Thursday 26 March 2015

Я Куба

A selection of scenes taken from the opening of Soy Cuba (Я Куба) Mikhail Kalatozov (1964)

Darren Wershler-Henry: The Iron Whim - A Fragmented History of Typewriting (2005)

The Iron Whim is a history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer’s life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a newsroom full of Underwoods to the more muted tapping and hum of the Selectric. Wershler-Henry casts a bemused eye on the odd history of early writing machines, important and unusual typewritten texts, the creation of On the Road, and the exploits of a typewriting cockroach named Archy, numerous monkeys, poets, and even a couple of vampires. And by broadening his focus to look at typewriting as a social system as well as the typewriter as a technological form, he examines the way that the tool has shaped the creative process
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Daniel Crooks: An Embroidery of Voids

Melbourne lanes

Wednesday 25 March 2015

Earl Sweatshirt: 'I'm Grown'

Van Morrison: Astral Sojourn

Victor Moscoso: Psychedelic Drawings 1967-1982 (Andrew Edlin Gallery NY)

Grateful Dead to play Santa Clara as well as Chicago?

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Drawing by Stanley Mouse

Greens' Scott Ludlam provides tips on how to hide metadata from Australian government

Scott Ludlum VS George Brandis

Scott Ludlum makes Brandis, um, squirm in 2014

Australia's new draconian Medadata Retention Bill will no doubt be passed today and the online copyright infringement code passed by the end of the week. Perfect timing really as 'Game of Thrones' starts next month and of course is shown out here on Murdoch's Foxtel network. Maybe it is time for all Australians to look for a VPN
...and in case you haven't seen it before here's our Attorney General 'explaining' metadata

Final word goes to Scott

Australian Music Group Wants ISP's To Spy On Their Customers To Stop Piracy

In a response to the draft code tabled to deal with the Australian online-piracy problem, some of the world's largest music publishers have presented a set of draconian measures. ISPs should not only use technology to spy on their own customers, but also to proactively block access to infringing content and websites