Thu, 15 March
Review of Nick Cohen's " What's Left "
A new review by Oliver Kamm of Nick Cohen's excellent book
Link
Colin
ha ha ha ha click oh
(theres more photos on the way... colins on a roll)
link to>
...something not about global warming
but the same time cleverly slipping it in
without you even suspecting
that i maybe asking
for your assistance in some way
i think and it involves music..... phew eh?
thm
Thom
Thom
Studio Photographs
Sun, 11 March
mood music
"They knew they were being lied to, but if lies were consistent enough they defined themselves as a credible alternative to the truth. Emotion ruled almost everything, and lies were driven by emotions that were familiar and supportive, while the truth came with hard edges that cut and bruised. They prefered lies and mood music...."
J G Ballard
Kingdom Come
Thom
Sun, 04 March
the fog of war
Thom
Thu, 22 February
global warming is an anti capitalist conspiracy?
yeah right
for people who prefer pseudo proof rather than the chilling reality of science,
for people who prefer the fantasy of conspiracies to watching the ice melting and feel the seas getting warmer
for people who would much rather find someone to blame
wakey wakey
rise and shine
bayoneting-a-scarecrow"Why do I bother with these morons? Because they are destroying the movements which some of us have spent a long time trying to build. Those of us who believe that the crucial global issues – climate change, the Iraq war, nuclear proliferation, inequality – are insufficiently debated in parliament or congress; that corporate power stands too heavily on democracy; that war criminals, cheats and liars are not being held to account, have invested our efforts in movements outside the mainstream political process. These, we are now discovering, are peculiarly susceptible to this epidemic of gibberish.
The obvious corollorary to the belief that the Bush administration is all-powerful is that the rest of us are completely powerless. In fact it seems to me that the purpose of the “9/11 truth movement” is to be powerless. The omnipotence of the Bush regime is the coward’s fantasy, an excuse for inaction used by those who don’t have the stomach to engage in real political fights."
Thom
Sun, 18 February
a parrallel universe
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/02/13/a-parallel-state/this is only of interest if you ar e a Uk citizen apologees
x
Thom
Fri, 16 February
dump nuclear
http://www.million-against-nuclear.net/nuclear power is not going to solve our problems now anymore than it has in the past.
it is only able to exist with heavy public subsidy, and a monumental turning a blind eye to the consequences by both our governments and us.
this is the nuclear industrys last ditch attempt to save itself from extinction.
much as the GM companies claim that they can save world hunger with modified foods the nuclear lobby claims to be able to solve our energy needs.
but its bullshit.
thats just what i think anyway.
Thom
'Grave errors'
i just been reading this
http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclearstaying at home
or going to the brit awards?
hmmm
your choice here
"I never went to f****** university. I don’t know what a paint brush is, I never went to art school."
i did. it taught me to respect other artists.
Thom
Sat, 10 February
True to Form
gas leak dream.
in the garage i pull a bike out and it knocks the gas main conection.
i tried blocking it but every time i get near i cant speak. feel i am suffocating.
panic. family is inside. call the emergency. who is calling the emergency, am i?
feel i am suffocating. i stick a pencil in. a pen. the wrong end of a garden fork.
it still comes out and i have to run out of the garageunable to speak or scream.
i run to th eneighbors but semi collapse on the lawn trying to explain but nothing comes out.
debilitated.
once ive got my breath back i go back in.
rageing egos,
paranoia and
knives in the back
will not stop the rising tides,
they are in themselves a form of poison
hanging in the atmosphere.
Thom
Fri, 09 February
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now that was a long and eventful week
sheesh
and it ain over
wakey wakey
rise and shine
its on again off again on again
watch me fall like dominoes
in pretty patterns
Thom
Thu, 08 February
Doukutsu Monogatari

Freeware japanese game - five years in the making, and a work of art:
LinkRead about it and get the english patcher here
(also at wikipedia entry for Doukutsu Monogatari):
Link
Jonny
who could i be talking about?
he is entering his David icke phase..
Thom
Tue, 06 February
.....wow, man, like, crazy.......
Winter 07
kingdom come
"The economy is rolling along an endless plateau, and consumers are bored with the view. Something strange is needed to get them to sit up."
"The consumerist society is a kind of soft police state. We think we have a choice, but everything is compulsory. We have to keep buying or we fail as citizens."
"The danger is that consumerism will need something close to fascism in order to keep growing."
"We're like bored children. We've been on holiday for too long, and we've been given too many presents."
from Kingdom Come by J G Ballard
Thom
Mon, 05 February
A happy find
Jonny
Chinese authorities arrest Tenzin Delek, a Buddhist monk, and sentence him to death .. please go to the online petition to try and secure his release, or at least a fair retrial...
good for yer kids too
Anyone who rides a bike should read this blog because it's ice box cool.
here is some nicely shot video footage from the cambridge show thanks maggie!!!
Music+physics=John Matthias.
Don't let the Stupid define the Age.
Tim Hunkin's inventions, under the pier at Southwold. I keep trying to go there but not quite making it. Maybe you'll have better luck. Go to Ipswich and turn right.
depression is not fussy about who it hits. and feeling isolated and powerless doesnt help especially when yer young and all. this site has lots of people sharing their experiences which is what us humans need in order to cope.
Great dance music site, lots of old articles and features, dj mixes
Found this extraordinary shop in Brighton last week. It's well worth a visit...
“The relationship between photographers and police could worsen next month when new laws are introduced that allow for the arrest - and imprisonment - of anyone who takes pictures of officers ‘likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.”
maybe it's about time the likes of Apple took responsibility for the manufacture of their products, as they're supposed to be so cutting edge.
As we're lifelong contributors to 'anthrophony' we're pretty culpable....but still, fascinating studies.
Look to the stars!
The Chestnut Tree Café. ...it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.
In Rainbows video competition
Plastic. Is. Everywhere.
Bhopal was the worst industrial disaster in history. A leak of methyl isocynate killed 20,000, injured millions more and Union Carbide... um, er...
THE REVOLUTION WILL (NOT) BE TELEVISED
the artists have no recollection of most of this.
There Will Be Blood
film info for the UK
ken korda as Adam Buxton on Scotch Mist
Jonny Greenwood: 'There Will Be Blood' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Available from Tuesday 18th December.
Vote vote vote! Mmm... participatory democracy...
As they say, we don't live in the Information Age, or even the Oil Age. We all have to eat. We live in the Agriculture Age.
Download books on to your Blackberry instead of using it to send email, 'browse' the 'web' or any of the other tedious business-related 'apps'. It'll still look like you're really really busy.
This is great if you should be doing something boring for someone else.
Man, I couldn't even read this, it looked so scary. But maybe you can? Maybe it has a happy ending?
Fascinating, horrifying, beautiful photography.
Put that important work aside. Slack off. Play this, it's great.
Well-written, urgent and frequently very funny. Featuring the now-legendary 'Crap Arrest of the Week'.
Bored? Read a magazine. No celebrity cellulite in this one, I'm afraid.
If only. People are beginning to question the idea of filling our streets with fast-moving metal objects that smell bad and make those driving them behave worse.
Fill 'er up. While you're at it, check the dipstick thing.
Derrick May on Strings of Life
Messiaen's bird song imitations along with field recordings.
Simply incredible. Housing estates are the new up.
I found this when I was looking for pictures of housing estates. The Typologies are fantastic.
Dedication's whatchooneed.
Send your old computer somewhere more useful/less harmful than the local dump. Turns out Apple computers have a terrible environmental impact. Doh.
i want the T shirt
An excellent independent liberal reporter on the Middle East.