Here's doing something I've been postponing for a while: trying to track down the origins of old postcards/photographs. I've recently bought a new batch of memorabilia at the local market, but these ones seem to be even more mysterious than the ones I've picked up before. I'll start with those easiest to pinpoint, I guess. …
Of Perverse Pleasures and Murder Mysteries
I remain quite baffled that, apparently, most of the stuff I enjoy is either out of print/stock or really difficult to come by. I went through this when I was looking for Angela Carter's "The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman", which, for mysterious reasons, was reprinted by Penguin (with an absolutely horrendous cover, if …
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Haunting Displacement: Conceptual Art by David Rushton
I'm generally not a big fan of Modernist art, myself, but every once in a while I happen to stumble upon a an expressive little exhibition that leaves a mark upon my consciousness and of which I find myself thinking for days afterwards. So now please let me urge you, if you happen to be …
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