I think that Tricky leapt into my consciousness at the same time as Portishead did through a shared sample and their linking together under the trip-hop banner. Massive Attack had floated somewhere on the periphery of my awareness for a Read more…
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Introduction There exists a world of horrors beneath the one we know. Where the creatures of our nightmares stalk amongst humanity and play their games of vengeance, murder and intrigue. To police this world there is The Chain; a covert Read more…
It\’s strange the last two weeks have seemed somewhat more leisurely in their pacing though just as much is revealed. We learn something of how being a Freakangel plays out through someone\’s ethnicity — it was hinted at before in Read more…
the (r)evolution of modern expression: it is a phrase that captures so much of the spirit of mike\’s work, whether it is his art or his writing. the pieces are alive with process, with thought, with meaning — like the Read more…
To complete the trilogy of talented artists from Whitechapel that I wanted to draw people\’s attention to comes Zira Sparovec. I have had the pleasure, as have the other members of Warren Ellis\’s extended online community, to see some of Read more…
I seem to be spotlighting people that I have found through Whitechapel, Warren Ellis\’s online community today. The number of people on that site with real creative talent is staggering and some of the work that you are privileged to Read more…
It\’s really nice to be surrounded by creative people, and Whitechapel, the community that Warren Ellis has built around his webcomic Freakangels is a real hive of creativity. I first became aware of Ian Gil through a thread that gave Read more…
I came to this really late and I hear that it has been cancelled, which is a real shame. It was a really fun book and the art and the storytelling meshed really well. Like most of the best stories Read more…
It\’s kind of strange but it really does seem almost like a rebellious act to like INXS, and when I talk of that name I am of course talking of the Michael Hutchene led band and not the soulless entity Read more…
I keep reading all these things where various companies are said to be bringing the end of the internet about, even the government is said to be interested in dismantling it. This might be something that it is possible to Read more…