I have made a Spotify playlist for those of you who want to get warmed up for Black Plastic next week! (It features 'Lighten Up, Morrissey' by Sparks, which I dedicate to exliontamerNext week we'll be hosting the launch of the new PHONOGRAM comic at the club ( Read more... )

Listening to ELO just makes you feel like a complete champion, doesn't it? Nothing can be bad while they play their reassuring symphonic disco rock.

Higher education politics is pretty dynamic this week! The students at Sussex currently have the management building under occupation and are having a stand-off with police. Yesterday Westminster students occupied one of their buildings. There was a huge Take Back Education meeting at King's on Saturday. It's great to see that students won't go ( Read more... )

I think I've solved my cycling to work questions.

What I need is a unicycle crinoline dress!

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PS In related news, I saw the boy with the unicycle and hockey stick again last week. It seems to be a regular training fixture!

I was reminded today of this fantastic Chic production song by Debbie Harry. Not being able to find it on Spotify, I went to YouTube it. Amazingly, the video turns out to be by H R Giger! Should be awesome, right?

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This video illustrates why I think movie-makers should be really careful with new production techniques (such as CGI). Until they' ( Read more... )

Timely action day and 'Teach-In' at King's College tomorrow: http://www.educationactionlondon.blogspot.com/

From Structure to Rhizome ( Read more... )

Shrove Tuesday always has the opposite effect to what it's supposed to; it reminds me how much I like pancakes, so I continue to eat them throughout Lent!

I am studying the artwork as commodity at university at the moment as part of a module on 'Commodification and Subjectivation', but maddeningly I forgot about this one: 'A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter' by Caleb Larsen, which is fairly interesting to contemplate with regard to commodity and subject. It's a work which constantly attempts to sell ( Read more... )

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