Stanya Kahn, ‘It’S Cool, About Her Personal Struggles, Stress, and Working Life in a Home for Mental Patients
Mental health at the movies: 1 THE SHRIEKING Violet Jesus’ Son (directed by Alison 2 is three! I can’t believe it’s three years Maclean) by Richard Howe since the Shrieking Violet fan- “I FELT about the hallway of the Bev- zine started, back in summer 2009. erly Home mental centre as about the The first issue, conceived as an alternative guide to place where, between our lives on this Manchester, was published at the start of August in earth, we go back to mingle with other 2009, containing articles on canal boats, street names, souls waiting to be born.” the demise of B of the Bang and the regeneration of north Manchester among other topics – along with, Jesus’ Son is based on acclaimed all importantly, a recipe for blackberry crumble! biographical novel by Beat author Over the course of the nineteen issues of the Shriek- Denis Johnson, who guest stars as a ing Violet I’ve produced to date, certain preoccupa- peeping tom with a knife in his eye tions have emerged, and subjects such as public socket. Set on the North West coast art, public transport, history, food and tea have all of America in the ‘70s and named remained constants; fittingly, this issue contains an after a Lou Reed lyric, it’s gonna be appreciation of post-war murals by Joe Austin, a a wild ride. Jesus’ Son gets my vote tribute to tea by Anouska Smith, a lament on the as best ever female-directed film; not fragmentation of our railway system by Kenn Taylor, that gender matters, that’s just to get your mind bubbling and percolating a profile of Manchester-associated radical and ec- We follow narrator, the journey of lovable antihero nicknamed ‘Fuck Head’ (Billy Crudup) centric Pierre Baume and a recipe for bread from the from drug addiction to compassion.
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