Monthly Archives: March 2012
Interview with Jack White
There is an interview with Jack White about his new solo music in this weeks NME. It’s not available online yet, so no link. But there is a detailed description of the Third Man Records set up. Which is quite … Continue reading
Real time research
I’ve just spent the last two days at the ‘New questions for new times and new places’, it was part of the ESRC real time research methods network. Here is Les Back’s blog from the event. It was a mixture … Continue reading
Ageing clubbers
Great article here about a local club initiative for people who feel too old for nightclubs. A useful vision here of generational divide in dancing to music.
More on The Wire
Here is a link to another article on the TV show The Wire.
Zizek riffing and bluffing
Just came across this in an old interview with Zizek: He opens a copy of Living in the End Times, and finds the contents page. “I will tell you the truth now,” he says, pointing to the first chapter, then … Continue reading
Data artists playing with data
Here is a post and video about a data artist called Jer Thorp. Seems he is at least partly based at The New York Times. There is some interesting work being done by these data artists and visualisers. It’s becoming … Continue reading
Punk around the world
Here is an article about the emergence of different national forms of punk music. In particular it tracks the use of punk as a form of resistance to various forms of oppression. It notes the way punk has become part … Continue reading
Bauman institute
I was just going through the TCS blog and I came across this interview with Mark Davis about the Bauman Institute he directs at Leeds University.
Plan Bs politics
There is an interesting article here about Plan Bs new ‘protest’ song I’ll Manor. The article is about the political nature of the song, and how unusual such strong political sentiment is in contemporary pop music.
New book on music genre
I’m just doing some work on music genre and I came across this new book. Lena’s book asks, ‘why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches?’
Thinking culture 