Category Archives: culture

One episode down and I’m unsure if I’m going to be able to enjoy the fifth, and final season, of The Wire. It’s not that the quality is down, (although I worry about how they can possibly find a way… Continue reading →

Bit of a half-assed way to get back on the saddle (think I’m in danger of mixing my metaphors like a mofo here) but this is image is so awesome I’ve used it twice. Part of the problem of running… Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon we were lucky enough to catch the Todd Haynes Dylan biopic, ‘I’m Not There‘ at a last minute addition to the wonderful (if slightly elusive) London Film Festival. On paper it’s the hl film of the year: Cate… Continue reading →

The Hl family are off to Paris for a couple of days to see my wonderful (and wonderfully talented) sister who is exhibiting at the galerie des arches (22 rue de Quatre Fils, 75003 Paris-if you happen to be in… Continue reading →

(pic via) last night i was looping a track- its not my usual sort of thing (even if it is somewhat traditional behaviour). its led me to thinking about language and music and the inherent pre-babel power of music’s ability… Continue reading →

About halfway through my signed copy of william gibson‘s excellent spook country, I stumbled across this amazing conversation between two of the characters, an ex-member of a band called The Curfew and her mysterious new employer; “In the early 1920′s,”… Continue reading →

Two quick links. The wonderful serif pointed me to david pearson’s site which features work (such as the above image-or this one jb will like), which is so disconcertingly beautiful that if I was an author I would ban him… Continue reading →