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
“Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley Occasionally a book gets under your skin, turns you inside out, renders everything else irrelevant until the last page is … Continue reading
by j p, October 30, 2009 2 Comments
Remember 12 Monkeys with Brad Pitt? That movie was based on La Jetee, a thirty minute film made in 1962 by Chris Marker, a grainy black and white film set in post-apocalyptic Paris. That La Jetee has been a perpetual … Continue reading
by j p, September 24, 2009 0 comments
“At the turn of the century cute and cuddly robots carried none of the symptoms of technological paranoia, and bright-eyed boys and girls looked with ecstatically dilated pupils into a bright future. Only a few years later, the same characters … Continue reading
by j p, September 7, 2009 1 Comment
Or : a journey through time and space, via the humble hyperlink. A recent post at onlinejournalismblog.com reminded me how important links are for online interaction, and yet how often they are overlooked or under appreciated by less savvy web … Continue reading
by j p, April 8, 2009 0 comments