Writer. Director. Creative Brain. Create iconic productions and indie mags. Ex-MTV, Nat Geo, VICE, BBC. Made in London, rewired in Barcelona.

Barcelona 08 / London E8
Joined January 2009
Mind Blown: The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes The bonkers story of how my brain exploded into fractals and I turned a rare tumour into art – meet ‘Clusterfuck’ the #cavernoma: lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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Bothering bus stops all over Barcelona this summer, rocking a chartreuse blazer like a Stabilo Boss. » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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Maybe we should blow up the moon. Six confessions from a rare brain: Nazis, nuns and Damon Albarn's cat. Read » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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My grandfather. Papa John.
His father's last words to him were ‘The further from Germany, the better. Go to England.’ This refugee went on to become Churchill's bodyguard and the first alien soldier to be naturalised as a Brit in uniform. This is John Langford's astonishing WW2 story: (🧵)
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My pals like to joke my epitaph will read: “I never wrote the f*cking book.” But I did just co-write one – which is why it's got enough synth puns to make a grown woman bleep. » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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I don't just use AI to generate pics of dogs vomiting rainbows on the Sagrada Família. A step-by-step setup guide to training Claude – properly – to write in your style. Plus, some unhinged AI images. » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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At the risk of making myself redundant, I asked Claude to reverse-engineer my writing style. Then compose a Substack with the title: EQ² + AI = WTF?! I didn’t expect it to chuck in a portaloo, Iggy Pop and cheese. Meet my sloppelgänger ↓ » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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Life’s a bitch. Here’s a few distractions and remedies. Read. Listen. Watch. » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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I named my first dog Emperor Ming in my Flash Gordon phase. Today, I have half a dog. Proving I can, sometimes, do things by halves. Read on » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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Morrissey cancelled his Valencia gig yesterday, blaming a lack of sleep. Get a grip, Steven. I haven’t slept since 1977. My dog and I now share a prescription. Read my latest Substack. Features an owl, a lark and talking dogs. » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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This week’s flashback comes courtesy of a date with David Schwimmer, the real Ross and a radical pivot. Plus, some rabbit holes. Read » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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The white lie that landed me a job at MTV, The Prodigy demands rent, and Iggy Pop smashes up Camden. Read » lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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Hey! Must be a devil between us Surgery under a false name, my blood on a fascist’s hands, and the Pixies poke my third tit. >> substack.com/home/post/p-175…
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Day off. How shall I use this morning wisely? - watch Celebrity Traitors - write a Substack about the time the Pixies’ Joey Santiago poked my tumour the night before I stole a Canadian’s identity to have it hacked out in a sketchy hospital in Argentina >> lisagoldapple.substack.com/
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Anyone could drop dead at any point. But imagine knowing you had high odds of a stroke at any moment, without warning – meaning you might never walk, talk, or even breathe again. How would you live? Read >> lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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Happy Halloween! MTV is dead. But I’m not – yet. Launching today, Goldapple Unplugged is inspired by the malevolent gatecrasher in my brain. If I have to live with a monster, when better to celebrate it than Halloween? lisagoldapple.substack.com/p…
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Interviewing Elon Musk's ex-wife in LA, somewhere between Gotham City Police HQ and Blade Runner’s Leon’s Hotel. When Westworld seemed dystopian.
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