Old Bloke New Music 0002 – Modern Woman vs. The Bleep Test
Episode two of Old Bloke: New Music, in which I continue my entirely unnecessary mission to find out whether there’s still new music capable of getting an old bloke out … Continue reading
The Archivists Project 4
If I were to cross out my own name, what would be the consequence? Would I cease to function as the scribe, or would I cease to have been entirely? … Continue reading
Meanwhile, over on Youtube…
I just started a channel reviewing new music. It’s called Old Bloke New Music and, yes, it’s a bit of a Ronseal deal. This is the first, slightly dodgy episode … Continue reading
The Archivist’s Project 3
I arrived, eventually, at the middle section of the register, which was given over entirely to the mid-century archives. It was a tedious catalogue of names, a sprawling list of … Continue reading
The Canon of the Unloved: Creative Gambles and Corporate Euthanasia.
Creative Gambles and Corporate Euthanasia. One must eventually confront the evidence of one’s own aesthetic deviancy. My cinematic resume reads like a morgue of corporate aspirations, a curated collection of … Continue reading
Providence 6 – Coda: Lovecraft Out of Mind
To review the trajectory across these essays is to witness a profound chronicle of architectural and hauntological containment. We began within the dusty, subterranean vaults of the text itself, tracking … Continue reading
The Archivist’s Project 2
On returning after a rousing weekend of friendship and frivolity, I began to harbour the uncomfortable suspicion that my efforts were not those of an editor, but of an unspooler. … Continue reading
Providence 5 – Lovecraft Out of Context
The contemporary cultural landscape is haunted by an entity that bears only a superficial resemblance to Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Decades after he died in poverty and obscurity, the Providence writer … Continue reading
The Archivist’s Project 1
My name is, perhaps was, Thomas Arthur Cannon. Of that, I am almost certain. I have been in the employ of Upton Campbell, archivist and librarian of my Alma Mater, … Continue reading
Providence 4: Lovecraft Out of Bounds
The communal play that defined the early growth of Lovecraft’s myth-cycle is often celebrated as a pioneering experiment in collaborative fiction. Yet, from a hauntological perspective, it represents the precise … Continue reading
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