I heard Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee on BBC 6music a few days ago and it was one of those moments where you stop working and stare at the radio transfixed. I’ve chosen this particular YouTube video to share with you because it takes his music so completely out of context and strips it down to a [...]
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The most amazing thing just landed in my inbox. It was AnOther Magazine’s newsletter, click [here] for their site, and normally I skim these things for occasional gems and today something caught my eye. Betty Page was a fascinating character of whom tons has been written about without me sticking my oar in. If you [...]
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I came across this just now and was really struck by it. It’s from a Russian film called ‘Mirror’ by Andrei Tartovsky. I’m not familiar with his work but, in quite an obvious way, it really reminded me of some David Lynch short films I watched recently. Those in turn are heavily influenced by the [...]
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I know I’m a bit late on the whole Japan-earthquake-tsunami-disaster business. Life took a sharp turn in an unexpected direction recently and my thoughts and attention have been taking up dealing with my own aftermath. Not that I haven’t been following the tears, turmoil, sea, fire and pain invading a country one assumes to be [...]
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