Warren Ellis's Blog, page 265

yes i admit it i only wanted the Bigtrak because it was c...

yes i admit it i only wanted the Bigtrak because it was clearly programmed to kill dogs

Our Universe: Sort Of A Cosmic Cyst On The Side Of A Wormhole

Paul Di Filippo just pointed me at this madness:

A long time ago, in a universe much larger than our own, a giant star collapsed. Its implosion crammed so much mass and energy together that it created a wormhole to another universe. And inside this wormhole, our own universe was born. It may seem fantastic, but a theoretical physicist claims that such a scenario could help answer some of the most perplexing questions in cosmology.

UNPLANNED

I might fancy a copy of this. I believe fellow-travellers Liam Young and Geoff Manaugh have involvement:

A group exhibit with more than twenty participants, UNPLANNED spans architecture, urban design, industrial design, conceptual art, and cartography to present an array of experimental work at the urban scale. Multi-disciplinary practitioners address emergent urbanism, "wild building", and other alternatives to conventional urban planning.

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And this is the introduction.

Station Ident: You're Shitting Me

Jones just saw this in a London shop window.

BIGTRAK! He who shot the dog but lived to deliver the apple. Which will mean nothing to almost all of you, so I include this:

I am Warren Ellis, and today I have seen my childhood repackaged as a high-end replica. Which I guess happens to us all, but bugger but does it make you feel old.

(I never even had a Bigtrak. Too expensive!)

Night Music: L'Arpeggiata

G'night.

Currently listening: Freekradio

Currently listening: Freekradio

received goods 9apr10

The attractive young people of No Pain In Pop have sent me along a sample of their goods. And, in fact, if you bop along to their website right now, they have a very interesting piece of noise by Future Shuttle for you to listen to.

Get Excited And Make (Tea, Probably, If I Know Jones)

Matt Jones of BERG has released these into the wild, with proceeds going to a hospice. Details here.

The publisher of music magazines Q, MOJO and Kerrang! app...

The publisher of music magazines Q, MOJO and Kerrang! apparently wants freelance writers to agree to an "unlimited lifetime financial indemnity in the event of legal action arising from their work." Oh, and all rights, waiver of droit morale, and to go out of their way to obtain IP for the publisher.

Your Moment Of Chip Zdarsky

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