James McMahon is a journalist from London via the industrial north. For a long time he was the Features Editor of legendary British music paper NME. For even longer he was the Editor of the British rock magazine Kerrang! In and amongst this, he has written for The Face, Evening Standard, The Guardian, Vice, The Spectator and more. He has talked about pop music on BBC Radio One, Channel 4, and Sky News. He plays in the bands Jobbers and Sister Death. In December 2021 he made ‘Look At What You Could Have Won’, a documentary about OCD, the shifting sands of working class Britain and his favourite TV gameshow, Bullseye.
Spoook is his digital magazine-cum-media organization. Spoook makes podcasts, releases music and promotes events. By subscribing to the Spoook Substack below, you can read about music, film, television, books, videogames, football, psychology, the paranormal and mental illness.