Category Archives: culture

Merlin is a prophet for our times.

What I can’t afford to do — and I deeply hope you guys also won’t even attempt to do — is to live in a world of unlimited access (in- or outbound) that requires you to pretend anyone who happens… Continue reading

Category culture, monologue

Mount Rushmore carved with a Swiss Army knife

Cormac McCarthy is auctioning the Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter he has used for the past 50 years (and 5 million words). Cormac McCarthy has written more than a dozen novels, several screenplays, two plays, two short stories, countless drafts, letters… Continue reading

Category books, culture

Here’s comes the Futureshock

All roads lead to Vauxhall tonight for the Citinite X LuckyMe party at the Lightbox, Time Out has described it as the one of the parties of the year, and with a line-up like this, they may well be on… Continue reading

Category culture, music, scifi

And the horse you rode in on.

Elizabeth Kolbert’s amazing takedown of Superfreakonomics, for the New Yorker. Truly career ending.

Category culture

Mr Fox *is* fantastic

The first reviews are sounding really positive. I can’t wait.

Category culture, film

Firemusic 3.0

We’ve spruced up Firemusic a little to give it a bit more flexibity. There are a whole load of exclusive mixes and tracks from Disco Jesus, Quaid, Ulysses82 and the rest of the firemusic family already on the site and… Continue reading

Category culture, mixes, scifi, ulysses82

These Are My Twisted Words

Radiohead-still way ahead of the curve and finding ways to make it all seem new (again). (Also available here)

Category culture, music

Disco Sucks

“It was a strange night,” Trammell said. “It was crazy. What a night. Thirty years later, and we’re still laughing.” NYT on the 30th anniversary of the Night Disco Went Up in Smoke. Gotta love the 70′s-imagine trying to get… Continue reading

Category culture, music Tags

Heatherwick’s UK pavillion for the 2010 Shanghai Expo

Terrifying and beautiful.

Category culture

The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear

As anyone who knows me can testify, I’m not a mad follower of fashion, prefering in my advancing years the safe comforts of classic brands like Filson and Barbour, rich in heritage and function, and never fashionable enough to go… Continue reading

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