ampere’s and
Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web: Conversational Reading’s list of contemporary English-language authors to read & The 25 most influential books in world literature & Nabokov edits Kafka’s Metamorphosis (via HTMLGIANT) & Download an audio version of Tim Hall‘s Full of It for free (a small donation gets Tim to read […]
The black-hats-and-porter generation
The story goes that when Brendan Behan was asked to come up with a slogan for Guinness, he sat around for months drinking the free samples they’d sent him and came up with ‘Guinness makes you drunk’ (the famous slogan – ‘Guinness is good for you’ – was devised by Dorothy L. Sayers). Did you […]
Dublin’s a stage
If, like Some Blind Alleys, you think Dublin is a “a cultureless shithole compared to Berlin and Oslo”, you’ll want to look away. For, hot on the heels of the Dublin Writers Festival and the Fringe Festival, comes the Dublin Theatre Festival, with friend of 3:AM Elizabeth Rose Murray keeping you ahead of the pack […]
Five for: Lara Konesky
By Alan Kelly. 1) Give me one word you’d want to fuck? I don’t want to fuck any word that has the letter, “u” in it. To me, that letter is like a fat chick with no tits. Otherwise, most words look good to me. I am such a word whore. 2) What is the […]
A Ghostly Joy: An interview with David Turpin
If I’m looking for ideas while I’m in the process of making a record, or anything else, I go for a country walk, or I look to films or to writing, just for a little atmospheric nudge. I never think about anybody else’s music when I’m making a record. I use it to reference mixes, and that’s about it. Having said that, I’m aware of all sorts of music, and I suppose it’s all swimming about somewhere in my subconscious all the time, whether I like it or not. It must seep into my work somewhere, because I certainly don’t sing in the bathtub.
Alan Kelly talks to Electromantic artist David Turpin.
The Intermediate Period
These shows were dubbed into hundreds of languages. The number of households watching every program was meticulously tracked, and widely publicized. An obsession with victory and enormity persisted throughout almost every stage of their history. Parades of weaponry. The world’s largest man-made mountain. The world’s tallest free-standing structure. They engaged in eating contests. They held the World’s Biggest Barbecue, with 13.2 tons of beef. Images of these contests were disseminated to the entire planet in minute long bursts, then instantly forgotten.
By Louise Phillips.