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Monday, September 19, 2005

Poem: A Journalist's Death of Socrates

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Yo lo vi And so we saw The fragile sinews Of his neck grow taut The muscles there Flicker and contract Did he sip or gulp Would sipping Ex...

A DAY OUT IN LONDON

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On the bus from Victoria, going past Trafalgar Square and the light flashed off the head of Marc Quinn's extraordinary statue, which had...
Sunday, September 11, 2005

Great Gigs I Have Seen

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It has long been a plan of mine to try and list all of the major gigs and concerts I have seen in my life - just as a memory exercise if not...

THE LOST DYLAN PHOTOS

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Finding a 'lost' set of Bob Dylan pics is like discovering the Holy Grail - in a way. Such was my luck in discovering the wor...

Adventures In Hyper-Reality (3): Pete Culshaw

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Bush Sr and Jr visit New Orleans Original source: Dvorak Uncensored : The Personal Weblog of John C. Dvorak

The God of Hellfire in Residence

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From time to time, chez nous functions as the Beat Hotel (excellent views and rates; as much olive oil as you can eat) and it has been a gr...
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Sunday, August 28, 2005

What the Dormouse Said: Counter-Culture and Computing

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This image of the very first mouse, conceived by Doug Engelbart, taken from the chronological history on the site of The Bootstrap Institute...
Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Douglas Adams: A Carbon-Based Bipedal Life Form

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Douglas Adams: The Star of Broadcasting House 12 August 1982. Photo by John May First publication You might well ask what Douglas Adams is d...
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Dying To Win

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What follows is an extract from 'The Logic of Suicide Terrorism' by Scott McConnell, published in the American Conservative magazin...

Elephants Can Mimic Sounds

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Calimero, a male African elephant in a zoo, has learned to imitate the sounds made by female Asian elephants he was housed with. (Photo by A...
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Arundhati Roy: Kashmir & The War on Terror

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Arundhati Roy is one of the bravest and brightest writers on the planet. She has consistently and courageously spoke out in India and abroad...
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Sunday, August 14, 2005

Inside Dope by Dick Tracy

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The first coffee shop or 'tea house' as it was then known was opened in Amsterdam in 1972 by Wernard Bruining and friends. at Weesp...

Adventures In Hyper-Reality (2): Pete Culshaw

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Message on Notting Hill Gate tube station, London. 26 July 2005 Message reads: ' Please do not run on the platforms or concourses. Esp...

This Enchanted Isle: The Neo-Romantic Vision

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There’s a book that’s been haunting my imagination off and on since I first read it some years ago and, not for the first time, I pulled it ...
Monday, August 08, 2005

Cocaine Pollution

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According to a report in 'Nature' : The 5 million people living around Italy's largest river consume 200,000 lines of cocaine a ...

The Poetry Olympics Twenty05 - Wholly Communion Renewed

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The Poetry Olympics celebrates Three Birthdays with a Jamboree of stellar performances at the Royal Albert Hall On September 25th, the Royal...

Jeff Nuttall: Bomb Culture and Beyond

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Jeff Nuttall at the Chelsea Arts Club on 4th November 1985. Photo by Ed Barber (Copyright Reserved) First publication Jeff Nuttall was the f...
Friday, July 22, 2005

The Luck To Be Astonished In The Right Place

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It’s not often that you see a painting that you desperately want to own, something that you could happily live with for the rest of your lif...
Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Clean Hands and the Philosophy of Football

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Bought a 'Big Issue' this morning and discovered an advert for PhilosophyFootball.Com and this t-shirt, which I have ordered. This ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Making Connections

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One of the greatest things about blogging in particular and the net in general is connectivity - linking ideas, thoughts, sites, people. So ...
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