The always great Adam Curtis has begun a new series on his BBC blog with “YOU THINK YOU ARE A CONSUMER BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN CONSUMED“. This first installment focusses on the father of the modern american right – one time...
Read moreGeorges Melies A Trip to the Moon Re-Revisited
My son recently informed me that he wished to learn more about Fiction Science. “Science Fiction?”, I asked. “Yes, that!” After a few weeks of exploring what it was exactly he was interested in learning about Fiction...
Read moreSteven Cerio’s Magnificent Pigtail Shadow In New England This Weekend
Steven Cerio will be presenting his film The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow at two events in New England this weekend – first, at the Jack Kerouac Literary Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts on Friday. Steven will also read from KEROUAC’s...
Read moreSteven Cerio and Three Video Memories
I had a long and far ranging talk with Steven Cerio last night… He mentioned many video and audio memories that were new to me. I am now sharing them with you. Sadly, I could not find anything for Syracuse-area children’s show...
Read moreSam Henderson’s Magic Whistle #13 Sneak Peak
Three Little Fishies. Apparently there is a fish in one panel that is missing his “arms”. Sam swears he will fix this in the printed version… Sam’s The Magic Whistle #13 is coming this summer from Alternative Comics. Go...
Read moreE.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops
In 1966 the BBC aired an adaptation of Howard’s End and A Passage To India author’s E. M. Forster’s 1909 science fiction story The Machine Stops as part of their Out of the Unknown series. Riffing on H. G. Wells’ “A...
Read moreMeet Nick Papadimitriou Deep Topographer
There are a few strains of inquiry and activity that have been common to my work in Wow Cool, DeptEx, and the Brown Cuts Neighbors that may not be super obvious, given that much of the result is performance, music, zines, comics and such. When...
Read morePower Animal Systems Round Up
There’s just a few days to go until Jason Martin and his Power Animal Systems crew join Lady Starlight for a series of dates on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball tour. Here’s a brief news roundup of a couple items for you. UPDATE...
Read moreLady Starlight Speaks to StyleLikeU
As mentioned recently here, the founding members of my old band Brown Cuts Neighbors – Jason and Colleen ‘Lady Starlight’ Martin – are re-uniting on stage for eight of the upcoming east coast shows on Lady Gaga’s...
Read moreAn English Journey Re-Imagined by Iain Sinclair, Alan Moore, FM Einheit & Co.
On the 22nd of October, 2011 Iain Sinclair and Alan Moore staged “An English Journey Re-imagined” at the Barbican in London. They were joined by musicians Susan Stenger and F. M. Einheit and artist Graham Dolphin. The English Journey...
Read moreJason Martin’s Power Animal Systems Joins Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball
Our own Jason Martin and his Power Animal Systems will be teaming up with fellow Brown Cuts Neighbors co-founder Lady Starlight to open for Lady Gaga on eight East Coast dates on this leg of the Born This Way Ball Tour. Jason will also be staging...
Read moreSteven Cerio on Earth’s Mightiest Bastards Part 2
Steven Cerio is the special guest (Still! Again, even!) in part two of two on the latest installment of the popular comics and related business podcast Earth’s Mightiest Bastards. Steven talks about his art for The Residents and combining...
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