From a Bookseller in Prague
“Who’s that Kafka guy?” I’m being asked, and not for the first time. I’m trying not to answer, but at the same time I’m remembering what a good time I had reading Kafka’s novels and stories years ago,...
View ArticleAxes and Burins
At first I did it with an ax – thin, slight but with weight, sharp, and with a solid easy-swing handle oiled and darkened from relentless swinging. This technique worked, but usually with a great deal...
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UNDER THE GAVEL OF JUSTICE
I recently read about a fascinating court case in Kenya relating to a hyena killed by a local family. The deceased beast was awarded legal representation, and indeed his lawyer spoke forcefully and...
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In Remembrance of Simon Green’s Teeth
Quietly turning over a pack of tobacco at my desk, I found myself melting nostalgically as I stared at this image (printed as a health warning). It is I believe the first medical photo I have seen that...
View Article‘The Women’ by Martin Lewis
He’d always been his mammy’s boy, So when she died he was devastated. During her last year or so She became increasingly detached From dull, sublunary here and now, Though still always tender to both...
View ArticleSonnet for Sylvia
by Martin Lewis I frame this verse, in somewhat antique style, For thee, Miranda open-eyed and bright, The sole lady of thine enchanted isle Now Prospero hath sailed into the night: And both to him,...
View ArticleUntitled (The effect of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Kant’s 3rd Critique...
from Daniel Margulies & Chris Sharp The brain really is a piece of work. You pump in a supply of glucose and oxygen, and the craziest stuff comes streaming out. Amongst these streams are the works...
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Invisible Hand
Announcement: Invisible Hand is an exhibition and residency by Tim Vincent-Smith featuring harmonographic drawing machines, dismantled pianos, live music and the world premiere of Goat Song, a work in...
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Bacteria—Genome—Baby Boy
The image (see image right) shows a colony of Bacillus subtilis. Each of the little grains is one bacterium, with the striae of colour denoting the various lineages present, which express different...
View ArticleDante’s Virgil
written by Crow Jane So Virgil and Justin Bieber walk into a bar. Virgil says Give us a couple of lagers. Bartender gives ’em some, there’s a monkey sitting at the end of the bar. Virgil says What’s...
View ArticleAin’t No Way To Love Me
Jason Bogdaneris’ moody movie of Hannah Marcus’ shadowy song, Ain’t No Way To Love Me
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On Niche Annoyances and Traffic Circle Fountains
What’s the Big Deal? (Fountain Circle by Seth Lemmons. CC 2.0 License) My favourite crossword blogger, Rex Parker, recently went on a rant about how crossword puzzles depicted in film and television...
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cherry blossoms and haiku
.末世末代でもさくらさくら哉 a corrupt world in its latter days… but cherry blossoms! haiku by Kobayashi Issa trans. David G. Lanoue
View ArticleAxes and Burins
At first I did it with an ax – thin, slight but with weight, sharp, and with a solid easy-swing handle oiled and darkened from relentless swinging. This technique worked, but usually with a great deal...
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UNDER THE GAVEL OF JUSTICE
I recently read about a fascinating court case in Kenya relating to a hyena killed by a local family. The deceased beast was awarded legal representation, and indeed his lawyer spoke forcefully and...
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In Remembrance of Simon Green’s Teeth
Quietly turning over a pack of tobacco at my desk, I found myself melting nostalgically as I stared at this image (printed as a health warning). It is I believe the first medical photo I have seen that...
View Article‘The Women’ by Martin Lewis
He’d always been his mammy’s boy, So when she died he was devastated. During her last year or so She became increasingly detached From dull, sublunary here and now, Though still always tender to both...
View ArticleSonnet for Sylvia
by Martin Lewis I frame this verse, in somewhat antique style, For thee, Miranda open-eyed and bright, The sole lady of thine enchanted isle Now Prospero hath sailed into the night: And both to him,...
View ArticleUntitled (The effect of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Kant’s 3rd Critique...
from Daniel Margulies & Chris Sharp The brain really is a piece of work. You pump in a supply of glucose and oxygen, and the craziest stuff comes streaming out. Amongst these streams are the works...
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