Category Archives: music

Scrubbed cities, manipulated buildings

Posted on February 6, 2014 by things magazine

Ian Martin, always worth a read, writing on the ‘new’ British city. ‘This ‘urban vibrancy’ is really social cleansing‘. What does a real community sound like? ‘Not a gurning ukulele ensemble doing a version of You Got the Love in … Continue reading →

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Snap, crinkle and pop

Posted on January 26, 2014 by things magazine

Above is a piece called 43 prepared dc-motors, 31.5kg packing paper, by Zimoun / photography by Neil Craver / the first CGI head, 1974, versus an online demo from last year. See also the Digital Emily Project / Google’s new … Continue reading →

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As Slow As Possible

Posted on January 21, 2014 by things magazine

As Slow As Possible is a work by the American composer John Cage, currently being performed in St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt, Germany. The piece is being played on a specially designed organ, and began with ‘a 17-month rest on … Continue reading →

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Surviving The Biz

Posted on January 13, 2014 by things magazine

Jon Ronson’s memoirs of a former life as Frank Sidebottom’s keyboard player, and the genuine maverick that was Sidebottom himself, are most enjoyable. Sidebottom – Chris Sievey – was also an early computer programmer. His game The Biz, is a … Continue reading →

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Wired for sound

Posted on January 12, 2014 by things magazine

The City Project has a huge collection of archive photos on its flickr pages / ‘How Bristol’s gracious mansions mask the shameful past of Britain’s links to slavery‘ / art by Simon Stalenhag / Levitation Magazine is a music blog … Continue reading →

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Smoking lounges in the sky

Posted on January 6, 2014 by things magazine

The Z. Taylor Vinson Transportation Collection / sort of related, inside the Hindenburg. A fine ride, by any standards. The comments are particularly interesting. Above image is of the passenger lounge. See also the details of the pressurised Smoking Room … Continue reading →

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Experimental jetsetting with no stars

Posted on January 3, 2014 by things magazine

Experimental Travel is the art of travelling in new ways, including such sub-genres as Aerotourism (‘in which a tourist visits the local airport and explores it without going anywhere’) and Erotourism (‘in which a couple travels separately to the same … Continue reading →

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Heaven scents

Posted on November 4, 2013 by things magazine

The Appendix is a ‘new journal of narrative and experimental history’. Highly recommended / the 2013 Microphotography Competition / new cyborgism at Archimedes PrOn, a tumblr / the Lost Media Wiki / re-live the 90s with these Select Magazine Scans … Continue reading →

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There’s something moving over there to the right

Posted on October 25, 2013 by things magazine

The Z. Taylor Vinson Collection of transportation materials / Round Houses, a site devoted to a singular pursuit / related, Why our brains love curvy architecture / The Modernist redesigns / Very Visible Cities, speculative urban futures in London, New … Continue reading →

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Clearly now

Posted on September 4, 2013 by things magazine

There’s a theoretical point there, which is that polyvinyl chloride is colourless, so if you’re adding something to it to colour it, then you’re changing the chemistry of it slightly, and that has potential to make it sound not as … Continue reading →

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