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damn labrat, you're so right - watched London and Robinson Space recently and they are just unbelievably, astoundingly good....the way he makes Britain alien, strange, sympathetic and melancholy all at once...can't be recommended highly enough... and France do seem to make millions of...

Lynne Ramsay...? Seem to recall interesting discussion of her work on this here site a while back. Andrea Arnold's short film 'Wasp' is pretty stunning, profoundly depressing...and incredibly British. The Brothers Quay studied here! Ok, we can do better than this....

(Not to be confused with a contemporary metal band also called xex....) recently got given a reissue of this 1980 LP: 'an electronic pop collective from New Jersey, xex combines avant-garde sounds with witty, cogent lyrics about contemporary life and politics' (from the sleeve). Trying to find...

the question of identification is an interesting one - so most people on the (admittedly limited) thread poll have voted in favour of the idea that porn is nothing more than a 'wanking tool'. But 'tool' in what sense? As basic animal stimulant, in which the 'act' is a reminder of basic physical...

If we're gonna do French philosophers on porn, then here is Badiou, from an essay called 'Philosophy and Cinema': 'Sexual activity, filmed directly on bodies, forms a major part of what is authorized by dominant contemporary imagery. It is opposed to the metonymy of desire, which was one of the...

There's a hyperlink theory list I put together a fair few months ago when someone else asked the same thing - it includes links to intros and interviews with and about Badiou, Zizek, etc: http://www.dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=308 You could try reading some of the less fierce books by...

This one was relatively memorable from last year: http://www.adrants.com/2004/11/vodaphone-gives-girl-facial-for.php This is absolutely right tho - many a club I've been to includes the sight of bemused faux-lesbian snogging (on tables or whatever), with a bunch of men cheering them out...

You're absolutely right about this - esp. with reference to 'facials' imagery. I tend to think it's all very conscious tho, esp. the ads - 'you're a worldy bloke with a high income. I know you might not want your girlfriend/mum to know you understand porn memes, but here's a knowing little...

squid porn? was it bataille who once compared hookers' bits to squid? I'm keen on getting my hands on Klaus Kinski's Japanese porn flicks (if they really do exist), and possibly some elf porn (though not the cute kind...'hold the ears!'). But the flickering old in-out on the tubes can be a bit...

Ken Livingstone is a giant squid, according to the crap graphics of tonight's BBC news

same story here and all: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,3605,1579778,00.html

twas great to see you too matt + yr 'strange attractor' (?) mate. would be quite curious to see that mag. mark k-p didn't make it in the end (too busy watching powernoise at slimelight) + I didn't see martin either. but me and my welsh friends were behind you all the way! got really into the...

my, er, 'girl' listens to free jazz, ornette coleman, jay-z, nas and luigi nono, and bob dylan, john fahey. but his record collection aint half as hot as mine, heh heh...

wot next? the bashment st. kids...? [wince]

merk/murk - murder, or summat! or like being a better mc.... I am an authority on such things, fer'sure! tee hee hee hee

could the thread be any more bumped up? oh boo! you can't go and see powernoise when I'm not allowed to...curses! [sulks]

me too, with some yokel welsh friends, horrah! is it 8-12 fullstop...?

been listening to 'wonderful rainbow' lately (guess the lp before hypermagic mountain). curious about the whole providence scene after recently talking to jessica rylan (can't, works/tours with prurient, emil beaulieau, kites) . she argued that noise went from uk-japan-us, deacade by decade...

eep...sorry woebot! didn't realised you'd tried the events subfolder thing already... we all love dissensus! don't be cross!

wot about an 'Events' forum, or a sub-folder in Music for such things....? I reckon Misc should be kept for things like the Kate Moss thread too and not nites (though we could also do with a Fashion forum, mbe)