Tag Archives: Iain-Sinclair
Nor shall my sword sleep at my side (just a day late)
It didn’t occur to me until today, the morning after William Blake’s 250th anniversary, to post, by way of celebration, Mark Stewart’s version of Jerusalem* with the Maffia, now 25-years-old itself, and sounding, if anything, more contemporary than it did … more…
Ackroyd: Disappearances can be deceptive
Peter Ackroyd, on the pretext of reviewing Iain Sinclair’s anthology London: City of Disappearances, stories of vanishings in London — strikingly, he barely mentions the book, and offers no opinion at all as to its quality — expatiates nevertheless on … more…
Defamiliarized 2: The Limits of Understanding, Austerlitz
A couple or three extrusions from the long and slightly shapeless Defamiliarized posted a few days ago: Kevan’s picture of Brighton’s West Pier nudged me towards this painting by Paul Klee, The Limits of Understanding (1927). The pictures do not … more…
When In Doubt, Quote Ballard: An Interview with Iain Sinclair
Just like the headline says, an interview with Iain Sinclair at Ballardian, discussing mostly Ballard. The piece is conversational, and doesn’t really lend itself to picking out lumps of blockquote. There’s also a big piece about Crash at k-punk (possibly … more…
Megalithomania report
Back hurting yesterday becomes severe back pain today, and a deadline looming for tomorrow. Hence the lack of bloggage. What follows is a little impoverished, linkwise, for which even more apologies… Okay, Megalithomania report. I caught eight of the presentations, … more…
London Orbital
On the road to nowhere Iain Sinclair interviewed, as the publication date of his latest psychogeographic investigation, London Orbital, draws near. I’ve found that I prefer Sinclair’s psychogeography over the fiction (although I’ve yet to read White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings); … more…
Dome pollution spreads to water
Dome pollution spreads to water – just when you thought the Millennium Dome fiasco had run its course, it turns out that the concrete membrane that was supposed to seal off the profoundly toxic ground on which the Dome was … more…