tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:35:17 +0000http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.htmlMattBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-714787099568655077Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:34:00 +00002007-01-01T11:35:18.080-08:00Hello - most of the sort of nonsense I used to put here has migrated to Vox...http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#714787099568655077Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-113804835792122875Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:26:00 +00002006-01-23T12:32:37.933-08:00My Top 25 most played for 2005 looks like it was the year of The Arcade Fire... Oi Frango: Super Furry Animals: Love Kraft Good Vibrations: Beach Boy: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys Neighborhood #3 (Power Out): The Arcade Fire: Funeral Heroes And Villains: Beach Boys: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys King's Lead Hat: Brian Eno: Before and After Science Drink To Moving On: Grand National: http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#113804835792122875Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-113629440228785842Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:18:00 +00002006-01-03T05:20:02.300-08:00The song remains the same I am obsessed with what the post-modern motown of "Black & White Town" by Doves would sound like, sung by someone like Beyonce. I wonder what other songs I would like covered...http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#113629440228785842Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-110590927297762532Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:58:00 +00002005-04-07T01:16:15.300-07:00My top 20 for 2004, according to iTunes Another Green World Brian Eno Another Green World "I loved this tune before I loved Eno. It was the theme music for 'Arena' I think, an arts show on the BBC in the 70s and 80s, which came on around the time I was meant to go to bed. I associate it therefore with sleep, dreams and art - the immateria. We played this as background music as the guests enteredhttp://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#110590927297762532Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-111262829962370110Mon, 04 Apr 2005 15:23:00 +00002005-04-04T08:26:22.933-07:00When they say "sustainable" do they mean stay the same? Homeostasis ain't an option. What's "The Good Progress" like?http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#111262829962370110Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-111262812161279357Mon, 04 Apr 2005 15:20:00 +00002005-04-04T08:23:26.960-07:00The architecture is attacking! No! Not the buildings. The architecture. Law and history and influence and culture calcifying around us in slow flows of control. Can't... Escape...http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#111262812161279357Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-111108682845046315Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:12:00 +00002005-04-04T08:19:50.456-07:00Raiding the 21st century The next step in cut-up culture Arthouse biotech Wetwork warhols Nanobiological burroughs Performance creationism Xoological situationism Some assembly required Crick, Watson, double-dee, steinski. Intelligent design as artistic statement Playing god, 5 times a week with 2 matinees Oryx Crake Cut Splice Mashup mammals Rip/Mix/Birthhttp://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#111108682845046315Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-110475861099847623Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:11:00 +00002005-01-03T05:23:30.996-08:00Enclosure acts We caught the later half of "The Corporation" on Finnish TV this weekend. An interesting documentary, which only somewhat fails in it's somewhat preachy presentation of some disturbing facts. The passages that had the most impact on me, were somewhat predictably, the discussion by talking heads such as Jeremy Rifkin on the extension of 'ownership' and acts of enclosure from http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#110475861099847623Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-110475786251795580Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:07:00 +00002005-01-03T05:11:02.516-08:00Slight Return I went on a mini-spending-spree this weekend on the iTMS. I bought the Bluetones singles collection. The Bluetones were hyped by the music papers, well-regarded, but no-one bought them. "Slight Return" - one of their only singles to bother the higher ends of the charts - is however a heart-tuggingly beautiful piece of plaintive pop genius that has stood the test of time well.http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#110475786251795580Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-110318787758089455Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:59:00 +00002004-12-16T01:04:37.580-08:00Break. I didn't go straight to work this morning. First discontinuity: the book. The ending of the book. The gripping, confusing, ending of the book. Second discontinuity: Ending the end of the book was stopped by the arrival of the tram at the stop where I stop to start the working day. I stopped before I started so I could end the ending. Third discontinuity: I went to thehttp://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#110318787758089455Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-109890724682073950Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:59:00 +00002004-10-27T13:00:46.820-07:00Draw her near, draw a breath, think how little there is left of that which makes her not you - and be the one that once was