nik cohn ADDENDUM

here he is in manchester, contemplating a graffiti jungle amid "a labyrinth of condemned flats": "we walk the walls as though touring a gallery, but no clean, well-lit space could be so physical. the frescoes have the impact of a last defiant yell. in another six months, a year at most, all of this will be rubble. meanwhile, the images rise up, and roar."