Kester Brewin

Category: Arts

  • A Pirate Book That Insists on Copyright?

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    Interesting story (thanks @KevinThow for the link) about Julia Schramm – a leading member of the German Pirate Party, who signed a very lucrative book deal for her book ‘Click Me‘ – more than $130k – and then proceeded to go after the very pirates who she lauds in her work. One of the key…

  • Colliding Nothing into Nothing: Where Good Ideas Won’t Come From

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    I’m a big fan of Steven Johnson, and have a lot to thank him for. His book Emergence was massive for me in terms of my thinking in so many areas, and The Ghost Map is still one of my favourite books – particularly because I know the streets that it talks about so well.…

  • All In The Mind? Thoughts on Identity and Neuroscience

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    Tweeted about this piece earlier today, but wanted to flag up and reflect further on Henry Marsh’s piece in Granta, detailing his neurosurgical work operating on a tumour in a pineal gland. The pineal gland is buried deep within the brain, and is thus only reached after a perilous journey through the physical matter that…

  • Wider Angle | Summer Nods

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    You ALL wanted a late-summer hip-hop/turntablist* mix I scratched together from some very old head-nodding tunes right? Thought so! Or download. Track listing: Best Foot Forward // DJ Shadow Rocking With The Best // Alkoholics Viagra // DJ Vadim Stakes is High // De La Soul Concrete Schoolyard // Jurassic 5 Showtime // Big Dada…

  • Thoughts on The Dark Knight: Weaponised Violence, and Hand-to-Hand Fighting

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    If you follow my Twitter at all you may have picked up that I went to see the latest (and last) Christopher Nolan installment of the Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. You may also have picked up that I found the film problematic, partly in terms of the plot – which seemed over-convoluted and lacking true…

  • Beating the Bounds: Pussy Riot and Orthodox Pirate Practice

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    Been meaning to write something on Pussy Riot for a while now. I’ve been reflecting on how their protest resonates with the ancient practice of ‘beating the bounds.’ Traditionally, each year, members of a parish would march around the parish boundary, often singing hymns and songs. The ritual served two purposes. Firstly, it passed on…