Interviews
Don’t Mention Art Rock.»
Photo is copyrighted to Lindsay Foley
Sometimes a piece of art can represent more than just itself. Through how it intertwines with what’s around it, it can take on new meanings. You might be able to say the same of Estel. One of the photo sliders on their Myspace sails through a [...]
Music
DJ Venom and Damage Maximum Carnage 2»
photo credit: cisc1970
The original Maximum Damage mix tape sent me off on a bit of a download frenzy on the well cheesy bassline “raise your glasses” tip about two years ago, basically anything with a female vocal over a naff bassline sounded good. Just spotted a follow up in the series from London duo [...]
Misc
The New Realities»
We worked for the common good. We worked hard for the common good, for the hope of a return to better days. And, for a while, it seemed like it would be enough. Closures slowed. The unemployed went back to work, working for their dole in the places of the downsized.
Polathicks/Society
Book Review: Living Dolls The Return of Sexism.» photo credit: LadyGuinevere!
When the facts changed, Natasha Walter changed her mind. Or so she says in Living Dolls: The Return Of Sexism, a book that describes how raunch culture has co-opted the language of choice and liberation and how the post-feminist cultural politics of celebrating doll-like perfection in every sphere of female life is [...]
Screen/Print
Book Review: Ministry of Space» photo credit: Contando Estrelas
I was in the Ilac library the other day and was lucky enough to find a copy of Ministry of Space sitting on the shelf. The work of Warren Ellis (the twisted mind behind Transmetropolitan), the comic is a lovely short 3-part alternate history, where the WWII capture of Nazi rocket [...]
