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An Essay on ye Olde Aesthetik
PART ONE I just went off for a quick toilet break and by the time I got back some nong had announced a ‘New Aesthetic’. Actually the first inkling was…
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The Future of the Future
Time’s Harry McCracken does a worthy compilation of Futuristic prediction videos. He goes beyond the usual tittering by including both Future Past and Future Current and calling out the overall…
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HH: More Rabbits
I started building rooms with multiple tape recorders, radios etc. For the radios I’m trying to reproduce my existing Shortwave Radio simulation, but quickly discovered a hard basket.In that exhibit…
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Secrets of the 1%
I’m sorry I’m blogging so much. University break. It’ll stop soon.Frickin’ LinkedIn. You had enough? It’s like a sad FaceBook for middle managers. Everybody links in and then avoid each…
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HH: Bloody hell, it’s actually happening.
I’m kind of embarrassed that it’s taken a stern deadline but… it’s happening. What? Well here is a sketch from 1999. This is one of the musical instruments that feature…
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Rebigotting part 2 – Help design a box set package!
Gosh – how time flies when you’re still servicing high interest debt! It was April when I last reported on the Bigot album. Since then I got the hot water…
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2012 What a Cracker!
It doesn’t get any better than this! You look back over 2011 and say to yourself ‘obvious Leibniz quote’. I myself enjoyed a cornucopia of death, taxes and medical bills…
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Christmas re-education camp
As feared, as predicted; three years of hits and memories have damaged my ability to write music. Three years is longer than most bands last in total. It’s enough time…
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The giant meteor that squashed Guangzhou airport
The day began as any other in the south of the Great Empire – the morning glowed sickly brown with flecks of purple as the old sun cut through layers…
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Resolution
I can’t remember which story it was – an elderly English detective novel (Agatha Christie or some such) which featured a guru in residence at the dead man’s mansion. When…