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9 Apr 2021

Absolute Zero

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Prof. Julian Allwood cam.ac.uk     We don't need any more talking - just action!     As I'm sure most readers will know, carbon neut...
8 Apr 2021

Notes on An American Werewolf in London

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Nurse Price and David Kessler enjoy a tender moment  before things get hairy     Last night, for the first time in a very long time, I watch...
6 Apr 2021

Cum Play With Mellors: On the Sexual Politics of Ejaculation

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Faith Holland: Ookie Canvas (detail) [1]  faithholland.com       I.    Readers familiar with D. H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley...
3 Apr 2021

Great Moments in Rock 'n' Roll History as Seen on TV: Bowie Performs 'Starman' on Top of the Pops (6 July 1972)

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David Bowie performing 'Starman' on Top of the Pops   (6 July 1972): click here to watch on YouTube There's a starman waiting i...
1 Apr 2021

Great Moments in Rock 'n' Roll History as Seen on TV: Elvis Performs 'Hound Dog' on The Milton Berle Show (5 June 1956)

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Elvis performing 'Hound Dog' on The Milton Berle Show   (5 June 1956): click here to watch on YouTube   I.    If you have even vagu...
31 Mar 2021

Can Anyone be a Sex Pistol?

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  Anson Boon / Johnny Rotten     I.    For whatever reason, I'm still thinking about Danny Boyle's new six-part series based on the ...
30 Mar 2021

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Castration

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Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious as portrayed by Anson Boon and Louis Partridge   Director Danny Boyle irritated me in 2012 with his ludicrous ...
28 Mar 2021

I Would Like to Know the Stars Again: Reflections on Astronomy and Astrology in the Work of D. H. Lawrence

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"I would like to know the stars again ... I would like to be able to put my ego into the sun,  and my personality into the moon, and my...
26 Mar 2021

Contrasting Visions of the Last Man in Nietzsche and Olaf Stapledon

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      Nietzsche and Olaf Stapledon both had a vision of the last humans ...   I.    For Nietzsche, der letzter Mensch is the antithesis of ...
24 Mar 2021

Nietzsche Contra Olaf Stapledon on the Death of Man

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The nihilist and the transcendental idealist     Recently, I started exploring the speculative writings of British philosopher and sci-fi au...