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It wasn’t this cold last year
As any fule kno, cities are a good thing – Ecopolis Now! and all that.1 We read that our ever-growing urban sprawls are increasingly self-built, high-density, low-rise, pedestrianised, low energy consumption, frequent recyclers – our last best hope, or so… continue reading »
Radio Free Djenovici June 2010: The Brim and Thensome
[soundcloud url="http://soundcloud.com/blackmountain/the-brim-and-thensome-radio-free-djenovici-june-2010"] Last time around the block: New York Is Killing Me (ft. Nas) (Remix), Gil Scott Heron Tower of Ears (ft. Diana Ross), MF Borat Seven, Raphael Saadiq Fantastic Voyage, Lakeside As, Kimiko Kasai She’s Acid, Funkineven Iddy, Blawan… continue reading »
Slum 1 Slum 2
Slum 1: Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya “Many people come from rural areas. When some of their colleagues go to the rural area, they keep on telling them: Nairobi, there is a very nice life, you can make a lot of money…… continue reading »
Being there versus being there
James Cameron’s Avatar has been a curious juggernaut, completely reshaping the future of visual entertainment while leaving no lasting impressions. Personally I enjoyed it, apart from the massive headache induced by wearing 3D glasses for 3 hours, but there’s no… continue reading »
Marshall, unplanned
As thunder follows lightning, so calls for a “Marshall Plan” follow major disasters. It’s the symptom of a global economic discourse still in thrall to the promise of the immediate post-WW2 period, when we’d seen off Great Evil and were… continue reading »