two.http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#109890724682073950Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-108154108875880754Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:04:00 +00002004-04-09T13:08:33.090-07:00The rubbishest skateboarder in the world http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#108154108875880754Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-108003371977781747Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:21:00 +00002004-03-23T01:25:20.873-08:00"Hard as people try to build dikes on the river of meaning, to shore up those barriers with all sorts of reinforcement, still significance pours over the retaining walls and floods our homes and fields" - AKMA on Semiosishttp://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#108003371977781747Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107798831580294327Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:11:00 +00002004-02-28T09:14:45.810-08:00Where I've been... create your own visited country map or write about it on the open travel guide http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107798831580294327Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107722172455443596Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:15:00 +00002004-02-19T12:18:56.793-08:00 We are so rock and roll. Pictured above, the gold disk of New Order's Republic LP, cover design by Peter Saville and Brett Wickens, in our smallest room... Thanks to Yoz...http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107722172455443596Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107424184620025462Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:30:00 +00002004-01-16T00:32:38.450-08:00Barely remembered sci-fi, part 47: Into Infinityhttp://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107424184620025462Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107407294357785884Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:35:00 +00002004-01-14T01:37:33.340-08:00Good Philip Pullman interview, perhaps interestingly, by a Christian websitehttp://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107407294357785884Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107374068378408090Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:18:00 +00002004-01-10T05:19:45.746-08:00The media is the message and thus: The idea is the issage. and further more: The "my dear" is the mossage. The "oh dear" is the ossage, and The "so, dear" is the sausage. http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107374068378408090Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107295783541346363Thu, 01 Jan 2004 11:50:00 +00002004-01-01T09:19:15.436-08:00Warren Ellis asked a few people to mail some predictions for 2004 to him to post on his DiePunyHumans blog. Here are mine. http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107295783541346363Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107183000312180501Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:33:00 +00002003-12-19T02:42:21.513-08:002000 + phwooar. The freed-back loops of pro, semi-pro and amateur global media assume a topological configuration that requires the grid-computing efforts of your Google-toolbar just to figure out what to settle down on the sofa in front of. A resultant crash in fashion results in an impoverished, desperate, ultraconnected global nomad class who can survive on very little other than Ty Nant and http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107183000312180501Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107182834013283800Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:05:00 +00002003-12-19T02:06:55.966-08:00Kashmir By the Zeppelin would have to be a desert-island disc of mine. It's ridiculous and overblown, but IMMENSE. I dig immense. I have a huge post about immensity, inspired by writings on Al Queda, writings of J.G. Ballard and Grant Morrison, travels in the USA, a window display in UK high-street fashionpalace Top Shop and a music video by The Doves [grabs, dvd]. It is in itself immense, http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107182834013283800Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107169981649412983Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:23:00 +00002003-12-17T15:18:42.856-08:00No love lost is awesome just as a table of contents. It should be left there, like a magic nodal mirror of our fears. Narcissistic feedback overloop, baby. Begin campaign for Rageboy vs Grant Morrison iambecomedeathmatch memestorm face-off, soonest.http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107169981649412983Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107169994634383020Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:25:00 +00002003-12-17T15:02:49.390-08:00 Snowcrashed. Gloved hand raised, and snowflake settled. Fractal focus becomes fixed point. The beautiful basis of a moment.http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107169994634383020Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107169983757449769Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:23:00 +00002003-12-17T14:25:11.246-08:00Getting wierder here. Like it!http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107169983757449769Matttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121431.post-107046342476276242Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:57:00 +00002003-12-03T06:57:59.043-08:00The things you learn on 6music Like that one of your favourite songs of all time "Hanging on the telephone" by Blondie was a cover version of the original, written and performed by The Nerves.http://www.blackbeltjones.com/play/index.html#107046342476276242Matt