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Hauntology AND/OR Hauntography

A reading of Barbara Johnson’s translator’s introduction to Jacques Derrida’s Dissemination When Derrida writes of différance, he is attempting to uncover the lack or lag inherent to understanding and the (de)construction of meaning. Embedded within a logocentric Western discourse, wherein “unity, identity, immediacy, and temporal and spatial presentness” are privileged “over distance, difference, dissimulation, and […]

Preface to the Greek Translation of Mark Fisher’s The Weird and the Eerie

The Greek translation of Mark Fisher’s The Weird and the Eerie is out now, translated by Alexandros Papageorgiou and published by Antipodes. I have written a brand-new preface to this edition, exploring some of the book’s most significant references, beginning with speculative realism and that fleeting movement’s interest in H.P. Lovecraft, before moving onto other […]

New Tenderness 011

A tentatively first step into a new and much looser format, thinking through songs. More studio natters to come over the following months, hopefully with a few guests. Tracklist‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny, “A Letter from Home”Nina Simone, “Spring is Here”Clairo, “For Now”Rat Heart Ensemble, “Chikonga”Men I Trust, “Norton Commander”Mount Eerie, “Woolly Mammoth’s Mighty Absence (Live in […]

Flowers in Time

One Year Off and On

My head is spinning a lot as of late. This weekend marks one year since a lot of things started to go wrong for me. Last Easter, there was a party. I met someone, rushed into something that wasn’t there, and completely lost my head two weeks later. The party itself feels inconsequential now, as […]

Transience: Notes on and Against the Media-Political Complex

For International Transgender Day of Visibility, 2023 There was a wonderful presentation given by Juliet Jacques at Newcastle University last night, organised as part of its INSIGHTS public lecture series to coincide with LGBT+ History Month (which was last month but the event was rescheduled due to strikes). Jacques spoke about her work to date, […]

ChatGPT Wrote This Blogpost

The world today is full of contradictions and complexities that often leave us feeling disoriented and uncertain. From the rise of authoritarianism and the erosion of democratic norms to the threats of climate change and economic inequality, it can be difficult to make sense of the present moment. But perhaps the key to understanding our […]

Kitty’s Itty Bitty No Titty Kitty

Wonderful friend to all and Scouse DJ extraordinaire Kitty is currently raising funds for top surgery. I first met them in 2017, a stone’s throw from Goldsmiths, dressed as an octopus, and they’ve been one of my favourite people ever since. They were a big factor in me moving up to Newcastle, and they’re a […]

The Year is 1984: Notes on Hypofiction

Baudrillard conceptualised the hyperreal many decades ago as a certain quality of postmodern experience, wherein we cannot clearly distinguish between what is real and what is not. It is a term that he applies explicitly to ever-improving technologies of representation, such that nowadays, in the age of deep fakes and AI-generated photorealism, it feels evermore […]

New Tenderness 010

[I can hear the seething mania in this one. I’m having a weird time.] I struggled to make a mix this month as all of my records and my hard drive are in storage. There are a couple tunes here, but I’m giving 40 mins of this month’s hour over to a recording of a […]