I was disappointed not to be able to attend the Late Bowie conference at Kingston University London (whose Matt Melia also put on that resonant Ken Russell conference a few years back), but I was delighted when they put out a call for video work to play between events — honouring of course Bowie’s multimedia…
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Devil’s Night: Owl-Blasted
I had an idea at the beginning of the month and finding myself at the end of October and the idea still unrealised, I sat down and made it happen. It’s not much of a thing but having visualised it, I needed to make it real. So here’s a little audio card for the season….
Women of the Fall
The Women of The Fall Weekender 5 – 6 September Music • Film • Conversation The Women of The Fall Weekender is a two-day celebration bringing together artists who played with The Fall alongside special guest artists from the wider independent music community for a programme of live music, film, conversation and collaboration. Taking place…
Boy Howdy
Vale, Dave Marsh, who has died at 74. One of the founding writers of Creem, my teenage bible, he’s probably best known for getting people to realise the power of Bruce Springsteen but he was also fierce advocate for Patti Smith, which was no small thing in the cock-rock 70s before punk arrived. I took…
Bandcamp Friday Bonanza
Bandcamp Friday means direct support for artists. Give these tracks a listen or even buy one or two and support the unemployed! Need more suggestions? Check out my own eclectic collection.
La Scala Museum
As usual, working backwards from the manageable to the unmanageable — you can guess how many photos I have from the tarot exhibit but lordy, I also have hundreds from the Metafisica exhibit. Baby steps, bit by bit–let’s hope I can get some sharing of the wealth done before I add even more to the…
Ten Years Already
I had forgotten all about this piece at Pulp Metal Magazine (hi Jason) until a chance reminder yesterday. Clearly remember that day, waking up here in Dundee and hearing/seeing the news. I am amused by the theory that we have been in an alternate reality since, but it does not change what we must do…
Out Now: Hope Magic
MEANS MAGAZINE 3 Hope Magic Join a global array of grassroots and experimental writers, musicians and artists as they explore tactics for finding hope in a hopeless world. This issue includes: Amy Jackson: Twitter / Pocket ConjurationsLala Lotos: The Soul of Stones (art-making in war-torn Ukraine)Klaus Von Mork: Sigils, Manifestation, and Chaos Magic in Art…
Leigh Bowery @ Tate Mod
Some photos from the Leigh Bowery exhibition at the Tate Modern; I decided that it needed the multimedia presentation to give you a sense of the immersive nature of the show. Soundtrack by Aural Lint with the brand new track ‘Duet with Bin Men for Leigh’. The digression into MES images is entirely predictable. Enjoy.
Kantele in AMP
I’m delighted to be part of the latest issue of the American Museum of Paramusicology’s journal writing about the mythical harp of Finland, the kantele. I’m always happy to take any chance to talk about the beauty of this traditional lap harp and its legendary beginnings as the jawbone of a pike. But wait —…