Archive for January, 2003
Saturday, January 11th, 2003
You’ll Regret It When We Find the Brain-Tape
by Simone Dawson-Walker
image by Vasilios Billy Mavreas
You’ll come around
to our way of thinking
When we find it again
In the fridge
In the CIA shooting-range lodge
When Illuminati
Find the brain-tape in the fridge
You’ll come around
HA!
EAT!
Philosophy hardens the arteries
2 Comments » - Posted in Poetry, Cosmology by Simone Dawson-Walker
Tuesday, January 7th, 2003
Chek Lap Kok
by Herman U. Ticks
photos courtesy www.greatbuildings.com & http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com
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Hong Kong’s new airport on CHEK LAP KOK island was designed by Sir Norman Foster, the British architect also responsible for London’s Stansted Airport. CHEK LAP KOK’s terminal building is the largest covered space on the planet, and the airport has been built t o deal with 80 […]
7 Comments » - Posted in Architecture, Features by Herman U. Ticks
Sunday, January 5th, 2003
Steve Goodman: Nurturing Rhythmic Bugs
In England, UK Garage has been sweeping the charts for some time now. But in London, typically, just when a sound breaks through, that’s when newer, virulent variants ferment, creating something totally unexpected from the ordinal ingredients. Kennington-based Steve Goodman splices the sexed-up vibe of UK Garage with something altogether darker. As “kode9″, he used […]
Read the rest of this entry »2 Comments » - Posted in Sound, Interviews by Simon Sellars
Friday, January 3rd, 2003
Ryuta Nakagami: Tokyo-Style Speedcore
by Simon Sellars
Do you remember ‘hardcore’?
As a style of dance music, it’s become a historical footnote, the sound of rave’s innocence: primitive, immature music for immature people. Supposedly we’ve all grown beyond that — haven’t we? Only gurners and E-monsters listen to hardcore, these days — apparently. England’s dance music press would have you believe […]
