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P.E.A.R.
Paper for Emerging Architectural Research: "P.E.A.R. aims to re-establish the fanzine as a primary medium for the dissemination of architectural ideas, musings, research and works." Reminder to self that I'm at the launchparty on June 15.
(tags:architecture magazine reminder event )

Had an incredibly good day at the THRILLING WONDER STORIES symposium at the Architectural Association. You have no idea. Just a wonderful time. Thanks again to Geoff and Liam for bringing me in, and thanks to the audience for not walking out the minute I said "It’s time for a big sweaty Englishman to drone at you about history for half an hour." Also, for not throwing me out when I got to the bit about science fiction’s subversion of context and the horrifying potentials of sf porn.

Also than

How shutting down Craigslist’s “erotic services” section hurts prostitutes and cops. - By Melissa Gira Grant - Slate Magazine
"The most significant difference between Craigslist and a brothel is that the former voluntarily opens its "black book" of clients to police. The records Craigslist maintains on its users played a critical role in apprehending the so-called Craigslist Killer." — Melissa Gira Grant
(tags:crime sex journalism peopleiknow )

I’m on around 4.10 pm — making me the last speaker before the final big super-discussion between all the speakers etc.

When I first saw this, in the opening few seconds, I thought it was another comedy cut of an old Nic Cage film, like the funny edits of his WICKER MAN remake. And then I thought, no, I don’t recognise these bits from anywhere… and then I thought, no, this can’t possibly be a real film…

But it is.

Will this actually be the best cop film ever made?

Reserve judgement until the very end.

…no, obviously it’s not going to be the best anything. But I bet you I watch it anyway.

1. Empty Cinemas of Peshawar, 2. Bang Bang, 3. my favourite, 4. Illustration for Sandman Slim, 5. Hunter’s Bog, 6. Guatemala: Church of Hermano Pedro

Bleeding Cool.

A new website from Rich Johnston, who ran the insanely popular Lying In The Gutters column at CBR for years. He’d argue the toss up and down, but he’s still probably the only real comics journalist the internet has yet produced. He says over on Whitechapel today:

Yesterday was the last Lying In The Gutters. But a good gossipmonger never dies. He just goes from a weekly column to a daily blogsite.

Bleeding Cool will feature everything you love and hate about Lying In The Gutters, b

Sleeping with the NME: how the British music press picked up a dose of the crap
A fine and entirely deserved beating of the NME, last shitpile standing
(tags:music journalism )King Mob’s Chris Gray RIP
"[Christopher Gray:] is probably best known for his brief membership of the Situationist International and being one of the key figures in the Notting Hill (west London) based King Mob. Chris was the editor and translator of the first English language anthology of French Situationist texts Leaving The

From Thursday, in better comics stores. In which things are discovered and people get gun-fucked by death rays:

I have read this. It is incredibly good. It’s a self-contained single issue, and is sort of Bri’s take on my CRECY book in terms of approach. You can even read some of it here at this link. It’s out in comics stores from Thursday. You should really buy a copy.