WB Gooderham
Freelance writer. Blog about books. Co-run the Tufnell Park Film Club.
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The Strange World Of... Van Morrison
The Strange World Of... Van Morrison
“And I will raise my hand up into the nighttime sky / And count the stars that’s shining in your eye / And just to dig it all and not to wonder, that’s just fine / And I’ll be satisfied not to read in between the lines…”Van Morrison, ‘Sweet Thing’, 1968 “If you don’t like […]
Reissue of the Week: Galaxie 500's CBGB 12.13.88 | The Quietus
Reissue of the Week: Galaxie 500's CBGB 12.13.88 | The Quietus
A lean and raw live recording of Galaxie 500 captures the band just as they were on their ascent. A new mix of this previously bootleg-only performance makes a vital addition to their slender back catalogue, says W.B. Gooderham
I Can See You Still: Richard Thompson’s Across a Crowded Room at 40 (Recent piece for The Quietus)
I Can See You Still: Richard Thompson’s Across a Crowded Room at 40 (Recent piece for The Quietus)
40 years on from its release, Wayne Gooderham finds a subtle, off-kilter – and unfairly overlooked – mid-career masterpiece
The Strange World Of... Lou Reed. (Recent article for The Quietus.)
The Strange World Of... Lou Reed. (Recent article for The Quietus.)
Hitting It Sideways: Last Exit To Brooklyn at 60. (Another recent article for The Quietus looking at Selby Jr's influence on the Velvet Underground, The Smiths & Van Morrison.)
Hitting It Sideways: Last Exit To Brooklyn at 60. (Another recent article for The Quietus looking at Selby Jr's influence on the Velvet Underground, The Smiths & Van Morrison.)
This year sees the 60th anniversary of Hubert Selby Jr’s controversial debut novel, Last Exit To Brooklyn. With its frank depictions of then-taboo subjects such as gay sex, recreational drug use and domestic and sexual violence, it is unsurprising that the book caused something of a sensation upon its release. Less a novel in conventional […]
W.B. Gooderham Archives, The Quietus. (Articles for The Quietus.)
W.B. Gooderham Archives, The Quietus. (Articles for The Quietus.)
W.B. Gooderham, The Guardian. (Articles and reviews for The Guardian/Observer.)
W.B. Gooderham, The Guardian. (Articles and reviews for The Guardian/Observer.)
<p>WB Gooderham is a freelance writer</p>
Dedicated To... The Forgotten Friendships, Hidden Stories & Lost Loves Found Inside Second-hand Books. (My regularly updated blog.)
Dedicated To... The Forgotten Friendships, Hidden Stories & Lost Loves Found Inside Second-hand Books. (My regularly updated blog.)
The Forgotten Friendships, Hidden Stories & Lost Loves Found Inside Second-Hand Books · Compiled by W. B. Gooderham
Three Score & Ten - or Like Ice Under a Terrible Fire. (My other regularly updated blog: a literary anthology of fictional characters' ages, from the conception of Tristram Shandy to the of death of Ivan Ilyich...)
Three Score & Ten - or Like Ice Under a Terrible Fire. (My other regularly updated blog: a literary anthology of fictional characters' ages, from the conception of Tristram Shandy to the of death of Ivan Ilyich...)
Lives in Literature. Compiled by W.B. Gooderham.
Tufnell Park Film Club. (Weekly film club I co-run at the Lord Palmerston, Tufnell Park.)
Tufnell Park Film Club. (Weekly film club I co-run at the Lord Palmerston, Tufnell Park.)
We show great movies every Tuesday at The Lord Palmerston, 33 Dartmouth Park Hill, London, NW5 1HU
Latest inscription found inside a second-hand book: this one inside copy of Queen Victoria and Her People by Rev. C.S. Dawe, B.A.
Latest inscription found inside a second-hand book: this one inside copy of Queen Victoria and Her People by Rev. C.S. Dawe, B.A.
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Literary Journeys. (Collection of illustrated essays from Princeton Press to which I contributed an essay on Nabokov's Lolita.)
Literary Journeys. (Collection of illustrated essays from Princeton Press to which I contributed an essay on Nabokov's Lolita.)
A beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-five important journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-five hundred years
Literary Landscapes. (Collection of illustrated essays from Modern Books to which I contributed an essay on The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.)
Literary Landscapes. (Collection of illustrated essays from Modern Books to which I contributed an essay on The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.)
From Dickens’s charnel-house London, to Henry James’s elegant New York to Pooh Corner ... essays by 45 writers
'Toons' (Short story, published by Comma Press.)
'Other People's Dreams' (Short story published by Fairlight Books.)
'Other People's Dreams' (Short story published by Fairlight Books.)
The book of the blog! (Published by Transworld, 2013. Currently out of print. Natch.)
The book of the blog! (Published by Transworld, 2013. Currently out of print. Natch.)
WB Gooderham – A Personal Anthology (My contribution to a lovingly curated blog celebrating the short story.)
WB Gooderham – A Personal Anthology (My contribution to a lovingly curated blog celebrating the short story.)
W.B. Gooderham is the author of Dedicated To: The Forgotten Friendships, Hidden Stories and Lost Loves found In Second-Hand Books. He has written for The Guardian, The Observer, Time Out and Wasafi…
Kelman. (My old band, active between 2005 - 2008.)
Kelman. (My old band, active between 2005 - 2008.)
Kelman was a London-based 3 piece consisting of Wayne Gooderham (guitar/vocals), Marc Gooderham (drums) and Paul Ragsdale (keyboards). They formed in 2005 and disbanded in 2008.
Baptiste. (My even older band, active from late 90s through to 2004.)
Baptiste. (My even older band, active from late 90s through to 2004.)
Baptiste was formed in West London at the end of the 90's by Wayne & Marc Gooderham and Colin Moors (management by Anthony Brady). 2 singles were recorded as bassists came & went, before the line-up settled down into a 5 piece with addition of Scott Brodie (bass) and Chris Ayles (keyboards). They record a further single & album then disbanded in March 2003. Wayne & Marc went on to form Kelman.
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