Pilotless floating killing machines now routinely fly over borders, grim drones of surveillance no doubt predicted by plenty of science fiction before them. The actual 21st century messiness of the drones was best nailed a near decade ago, by Patrick … Continue reading
by j p, February 15, 2010 0 comments
Long-time live cinema enthusiast, (Toby) *spark from the UK, released a video about it this week, a decent attempt at exploring some of live cinema’s essence. What is live cinema? Who makes it? Why? How? The video features interviews with … Continue reading
by j p, February 10, 2010 7 Comments
Aka, some stuff stapled to the ears of the year so far. The Books ( Mini Review ) John Curtin Hotel ( Carlton, Melb Jan 09) Thanks to the tasteful way they’d championed the collagey folktronica sound back in the … Continue reading
by j p, February 3, 2010 0 comments
Chimps are now making movies. It’s true. And their movies are getting screened on the BBC. A bunch of chimps were given access to specially designed chimp-proof cameras as part of a scientific study into how chimpanzees perceive the world … Continue reading
by j p, February 2, 2010 0 comments
Slothdom has never looked so good, or been so lazily achievable. Reduced emissions from schedules of slackness, being able to outsource our workloads to increasingly rad software, better health, wealth and good fortune: all this and more are bundled up … Continue reading
by j p, January 8, 2010 0 comments