December 2010
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Jeanette Winterson reads Italo Calvino's 'The... →
As technology bounces us forward into futures we do not choose, it is seductive, poignant, retro, fanciful, nostalgic, to dip back into a past that is nearby but gone – like a house you used to walk past before they pulled it down.
I come from a time b4 mobile phones. So does this story. Imagine fighting with your lover on a landline. You hang up, like we all do, then when you feel a bit less...
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Train of Thought — A short film in paper by Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas.
Train of Thought was made as our graduation film from The Arts Institute at Bournemouth. Although we used digital compositing software, all the animation and models were done by hand, not with CGI. The film took approximately 9 months to complete, from storyboards through to the final edit.
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“Look, life is unfair. Nietzsche died alone and forgotten in an insane asylum....”
– Rob Sheffield’s Top Ten Albums of the Year | Rolling Stone Culture | Pop Life | Rob Sheffield on TV and Pop Culture (via wasted-efforts)
be still young heart, never will you fall apart
My favourite musical bits and pieces of 2010 in random order:
Summer Camp - Round The Moon
The Radio Dept. - Heaven’s On Fire
The National - Conversation 16
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Dreamer
Sally Seltman - Harmony To My Heartbeat
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Kendal Johansson - Blue Moon
Tokyo Police Club - Breakneck Speed
Arcade Fire - Half Light I
Taylor Swift - Enchanted
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The Hospital Diaries
Apologies for the prolonged silence, friends and lovers. As it seems, my internal organs and me are going through a rough patch in our relationship…in seriousness though, I’m in hospital right now awaiting surgery scheduled for Monday. A week or so on top of that for recovery and I should be good as new.
So long! x