Kester Brewin

Tag: Mutiny

  • Thoughts On Music Piracy… Gift, Copyright and Technology

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    One of the issues that people have immediately jumped on when I have told them I’m writing about piracy is the thorny issue of pirated music. I know quite a few people who make a living from recording music, and clearly this is a big issue for them because it gets to the heart of…

  • ‘For Nic’

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    “Cancer takes so much, it’s ruthless, however there are some things it can’t touch. It can’t take how you feel about someone; it can’t steal what has already been written…” Seems that copies of Mutiny! are arriving and people are getting stuck in, which is brilliant. Can’t wait to hear how people have found it…though,…

  • Is ‘The Examined Life’ Worth It? | Philosophy, Theology and Death

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    Through a good friend Barry Taylor I started reading some stuff on Simon Critchley, and was struck by this interview over at Full Stop, in which he talks about the roots of philosophy: Philosophy begins with a death, but it doesn’t just begin with a death — it begins with a political execution. He is…

  • Press / Review Copies of Mutiny

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    As Mutiny! is being self-published, there’s no ‘big machine’ behind it to be able to easily distribute lots of gratis copies for reviewers…sorry! However, I obviously want people to be able to get hold of the book if they are going to help publicise it. So, for a limited time, I’ve arranged for reviewers to…

  • Mutiny! Available Now!

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    The time for Mutiny has finally come! I was going to wait until everything had worked itself through various systems and things were sorted on Amazon and iBookstore etc, but in the end I thought sod it – just let the thing run free now… especially as Lulu are offering a really nice site-wide discount…

  • Mutiny [4] – TAZ | ‘Sending a Cow After a Hare’ | A Merry Life, and a Short One

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    I’ve been blogging through some of the reasons I’ve chosen to self-publish my new book, Mutiny – Why We Love Pirates and How They Can Save Us, exploring ideas of controlling the means of production, re-imagining ideas of copyright and being able to say exactly what I want to say. One of the final reasons…