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Jay
- Apr 5, 2021
- 3 min
"THE TREES ARE SINGING YOUR NAME...
An influence and encouragement in writing Neverland in Shadow was the Primitives song Where the Wind Blows. Read about the track here.
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Jay
- Mar 10, 2021
- 9 min
TWEE: THE GENTLE REVOLUTION
The late Marc Spitz published his book Twee – The Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, Fashion, and Film in 2014 (that Oxford...
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Jay
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
COVER VERSIONS #2
Another Neverland in Shadow cover that was great fun to design, but didn't quite emerge as a winner. FIZZING WITH PASSION This effort was...
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Jay
- Jan 10, 2021
- 4 min
PETER PAN STATUES: IMMORTAL ANTI-HEROES
To borrow a terrace chant, there’s only one Peter Pan. But there are several Peter Pan statues located around the world. Here’s a...
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Jay
- Dec 18, 2020
- 5 min
THE ROMANCE OF CRIME
A rogue's gallery of villains and deviants featured in Neverland in Shadow: a modern, offbeat take on Peter Pan.
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Jay
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
"TONIGHT HE FINDS HER UNDERNEATH A WINTER'S MOON..."
A Winter's Sky by The Pipettes. It's another in the long list of pop songs that inspired the Neverland in Shadow story. The track is a...
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Jay
- Nov 21, 2020
- 4 min
BLISTERING BARNACLES?
What on earth has Tintin got to do with a Peter Pan-inspired story? As it should, a pirate pops up, albeit fleetingly, in Neverland in...
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Jay
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
"CAN'T YOU COME BACK?..."
At times, when writing and rewriting have been up against watching TV or sport, staring into a corner, or any other worthy alternative to...
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Jay
- Oct 27, 2020
- 2 min
EVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN
As, depending on when you’re reading this, Halloween is creeping up, it would be remiss to not post up a spooky Spotify playlist. Now...
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Jay
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
"TO BE SOMEONE ELSE..."
A very brief look at J.M. Barrie's responses to queries at disparate stages of his life
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