Category: Arts
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Back from Greenbelt | Pirates and other Strangeness
Just got back from Greenbelt yesterday, and rather shocked to have to go into work today after 7 or so weeks summer holiday. It was a fantastic festival, with an excellent mix of talks from all angles and eclectic music too. Good hang out a bit with Rob Bell, Roman Krznaric as well as old…
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Greenbelt 09 | Christian Piracy | Theology and the New Physics
Really looking forward to being at Greenbelt again this coming weekend. The programme – from the talks to the music to the comedy to the campaigning is as strong as ever and, I feel, has a nice edge to it too. (Full talks listings here) For those who are going to be there, I’m going…
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The End of the Long Form | Radiohead | Albums are a Drag
In an interview with The Believer magazine, which has yet to pop through my door annoyingly, Thom York has commented that Radiohead will probably not release another album. His reason? Making albums has ‘just become a real drag,’ and ‘none of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again.’ As…
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Inherent Vice: New Pynchon Novel
Just back from holiday, and just hear that Thomas Pynchon has a new book out. For any fans of this most difficult, funny, bawdy and darkly brilliant writers these are nervous times: will we understand a word of it, let alone the many hundred-thousands of words that some of his books can run to. The…
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One and Other | 4th Plinth | The State of the Nation
I happened across the Anthony Gormley ‘piece’ in London’s Trafalgar Square today: ‘One and Other.’ The idea is presented on a plaque: There is a live stream of what is going on at any one time here. Here (19:15 on 15th July) we see a woman dressed up as a lollipop lady waving at people:…