March 2012
1 post
Davy Jones, signifier of modernity
There was an immediate buzz in the world of seven year old boys when The Monkees first aired in the UK. We knew about, and could sing, The Beatles. We knew about, but had not a clue as to the significance of, the Rolling Stones. I personally do not remember seeing the film Help! or A Hard Day’s Night until I was in my teens – but we could intuit that the series was a general reference to “that...
February 2012
28 posts
I am travelling to NYC right now. Will speak about “Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere” at CUNY Grad Center Tuesday night, 21 February; Busboys & Poets in DC, Wednesday, and World Affairs Council, San Francisco Thursday evening. Details here: http://www.versobooks.com/events
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17067104 →
WatchStadiou about 8pm
La Partita Imaginaria: The cold isn't all bad.... →
partitaimaginaria:
Rimbaud The nights, the railway-arches, the bad sky, His horrible companions did not know it; But in that child the rhetorician’s lie Burst like a pipe: the cold had made a poet. Drinks bought him by his weak and lyric friend His senses systematically deranged, To all accustomed nonsense put…
"Reading the passages rich in masochistic sex, you... →
orbooks:
The Guardian loved Rare Earth, calling it a febrile, enjoyable romp through China.
The Guardian reviews Rare Earth. My “liberating foray into fiction”…. Read here.
My novel Rare Earth is now available on Kindle. Click here for UK link.
My introduction at the Big Ideas (Pub Philosophy)...
January 2012
28 posts
Interview with West End Extra - Rare Earth →
My LSE lecture notes 30/01/2012 →
Observer: New Masters of the Media Universe →
Jes Walton's paintings →
I love Jes’ paintings and prints.
WatchWhile filming report on RBS this happened - hundreds of cyclists and skateboarders formed a moving blockade across Waterloo Bridge. Friday 27 January. I think it was Bikes Alive, but it’s not referenced on their website.
Jonathan Ford reviews "Kicking Off" in the... →
Once again reviewer (as with Ian Birrell in Observer) claims Bouazizi was “just an entrepreneur” and even claims large masses on streets of Greece and Spain “not anticapitalist”. I think this is an emerging genre of reviews. What you have to ask is why modern capitalism is making the perfectly normal entrepreneurial desires of slum dwellers and urban poor across the world...
