The show that is, not the main character. Let me explain. I was sitting with Court3nay on Friday afternoon, in Little Creatures, after an expedition up and down Brunswick St, seeking clothing worthy of purchase. He was telling me about the smartphone app Bump and all the fun ways people have found to use it. […]
Read more "Nathan Barley was right"WARNING: Do not read if you haven’t read Zero History and intend to (here be a giant spoiler). Also requires knowledge of not just the Bigend trilogy, but also the TV shows Mad Men and Sons of Anarchy. Kevin and I came up with a counterpoint to Bigend-Draperism the other day. It is Pollard-Tellerism. Cayce […]
Read more "Bigend-Draperism vs Pollard-Tellerism"Ayshay (Fatima Al Qadiri) I’ve been obsessively listening to Ayshay since discovering a video of hers, so far the only one, on a friend’s Facebook wall. Born in Senegal, raised in Kuwait and currently based in Brooklyn, New York; her music is about what you’d expect given that. Am I the only one detecting a […]
Read more "My current musical obsessions"Between the recent minor internet war, as Joel Johnson tried to compare geeks and hipsters, and miss lizbt’s comments to me on the weekend, I’ve spent the last few days with a minor identity-crisis. Am I a geek, a hipster, something in between, or just me? And, of course (since it’s constantly on my mind, clearly), the […]
Read more "Hipsters, techno-hipsters, being hip and Gibson’s characters"There is a new cult on the Internet. The cult of Bigend-Draperism. Led by the constantly moving Ben Hammersley, it attempts to synthesize the philosophies of those fictional creatures (Donald Draper and Hubertus Bigend), standing at opposite ends of this period of History we find ourselves in, into a Guide to Living. Sometimes just a […]
Read more "The Bigend-Draperist Playlist"Being an irregular round-up post featuring quotes from the awesome recent writings from the Top Secret: TechGonzo Official List of Allies. The Sarah Connor Chronicles: “Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point” by Wolven The beauty of this show is in the intricate, subtle interplay of the characters–human and cyborg/machine–and how what they learn, […]
Read more "Awesome shit my friends said"I recently concluded my brief tour of the classic, nay original cyberpunk series Max Headroom. The brevity of which had nothing everything to do with the Digital Archive Project preserving this show in varying degrees of quality, and my media player only being able to handle but a few of them. Of course, it’s just […]
Read more "Depicting the Future: Max Headroom vs Dark Angel"My man in Budapest, Damage, and his team of cybernetically enhanced monkeys have brought their wicked cyberculture magazine The Dose back from the dead: THE DOSE magazine – Issue 3 (Paris) TEASER http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=34600135&access_key=key-s9rq9g70gvw2rv015xc&page=1&viewMode=book It’s only 4EUR for the digital download. So snazz up your iPad with some euro-cyberpunk, why doncha.
Read more "The Dose is back!"This is my favourite piece from Rod Gray’s latest exhibit, Tracking Station (on show at Level 2/39 Little Collins St until Nov 21). I stumbled upon Rod’s work when I was out for lunch at the Napier Hotel. More accurately, my wife did, and dragged myself and lizbt up to see his work. He is […]
Read more "Desert Storm"This is Rabbit and the Moon; music by Squozen, narrated by Vetti.. another wondrous creation of Crumpet’s. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2597927&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Rabbit and the Moon from Leonie Connellan on Vimeo. Catch a glimpse of her latest work. It is something.
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 