Timmotronic’s remix of The Axe
March 26, 2014
I really like the beat Tim’s put under this Uffmoor track, and he kindly showed me how he put it all together in Ableton Live. Listen to Timmotronic’s remix of The Axe here.
The Grand Budapest Hotel as allegory
March 21, 2014
I’d recommend watching Wes Anderson’s new film before reading on. I’ve only seen it once but I think The Grand Budapest Hotel is an allegory for the first half of the 20th Century and the fall of the British Empire. A hotel makes a good a metaphor for the world: people are checking in and out […]
Hungry Ghost Moon
March 18, 2014
A cold white saucer left outside our door (we know it’s blood you drink), so brimmed full that only the corner of your mouth appears. Strange relative, we’ve paid our dues – don’t visit us again this year. We’ll pour wine generously: forget our names and we will not forget to leave a saucer out. […]
Candles
Wax colours the grate and floorboards as the candles stream away. Two matches burn in a caldera. Their heads are charcoal. Their bodies, black along their length, anchor the flame to a melting derelict. Gone out, they are broken columns where temples stood, cluttered with burials, votives and valedictions to gods who’d raise used kindling […]
Kant, and Peter Singer’s Practical Ethics
March 14, 2014
I’ve started Peter Singer’s Practical Ethics MOOC on Coursera. I’m probably most sympathetic to Kant’s thought, particularly his idea that we should… Always recognise that human individuals* are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. – Immanuel Kant Singer gave two objections to this which he framed as being fairly mild problems […]