May 2011
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“Electronic music fans also have Samuel Beckett to thank. In his book on the...”
– William Weir : How the (Original) ‘Doctor Who’ Theme Changed Music in The Atlantic (via Instapaper).
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“All the surveys use an index. But what is on it? “There’s always proximity to...”
– Edwin Heathcote quoting Tyler Brûlé in the Financial Times piece Liveable v lovable, critiquing those “best cities to live in” lists that never list the cities people actually live in (notably London and New York). It’s doing the rounds, and it’s well worth a read.
This...
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“In 1885 Karl Benz constructed the first automobile.
It had three wheels, like...”
– The first and second stanzas from the Whole Earth Review version of Heathcote William’s poem Autogeddon, at P U L S E.
Obviously, I recommend reading the whole thing. Deeply interested parties may enjoy the commentary at the Carfree Universe Project.
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Pedestrian
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When you turn seventeen in Britain, you take driving lessons. Well, almost everyone does. It’s not quite as universal as in the US, when it’s part of the school’s responsibility, but it’s pretty close anyway. Anyway, I took lessons too.
The problem was, I was never any good at it. The very reason I was meant to learn - the fact I lived in rural Suffolk - made it a...
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No Entry
There’s a man in London removing the No Entry signs. Or at least, he’s trying to.
He’s put there by Clet Abraham, and he’s all over the place.
Previously: Love Trees.
Photos by SophieMayPhotography, sarflondondunc, Iain McLauchlan, and JOHN19701970.
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A Quick Thought On Planetary
Yesterday, Bloom launched Planetary. As I don’t have an iPad, I can’t really comment on it, but it did remind me of one of the better talks I went to at SXSWi, Finding Music With Pictures. For an hour, Paul Lamere of Echo Nest went through a variety of music visualisations and players, ending with a call to arms- music players shouldn’t look like spreadsheets. Planetary...
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“Young people who have grown up with laptops in their hands instead of remote...”
– Brian Stelter in the NY Times: Television Ownership Drops in U.S., Nielsen Reports.
“Subsisting”? Really? Is that the word that first came to mind? Maybe I missed the bit where television was necessary to maintain life.
Still, interesting statistic.
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