Notes
2002
- Fancy A Brew?· Mark and Lard corner, including The Sanctuary for Abandoned Mark & Lard Catchphrases. That’s the bunny.
- You Can Fall· The Guardian interviews Lynne Ramsay and Samantha Morton about the forthcoming adaptation of Alan Warner’s Morvern Callar:
- Slipper Sleaze· The Cartoon Network’s new spin-off channel CNX launched in the UK earlier this week.
- Clouds Up· The Guardian review of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides:
- The Obscure Object· Jeffrey Eugenides‘ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Middlesex is out in paperback in September and it’s well worth reading:
- Conduit For Sale!· Domino are set to release a double-DVD Pavement retrospective entitled Slow Century, featuring every video, two complete concerts and a full length…
- Gritty Shaker· The Village Voice interview Haruki Murakami about his recently published short story collection After the Quake and his 10th novel, Kafka on the Shore:
- Further Back And Faster· Sherry and Robbie Williams karaoke? Elsie Mo and the Mountain Goats, more like. Also witnessed more of the creeping gentrification of…
- Norra Potter· Off to Newcastle-under-Lyme for a few days. While you’re here and I’m not, how about feeding me weird things?
- Look Out Weekend· Gabba.net, the people behind Plug and Play, are keeping a temporary, online archive of selected mp3s from their Winamp playlists. Current top selections…
- Future Tiger· Leaf’s new label compilation Lost for Words features tracks from Boom Bip & Doseone, Susumu Yokota, Murcof and The Sons Of Silence and is only three whole…
- Hot Waters· The Guardian interviews Sarah Waters about her new novel, Fingersmith, and the BBC adaptation of Tipping the Velvet:
- Librarians Are Often Sexy· Robert Tubbs, ‘musician’. Not to be confused with Robert Tubb, musician.
- Know Your Chicken· Mount Fuji, a UK-based online shop carries an extensive range of Japanese food products (including confectionery!).
- I Am Not Afraid· Yabuno Kensei and 326 – Mi tsu ru, have an exhibition running at The Spitz from 29 September to 13 October, 2002.
- Aye· The Online Etymology Dictionary:
- Why We Fight· Angry Bed Positions, an extract(?) from Mil Millington’s Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About (due on 3 October, 2002).
- Put My Comp-Sci Skills To Work· While discussing a New York Times article on L33T speak invading schools, one slashdotter ends up reworking The Lord’s Prayer with modern idioms:
- Steel Factory Mayhem· Pulp, Warp and Eat Your Own Ears have got together to put on Auto, a huge party in Magna near Sheffield on 14th December:
- Dole Scum· The League of Gentlemen start their third season on Thursday 26th September on BBC TWO. Related: visiting Royston Vasey (aka Hadfield, Derbyshire).
- Suspicious Bear· Midnight Eye’s review of Katsuyuki Motohiro’s botched-heist film Space Travelers:
- Hillside· A virtual tour of Keele University.
- Kusanagi· Trailer for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, the television series sequel to the film. Related: Bandai press release.
- Exit The Sandman· How did I miss this? Logan’s Sanctuary is the soundtrack to an imaginary Logan’s Run sequel.
- The Autograph Man· Extract from Zadie Smith’s second novel, The Autograph Man. Reviews: This is London, The Observer, Salon.