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sound
Visitor
Visitor is my sound-manipulating alter-ego, with a recent output that consists largely of mind-numbingly minimal electronic drones. Unless you already like this kind of music, give it a miss. It's the audio equivalent of watching paint dry.
The Fall
With its endless changes of personnel, The Fall isn't so much a band as a surreal soap opera. But hey, it hits the spot for me. This site is a good place to start making sense of it all, and has helpful transcriptions of acid-tongued Mark E Smith's mystifying rants.
vision
Paul Klee
Forget Picasso, Paul Klee was the greatest visual artist of the 20th century. This link takes you to the Paris Webmuseum. Tick the two boxes and click the 'confirm' button (it's a copyright issue) to see the pictures.
Vision 68: The Art of Steven Lawler
Steven is a talented artist whose work - superficially, at least - has little in common with mine. What we do share, though, is a certain brooding, philosophical melancholy. And we listen to the same kind of music. Coincidence?
Bowl Dream |
words
Paiku
My micropoetry blog. Haiku, but with none of those tiresome rules. And some photos.
Philip K Dick: The Man In The High Castle
Philip K Dick wrote too many books, far too quickly and sloppily. This one he took more care over. Nominally it's science fiction, but if you're expecting aliens and spaceships you'll be disappointed. In a 1960s America where the Allies lost World War II, a dozen masterfully rendered characters are put under the microscope as they struggle to make sense of their world. One of the best books you may never have heard of.
Russell Hoban: The Mouse and His Child
The finest children's book ever, bar none. A terrific read for adults too. Go buy a copy.
Get Hoban's Riddley Walker too, while you're at it. It's an apocalyptic novel - Hoban's best work for adults - that will forever change the way you think about the English language.
things
Het Hooibergsmuseum
Everything you could conceivably need or want to know about haystacks. Mainly in Dutch, it has to be said. My painting The Lost Hayrick is part of their masthead.
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