Tag Archives: Cultural
Rock Art of England
Gled Law, Northumberland New site which aims to catalogue the rock art of northern England. (via Guardian)
Anthony H. Wilson 1950-2007
Tony Wilson, godfather of Manchester culture from the late 70s onwards, died this evening. It feels like another part of my youth just died. I always thought that in some ways [the Haçienda] was Factory paying royalties to the city. … more…
Steampunk, further linkage
I’ve been intending to post this link since, I think, the day after I posted my own introduction to Steampunk. Henry Jenkins is one of the more readable cultural theorists. “The Tomorrow That Never Was”: Retrofuturism in the Comics of … more…
Cerne Abbas intervention, again. This time it’s Homer.
The small but perfectly formed controversy over Homer Simpson’s appearance in the field adjoining the Cerne Abbas giant has brought a little traffic this way already today, before I’d even got around to considering whether to run with it here. … more…
links for 2007-07-11: love on campus
The American Scholar – Love on Campus – By William Deresiewicz It has become a kind of suppressed cultural memory, a haunting imaginative possibility. In our sex-stupefied, anti-intellectual culture, the eros of souls has become the love that dares not … more…
links for 2007-07-10: cult of the amateur
The Cult of the Amateur – Andrew Keen – Books – Review – New York Times (tags: angst doom web-2.0 andrewkeen)
Noooo!!! They Be Steamin’ Mah Punk! — Desultory Notes on Steampunk
This post was originally just going to be about this beautiful book cover, which appears to be a nautical chart overlaid with hinged brass doodads, posted by its maker, special effects and model maker Tim Baker on LiveJournal’s handmadebooks community. … more…
Mad furniture
(This one is ages old, but it’s posted after all this time because the template is having its piccy taken, and this fits the part absolutely.) A range of numbered, limited edition, mad cabinets by John Suttman. The descriptions seem … more…
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii
As in many other traditional cultures, Hawaiian art, dance, music and poetry were highly integrated into every aspect of life, to a degree far beyond that of industrial society. The poetry at the core of the Hula is extremely sophisticated. … more…