. Great posters, photos, and conversations with the Tuatha de Dannan. If in doubt consult your dealer. go
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