METAL #27

Contributed a short piece on O F F Love (Soundcloud page here) for METAL as the first in taking on editing duties for the music section.

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Smith Journal No. 2

Contributed two articles to this new Australian Quarterly Smith Journal. Quoting from their site: Smith Journal volume two is about sifting through the info we’re bombarded with and drilling down to get at the core of an idea, an opinion or a thing. Dave Eggers tells us about 10 things he loves and writer Christos Tsiolkas explains why Australians are damn lucky. We speak to dads and sons about working together, fall in love with a two-wheeled piece of junk, get stuck into Henry Rollins’s bookshelf, investigate the vanishing art of pickpocketing, scratch our heads over sacred geometry, marvel at the weaponry of Cold War spies and appreciate the complexity of life’s simple stuff: the miracle pig, the humble potato, the misunderstood handkerchief and the stately pinball. We interview inventors, explorers and economists, travel to Japan, go deep into the Bolivian mines and spend time at a quiet shack in New Zealand. That’s just some of the gold to be found within the pages, we reckon it’s a darn worthy read.

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Neural #41, Addiction(s)

Contributed a short piece on Maxence Parache’s Hyper(reality) apparatus for the Winter 2012 issue of Neural.

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Keiji Haino

An image of Keiji Haino cast in darkness taken during a performance with Oren Ambarchi and Jim O’Rourke in Tokyo on January 30th. I’ll get around to reviewing the LP on this site eventually but for now, it’s available here at http://www.blacktrufflerecords.com/

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Jim O’Rourke

In performance with Keiji Haino and Oren Ambarchi

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Hiroshi Hasegawa aka ASTRO

Hiroshi Hasegawa (C.C.C.C., Astro) in performance.

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Interview with BNE in Papersky

Japanese travel quarterly published a portion of my interview with renowned street artist BNE. Full version is available online here.

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Neural #40, The Generative Unexpected

Contributed a book review as well as an article on an innovative iPhone application (unrelated: the application went on to win a particular advertising award this year).

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032c #20

Contributed short text relaying architect Kazuyo Sejima’s thoughts on iconic fashion designer Rei Kawakubo for this issue of 032c.

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Suicidal 10cc

Masaya Nakahara and Jim O’Rourke in performance as Suicidal 10cc.

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