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26 Jul 2026

Pretty Punk Vacancy Contra Sado-Libertine Apathy

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The Marquis de Sade looks on as Johnny Rotten  acts pretty vacant for the cameras   'I have a very strong feeling that the opposite  of ...
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3 Feb 2026

Notes From the Gutter on Joe Orton's Fur Coat and the Seditionaries Prick Up Your Ears Shirt

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Joe Orton's fur coat and the  Seditionaries Prick Up Your Ears shirt [1]      I.    In January 1967, Joe Orton's theatrical agent, P...
3 Jan 2026

Notes from the Labyrinth on Picasso and the Minotaur

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Picasso becoming-minotaur Photo by Edward Quinn (1959)    'If you marked on a map all of the routes I've made and connected the dots...
24 Nov 2025

Behold the Sausage (Or Incipit Parodia): A Foolish Response to Simon Solomon

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The Three Jokers  (SA/2025)   'I have a terrible fear   I shall one day be pronounced holy ...  I do not want to be a saint, rather even...
5 Sept 2024

Heathen, Hedonistic, and Horny: Notes on Maggie Nelson's Bluets (2009) - Part 1: Propositions 1-120

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  Jonathan Cape (2017)     I.    As long-time readers of Torpedo the Ark will know, whilst, as a nihilist, my default position is always pai...
5 Jul 2024

Dark Enlightenment 3: On the Zombie Apocalypse

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  'Democracy is as close to a precise negation of civilization  as anything could be, short of instantaneous social collapse into  murde...
12 Jan 2024

Reflections on Vita Contemplativa by Byung-Chul Han (Part One)

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(Polity Press, 2024)     I.    The subtitle of Byung-Chul Han's new little book is In Praise of Inactivity [a] . But it's important...