Warren Ellis's Blog, page 281

Rushing By

Haven't been too present here over the last week or two. Spent the last few days in London, being interrogated on camera for a thing that I believe gets announced late next month.

Check out this amazing shot by Melyssa Anishnabie.

The year's just rushing by. I have ten days at home, and then I'm in London for another day or two for more meetings. Looking at more international travel in late April/early May, and then god knows what the summer's going to bring. But, right now, it's all about...

Links for 2010-03-04

blissblog – a weekend of radiophonic treats
a weekend of radiophonic treatsSaturday 6th March, 4:30-6:30 PM (GMT) — Moon Wiring Club's Ian Hodgson guests on the Jonny Trunk OST show on Resonance FM Sunday 7th March, 5:30-8:00 PM (GMT)– The Advisory Circle's Jon Brooks appears on Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone show on BBC 6, for an interview and to air a brand-new Advisory Circle track
(tags:music )New device may enable limbs to be controlled by thought alone
"A portable, plugless...

I Hate Being Filmed

Being shot for a DVD. I hate having my picture taken. Film is worse. Nice people, but still. Trying to break their camera anyway.

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Links for 2010-03-04

Jury convicts 1 Mind Ministries cult members in boy?s starvation death
"A Baltimore jury on Tuesday afternoon convicted three alleged cult members on charges of first-degree child abuse resulting in death and second-degree murder for starving a 16-month-old boy in their city apartment because he did not say ?amen? before meals."
(tags:cult crime fucking+scum )BBC News – Fallujah doctors report rise in birth defects
"Doctors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are reporting a high level of birth...

Fiction Is The Impetus Of Architecture

Jiminez Lai, via Suckerpunch:

fiction is the impetus of architecture, and architecture is one of the most powerful representations of culture. more specifically, the source of my work comes from interpreting taste, look, and trends. through acts of re-imagining fictional scenarios based on exaggerations of current practical and academic patterns, we can studiously investigate the alternate worlds and unexpected implications about architecture and urbanism.

in my work, i explore hypothetical...

WIRED UK: Column 12

In which I write, a few months ago, about the way the BBC is being hunted by commercial forces. Peculiar timing, that it should come out this week, after the BBC's basically started cutting itself in public in the hope of appeasing said forces. Also:

Everyone cares about the iPad, because its awesome technological potency will do… something. Apparently. The iPad will shag the Kindle and make the Kindle call it Herbert or something.

Station Ident: From The Desk Of

God help us, it's a new day, and so warren ellis dot com cranks up. My name is Warren Ellis. I write comics and books and things. And this is a picture by Eliza Gauger.

Good morning.

Night Music: Night

The opening piece of Zola Jesus' forthcoming EP, entitled STRIDULUM, this is "Night."

G'night.

The Penny Dreadful

I've kind of lost track of how many variant covers Avatar generated for the CAPTAIN SWING serial, but I really love the "Penny Dreadful" design that Ariana came up with.