Matt Colquhoun's Blog, page 29

Armstrong Bridge

Photos taken from the Armstrong bridge, on a walk to and from dinner in Jesmond.

Incursions (11/04/22)

Photos from the weekly Incursions walk around Newcastle, held on Monday 11th April 2022.

The K-Files: Episode #05 — “Terminator Vs. Avatar”

We read Mark Fisher’s essay “Terminator Vs Avatar”, published in Urbanomic’s #Accelerate reader. We talk about the films themselves, Fisher’s relationship with and divergences from Nick Land, and the peculiar fate of accelerationism.

Friends Are Good

Things have felt quiet around here lately. Settling into Newcastle has taken precedence over most online writing these past few weeks. I’m still hard at work on Narcissus in Bloom and want to get that finished within the next few months, so a lack of activity here also means more work elsewhere, but I’m also […]

Mark Fisher in Translation: Transnational Communities of Capitalist Realism

I’ll be taking part in this event, hosted by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), on 25th May 2022. You can read more about the event below. Head over to their website for full information and to book a ticket. Date25 May 2022, 5.00pm – 6.30pm InstituteInstitute of Modern Languages Research TypeOther […]

The Return of the New (Again)

Good on Craig for giving us a proper hellthread. The first seen in ages. He tweeted: Around 2015 Mark Fisher was saying that there hadn’t been any significant technical advances in electronic music to the extent that one couldn’t make music that didn’t sound like it could have been produced in the 20th century. Was […]

Move (Part Two) + Tusk Mini

I’ve not had a whole lot of time to blog recently. Since beginning the staggered move up to Newcastle a month ago, I’ve been getting settled, getting over an inevitable cold, and also getting right back into writing my next book, Narcissus in Bloom, perfectly timed for spring’s emergence, and which I’ve been neglecting these […]

Can Straights Be Queer?

I have seen tremblings of “discourse” on Twitter recently, making fun of straights who identify as queer. So far, this seems to come from one man’s well-meaning but inarticulate Twitter thread wherein he seemed to “come out” as straight, cursing him with the accolade of being Twitter’s main character for a day. But as easy […]

Getting Out of our Faces with Zer0 Books Patreons

Tomorrow! I’ll be joining in with the monthly Zer0 Books patreon hangout, discussing Mark Fisher’s essay on “Practical Eliminitivism”. Join here.

Iceboy Violet at the Star and Shadow

Absolute pleasure seeing Violette the other night, having only just landed in Newcastle. Go check out The Vanity Project.