You Are Here - Martin Belk
“What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times—and you were there.” —Walter Cronkite In a time when the profit has become the prophet, as ...
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SNAPSHOTS 01: Can you kayak? • Rolling stones • Remote control • No country • Injuns
Open Access Paddling • Kayaking has been growing dramatically in Scotland over the past 20 years. Unlike the rest of the UK, we benefit from generous open-access laws allowing us to paddle down a river ...
Civilization & Its Contents - Mary Folliet
CIVILIZATION & ITS CONTENTS “...incidents arousing pity and fear...” Aristotle (POETICS) I “To understand, your whole life would have to change.” Wallace Shawn (FEVER) where roach & rat thrive human art & love confound hope & jive survive II “Expect poison from the standing water.” William ...
Mean City To Big Apple - JD Pryce
August: Glasgow Today the air is clear, but apprehension clouds my gaze into a rare bright blue sky. In just three weeks, I’ll begin my journey into the unknown: from Glasgow to New York City. ...
Saving the Last Dance - Andrew B Smith
Andrew B. Smith tunes in, turns on and drops a bombshell. On 26 June 2007, John Cage’s avant-garde piece 4’33” played on an endless loop as US webcasters collectively decided to put their stations on ...
Last.fm Review - Ryan MacGillivray
I enjoy listening to Last.fm, but I have one complaint: there’s no pause button. This wouldn’t be a major problem, but you can’t rewind songs either. Nevertheless, this website’s still great fun ...
Blue: Reflections From Ground Zero - Geraldine Sweeney
Monday, 30 July 2007: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the sixth anniversary of 9/11 would not be held in the pit at Ground Zero, but instead at the nearby concrete Zuccotti Park. ...
When The Reverse Is (Also) True - Mary Folliet
"We are becoming a culture of ants, we need a new avant garde" —John Calder, 21.8.2006 On 21 August 2006 in Edinburgh, Martin Belk interviewed two esteemed men of letters and culture, Jim Haynes and John ...
Up For It - Stefan Pearson
3 people. 2 sexes. 1 thing on their minds... Fly Boy said: Ony fliers? For roach. Cheers. D’ye no ken the lassie? Ye must, man—she’s no exactly hard tae miss! She ...
Punch Lines - Andrew J Wilson, et. al. - ‘Hot and cold running sonar’ • ‘Trailer Trash’ • ‘Poker Face’ • ‘Limerick Trick’ • ‘Cliché Touché’
Hot and cold running sonar - Not everything in the media is altered these days. Take a look at the photograph running above. Trust me, no pixels were harmed, or otherwise digitally manipulated, in ...
Tasting Notes: Vin More Thing
Regular readers of this column will recognize that its scribe places a premium on modesty, and so will be surprised to discover that I found myself marketed as an Edinburgh Fringe show throughout this last August. ...
