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‘Eternity is in love…’ (Blake, Sparklehorse, The Verve)

London The Song, London The Poem I ended up getting more than bargained for recently while revisiting this special song ‘London’ (Above) by Sparklehorse. Introduced to me in 1995 by a friend at University when it was released as a b-side. I’ve kind of orbited Sparklehorse in the intervening years, hearing some delights but for whatever […]

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Unyielding Freedom – Parkour (w/ Team Storror)

Most of us come across the odd meme or video of an extraordinary feat culled from Parkour. Adrift in the seas of algorithmic imagery, it has become an accepted cultural wallpaper of the sublime. Feats of quasi-sorceric accomplishment on the part of human bodies, invested mostly among the unyielding vertiges of the modern conurbation. Looping among […]

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Bee Sentient (&The Human Correspondent)

Evidence bees are thinking, feeling beings (w/ Stephen Buchmann, Denis Villeneuve) Found myself drawn to this comment piece in the Guardian recently which details research and conclusions of scientist Stephen Buchmann from his latest book on the minds of bees, What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees. “Bees are self-aware, […]