December 2011
8 posts
"A symbolic clock is as nourishing to the... →
The most preposterous thing about Zack Snyder’s bloated, flaccid big-screen adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen comic is that it posits a world in which the doomsday clock is at a…
Santa's On His Way. . . →
Merry Christmas from The Pipettes! The above track can be downloaded free from Fortuna Pop! here. The Pipettes will be DJing tonight from 7 til 11 at the Snooty Fox in North London….
How Music Got Game (Or Game Got Music) →
” … Badges must be worn at all times … “
Read more about music apps, gamification and exploitationware in my “Wreath Lecture” for The Quietus here.
Merry Christmas from Darren Hayman, Fika... →
All this month, Fika Recordings have been giving away a track, or a few tracks, a day, in the form of a festive virtual advent calender in celebration of Darren Hayman’s new Christmas…
. . . have you hugged, kissed and respected your... →
“… The challenge for Robyn Orlin then becomes how to make a piece of theatre which re-tells the story of, and pays tribute to, Baartman, without in the process exacting the same…
Rock and Roll Vs. The American Federation of... →
“… Listening to rock & roll, then, is to cross a kind of sonic picket line… “
Read more at The Quietus.
The Atari Video Music and the Music Video →
“… There is a kind of whig history of the music video in which early performance based clips, such as Jan & Dean’s ‘Surf City’ on the Pacific Coast Highway and the minimalist cool…