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Carl Halling. Christian actor, singer, songwriter, writer, other. I was born on the Goldhawk Road, W6, in the Chiswick/Shepherds Bush/Hammersmith district of west London, UK. CD (Tasman Records) A Taste of Summer Wine - James Hughes, Carl Halling and the London

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Childhood: 12 of 134
Wicked CahootsWhen he madehis first personal appearancein the dirty alleyon someone else's rusty bike,screaming alongin a cloud of dustit rendered us allspeechless and motionless.But I was amazedthat despite his grey-faced surliness,he was very affable with us...the bully with a naiveand sentimental heart.He was so happyto he... More..
Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes Problems with contemporary trends in rock music: 9 of 40
Rock Music and the tragic cult of self-destructionRock is more than just a simple type of popular music derived from rythym and blues, country music and so on. Rather it is an immensely influential international subculture of varying artistic and intellectual substance, much of it depictable as pure "pop", which could be used... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Alcoholism: 19 of 80
Lone Birthday Boy DancingYesterday for my birthday,I started offwith a bottle of wine...I took the traininto town...I had half a bitterat the Cafe de Piafin Waterloo...I went to workfor a couple of hours or so;I had a pint after work;I went for an audition;after the audition,I had another pintand a half;I had another half,bef... More..
Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes What is glam rock?: 2 of 7
This Glam Rock NationIn the summer of 1972, it was mutually decided between my poor dad and those directly responsible for me at Pangbourne that I leave after a year in the fifth form and four years in the college itself.My parents, brother and I had moved to a tiny little village suburb some dozen miles from the centre of Lo... More..
Travel > Europe Travel experiences: Spain: 4 of 13
The Innocence of pre-Movida Spain/Gambolling Baby BoomersThe dreamy, introspective aspect of my nature became increasingly marked in 1972-73, and I fantasised about fame and adulation as Rock or movie star as never before, and so throughout '73 built an image based on one of my greatest Glam Rock idols, spiking my hair like h... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The teenage years & growing up: 13 of 42
My late teens in the early-mid 1970s:The Genesis of a GentlemanThe following is an account concocted as accurately as possible, given that I was looking back at some three and a half decades ago, of how I came to be conditioned by my environment in the early 1970s, following my departure from Pangbourne College where I'd been... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Fiesta: 7 of 22
Gallant FestivitiesIt was my evening,That's for sure -At last I'm goodAt something -27 years oldI may be, but"I've heard allabout you""I have to meetThat guy""Spot theEquity card""It's your aura, Carl"I even signedOne of Phil's friends'Programmes -"When are you goingTo be a superstar?"Said LuceA few days ago -That seemed to b... More..
Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes Glam rock's place in musical history: 1 of 3
Seventies Glam and Beyond:Taken from the autobiographical piece "A Dandy in the Land of Blue Denim":...I persisted with my relentless pursuit of louche glamour, in the shape of the musical stars of Glam Rock, but also increasingly as the seventies went on, flamboyant artists from earlier stages of the Modern Age...poets, play... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Solitude: 29 of 82
The Wanderer of Golders Green (1985)IntroductionIt may be true that much of the wistfulness displayed by the ensuing piece was born of a long-established infatuation with Bohemian melancholy, and that my characteristic exhileration was still very firmly in place. Formed from notes committed to paper in '85, it refers largely ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Youth: 18 of 48
Introduction to From Paris to Golders Green/Gallant festivitiesThe various sections of "From Paris to Golders Green" provide a stark contrast between my psychological state during the first half of my time at Westfield College, London, where I studied for a BA degree in French and Drama between 1981 and '85, and that during m... More..