Warren Ellis's Blog, page 201

Prettymaps– post-digital design decadence in action. Map...

Prettymaps– post-digital design decadence in action. Maps that don't tell you a damned thing. Like hammering a tool flat so you can hang it attractively on a wall. Very pretty, mind you. But I've not seen a prettymap yet that I can use like an actual map. I'm cheating here, because I'm linking you to a prettymap that is being sold as a print. (Here's a fairer link.) But presumably I'm missing the point of prettymaps in general. On the other hand, my GPS doesn't show me the Doctor Who time-tunnel howlaround when I'm trying to navigate rural Suffolk.

Charlie Huston continues to swing the hammer at the Mulho...

Charlie Huston continues to swing the hammer at the Mulholland Books blog:

You can't, as the comedians are wont to say, make this shit up.

Facts, in these situation, kick the shit out of fiction every fucking time.

The present moment is born of the past. The future moment is born also of the past, and the now.

1 in 5 children born from the past into present poverty. How the fuck did that happen?

MTV Splash Page: Day 3

On graphic novels that would make interesting film adaptations. Got a little punchy by this point:

…."Gone With The Wind" with Jason Statham playing all the roles and nut-punching alien coke-rhinos from beyond space in the laser-scorched plantation fields of Georgia…

Station Ident

(Artemus Engle)

Death And The Compass

I am delighted to note that Alex Cox' wonderful adaptation of Borges' DEATH AND THE COMPASS, starring Peter Boyle and Christopher Eccleston, has been made available for free viewing by DailyMotion and the BFI. This film absolutely charmed me when I saw it on its original tv screening, many years ago, and I cherished a videotape of it until the thing all but dissolved.

Death and the compass
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Phantasms

Ian Holloway's new collection. Major Radiophonic Workshop vibe. You know I love the Confusing English Electronic Music. Move on if that sort of thing doesn't twiddle your knobs, obviously. I think this is gorgeous, diaphanous and glittering.

Phantasms by Ian Holloway

Links for 2010-10-05

NASA mission 'E-Minus' one month to comet flyby
"We use 'E-minus' to help with our mission planning," said Tim Larson, EPOXI mission project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "The 'E' stands for encounter, and that is exactly what is going to happen one month from today, when our spacecraft has a close encounter with comet Hartley 2."
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Katelan Foisy: Creating A Death Goddess

Katelan Foisy: Creating A Death Goddess

BRANCHES feat. Carin – "C o o l K i d s." I'm a complete...

BRANCHES feat. Carin – "C o o l K i d s." I'm a complete sucker for this sound. Note first 12 seconds are silent.

MTV Splash Page: Day Two

On my visit to the RED set:

Cully got to visit the set in warm and wonderful New Orleans. They liked Cully. Cully's a clever artist what draws the pretty pictures. Me? I got sent to Toronto in the middle of their worst winter in years. They were building shelters for the homeless out of frozen hipsters on Yonge Street…