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The New Bohemia | Variant issue 32  [404]
Piece on Culture and Sport Glasgow in Variant that has seen the magazine banned from Tramway (which is run by the CSG). Ironically, the boss of CSG is also President of the NUJ.
glasgow  art  culture  press 
june 2008 by mottram
The Virginia Quarterly Review » A National Journal of Literature and Discussion
Excellent magazine, going by the pieces I've just read on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, evangelist Pat Robertson and Ezra Pound's unlikely stint as a foreign correspondent.
culture  essays  journalism  literature  magazines  media 
april 2008 by mottram
Orange Cone: Sympathetic Magic and the Substance of Style
I'd never thought of fashion and taste choices as sympathetic magic, but it's an absolute fit.
magic  fashion  culture 
april 2007 by mottram
Brazen Magazine - Home
Free Glasgow arts mag, by ex-Glasgow University Guardian folk (like me). Never seen it in the wild, though.
magazine  free  glasgow  arts  culture  glasgowuniversityguardian 
november 2006 by mottram
Pulse Laser » Blog Archive » 3C products
"Gen C is a generation of people defined not by age but by activity. The story of how I heard of it has involved two appropriate C-words already: Community; Connectedness."
culture  community  genc  generationc 
november 2006 by mottram
Kevin Kelly -- Street Use
"This site features the ways in which people modify and re-create technology... a collection of personal modifications, folk innovations, street customization, ad hoc alterations, wear-patterns, home-made versions and indigenous ingenuity."
tools  culture  modification  customisation 
august 2006 by mottram
Comment is free: Let football eat itself
"The 'beautiful game' can play a valuable role in society, but today's diving championships and media matches do no one any favours."
football  culture  patakane 
august 2006 by mottram
Glaswegians
"This is the online edition of the Glaswegians Photo Archive. You will find a selection of images from 30,000 photographs taken between 1989 and 1992." - amazing.
glasgow  photography  history  culture 
july 2006 by mottram
Thames town
An authentic British town. That happens to be in Shanghai.
weird  culture  architecture  places  shanghai 
july 2006 by mottram
Camp Records
"Almost nothing is known about the mysterious 60's record label Camp Records. They released an album and 10 45 rpm records of gay parody songs, most done with effeminate voices. I believe they were issued in the early 60's, as they all appeared in an ad i
queer  gay  history  culture 
february 2006 by mottram
Trends in Japan
"At elementary schools, kindergartens, and preschools all across Japan, kids are losing themselves making hikaru dorodango, or balls of mud that shine."
japan  games  play  education  culture 
january 2006 by mottram
No Garlic Please
By the lady behind We Make Money Not Art, and not dissimilar, but with more of a fashion/design focus.
design  art  fashion  culture  cool  weblogs 
january 2006 by mottram
uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » Pseudo Skins!
"Pulling on the boots and tightening up the laces Shaving their heads and strapping on the braces"
skinhead  culture  weetabix  fashion  1980s  1970s  1960s 
october 2005 by mottram
Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online
"A UNITED Nations report has labelled Scotland the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America."
britain  culture  violence  scotland 
september 2005 by mottram
At one Swedish library, you can borrow books%u2014and a lesbian | News | Advocate.com
A Swedish library, realizing that books are not the only things being judged by their covers, will give visitors a different opportunity this weekend%u2014to borrow a Muslim, a lesbian, or a Dane.
culture  news  politics  sweden 
august 2005 by mottram
miaminewtimes.com | News | Myths Over Miami | 1997-06-05
Bloody Mary vs. the Blue Lady in the myths of Miami street kids.
children  folklore  culture  homelessness 
august 2005 by mottram
Harry-Go-Round -- Stuff by Harry
"Charlie Brown and Lucy fall out of a comic strip and into the arms of some unspecified dude who proceeds to give them a tour of the [newspaper] offices and printing plant."
advertising  comics  culture  journalism 
august 2005 by mottram
Guardian Unlimited: CultureVulture
The Grauniad is just Gawker Media, only with fucked up SIFR headers instead of adverts to annoy you. Joking.
guardian  weblogs  trends  culture  arts 
june 2005 by mottram
Boo hoo, said the crocodile from Observer Blog
Er, hasn't everyone been using the term 'grief porn' for years? I know I have, and a quick Google throws up references from 2003.
grief  porn  media  culture  observer  coinages  neologisms 
april 2005 by mottram
Stanford: Wednesday, December 1 (Aaron Swartz: The Weblog)
American University traditions are really strange. All we ever did was get drunk, take drugs and go out to the dancing. No paper diapers required.
america  culture  society  university  weird  funny 
february 2005 by mottram
Midwest.org.uk - Catalysts for creative thought
"A new web resource to support collaboration and communication between artists, spaces, projects, initiatives, organisations and interested parties at a global level."
art  web  culture  organisations 
january 2005 by mottram
The princess and the plea - [Sunday Herald]  [404]
Leon on Britney: "Rather than tackle the very real questions involved when dealing with the transformative effects of teenagers’ own sexual identities, the culture we have finds it easier to sell them a plastic, denatured image of it..."
culture  lenny  pop  social  society  writing 
december 2004 by mottram
Dogon
Sirius B predicting ancient culture-a-go-go!
aliens  creation  culture  myths  religion  tribes  weird 
december 2004 by mottram
Poor but Prosperous
Interesting piece on Kerala
culture  politics 
may 2004 by mottram
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