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The UM Archive for December, 2009

Rage

OK, my thoughts on the Rage Against The Machine thing in brief.
I realize that if RATM get to Number 1 for Xmas it will not mean the end of The Man, and that all the money will go to Sony either way, and yet I will be chuffed if it does. This is because:
There’s something [...]

The Doozer “Hornbill”

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2008 Felix Kubin interview.

read this great interview at the time but just found it again. Read the original here:
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=704&Itemid=27
How does one even begin to describe or account for the artistic phenomenon that is Felix Kubin? Born Felix Knoth, Kubin has been making music with piano and glockenspiel since he was 8 years old, but it was in 1980, [...]

Web 1.0

Started on the Reblog thing. Like here:
http://peteum.tumblr.com/post/277979711/01-09-04-reblog
for instance.
Wish I could do links. That would be really Web 1.0 or something.

SusanShox Doctrine

Stumbling around on the internet feeding my dread I discover the video here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2009/jan/06/george-monbiot-jeroen-van-de-veer
and quickly tumble into the enveloping chaos of the comments battle. Hamish advised me to always ignore comments below articles the other day but I’m addicted to reading them, even if they produce frustration and despair. To some extent I think it’s important [...]

End Time Elephants & The Weather Lady & Heads Up on Reblogs.

Horrible dream about the apocalypse last night, but I have to admit it was beautifully rendered by my unconscious. Culminated with me and a few faceless others atop a verdant coastal cliff in a storm, the sea a violently plunging mess of water, and the sudden appearance of a herd of elephants lumbering right up [...]