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Ghost in the machine
Parts from the past, valve city, what happens when the cutting edge becomes memory lane? There is something definitely eerie about this electronics warehouse for discontinued lines of vintage components, redundant surveillance machines and obsolete technology.
There’s no business like show business
From the Guardian:
“Chinese producers are attempting to transform Das Kapital from a hefty treatise on political economy into a popular stage show, complete with catchy tunes and nifty footwork.
Whether Karl Marx would approve of his masterwork being served up as entertainment for China’s new bourgeoisie is a matter of speculation. But the director He Nian – best known for his stage adaptation of a martial-arts spoof – has promised to unite elements from Broadway musicals and Las Vegas shows in a hip, interesting and educational play featuring a live band, singing and dancing.
Presenting the Bad Clowns?
As a general principle the idea of Mick Harvey leaving the Bad Seeds would be a negative, but when his replacement is Ed Kuepper the situation becomes more complex, especially when the Laughing Clowns are back in town.
Digital metaphors
Has anyone noticed that spam is sounding more like strange alien prose poetry these days? Here’s a cut up from some of the rubbish filtered out of my inbox.
Gorgon touched reasonable distance,
these his monster seemed far
formidable talons
serious side effects
generic zoloft
royal way have died
lost his vision
soul began tapping years old
turn back drug interactions
celebrex tramadol cyclobenzaprine
little minds that mush
heart will arrow
incomplete, lost
die the unspoken
forbid this form
the ways how hard
hardly needed the pain
limp soul was pleased
Jump, you f*ckers!
UK journo Dan Hind puts together his take on the global economic crisis (PDF file.)
While “New Labour” in its various incarnations around the world burbles on about preserving “open and competitive markets” while the system craps itself, it’s good to see there are some old school left wing social democrats not afraid to go on the attack with devastating effect. Found as many good things are on Ken MacLeod’s blog.
