Category Archives: Music

The Anarchist Turn – Simon Critchley

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

The Butler videos I linked to earlier are part of a wider conference. Below is Simon Critchley’s introduction, which around 4 minutes in raises the question of anarchist geographers/ies and calls for ‘new maps’.   More videos from this conference … Continue reading →

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Biking in the City

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

Only just got round to reading David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries, which isn’t quite what I expected. There is stuff on cycling, but of a very particular kind, which is resolutely urban, definitely not about speed or exercise, but as a … Continue reading →

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Peter Hammill on writing

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

I’ve posted quite a lot on the writing process here. One of my favourite songwriters is Peter Hammill, who has written a fascinating post entitled ‘The Writing’. Worth a look, even if you’re not a fan. I really like this characterisation … Continue reading →

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End of October

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

October has been a slog. I’ve now done half of my teaching for this academic year. In one month. Okay, this means that the rest of the year is going to be relatively easy on that front, but naturally there … Continue reading →

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Badiou (and Žižek) on Wagner

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

I’ve just finished reading Alain Badiou’s new book, Five Lessons on Wagner. I approached it expecting to learn more about Badiou than Wagner, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. A few clues aside, without his name on the cover I’d … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Key Thinkers, Browne report, RPA, Tom Waits

Posted on November 20, 2010 by

Key Thinkers on Space and Place is now available in a second edition. A valuable, albeit partial, resource. Nina Power on the Brown report here Devin Shaw offers some thoughts on the Radical Philosophy Association conference here. Tom Waits in … Continue reading →

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Melancology conference

Posted on June 30, 2010 by

This is one of the more unusual conference calls I’ve seen in a while… http://thewhim.blogspot.com/2010/06/melancology.html A new word is required that conjoins ‘black’ and ‘ecology’: melancology, a word in which can be heard the melancholy affect appropriate to the conjunction. … Continue reading →

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Collaborative writing – music and words

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

Nicolas Chapel (of Demians) on music and writing: In a band you always compound with the egos of the others. If you write a book you don’t leave the choice of the verbs to one author and the choice of … Continue reading →

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Demians and Transatlantic

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

One of my favourite new bands of recent years, Demians, have a new album coming out, entitled Mute. Their debut Building an Empire was terrific. One track of the new album is on their myspace page. Not entirely sure about … Continue reading →

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Porcupine Tree – Anesthetize premiere

Posted on May 21, 2010 by

I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the premiere of the new Porcupine Tree concert film – shown at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square last night. The band all attended, as did the director Laisse Hoile. … Continue reading →

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