Irreverence Blogified

C/o a comment left on my Tw*tdanglin’ post, I’m led to an excellent blog who shares my admiration of the Daily Mail. Although I took a pop at the Daily Express elsewhere today, the Mail retains my real loyalty, particularly that doyenne of common sense and cultural cohesion, Melanie Ph*llips.
That’s Fucking Stupid – byline: “Common [...]

Evolution of Cyberpunk

Since actively entering the blogosphere there have been a clutch of blogs that I’ve read regularly and have grown to respect greatly. One of these is Simon Sellar’s Ballardian.  Whilst Simon’s writing and research is of consistently high quality, occasionally he posts something stand-out, like this post last week:
‘Unblinking, clinical’: From Ballard to cyberpunk
In his [...]

10,000 Years

This is a couple of years overdue in the posting. Don’t why I didn’t think of it before but the most progressive thinktank in the world, the Long Now Foundation, gels with one of the best bands in the world, High On Fire. I want to see Stewart Brand shaking his baldness to this one. [...]

Atlas Sound, Activation

This is great. Atlas Sound, Activation:

Tw*tdanglin’

I love The Register.  In an important quest to establish etymological truth, they wish to know who invented the term ‘twatdangle’ to describe ‘media strumpet’ David Blaine. Perhaps some clues here.