"Non-Format is a London-based design studio that has built a formidable international reputation with exceptional graphic design and illustrations that are strikingly innovative and fresh yet have a timelessness that goes beyond fleeting style trends.
This monograph presents the full spectrum of their work, which ranges from delicate drawings for album covers to riveting advertisements for Coke and Nike, as well as pristine graphic design for publications such as Varoom or the UK music magazine The Wire (see image above)."
vorleser.net: "John Polidori schrieb 1816 die Erzählung "The Vampyre" - die erste Vampirerzählung der Weltliteratur: Der junge englische Aristokrat Aubrey bereist mit Lord Ruthven die Welt. Als der Lord stirbt, gibt Aubrey ihm das Versprechen, ein Jahr und einen Tag lang niemandem von seinem Tod zu erzählen. Aubrey kehrt zu seiner Schwester nach England zurück und stellt fest, dass diese mit dem verstorbenen Lord Ruthven verlobt ist"
John Polidori "Der Vampir"
Sprecher: Patrick Imhof, Länge: 52:14 Minuten
Momus (songwriter, blogger and a journalist for Wired): Cory is an odd man. Incredibly bright, he seems to have the multitasking skills of Shotoku Taichi: throughout the meeting, rather than interact with the other people around the table, he tapped away on his laptop, updating Boing Boing or sifting restlessly through images on File Pile. The man has the worst case of ADD I've ever seen; a geek so bright he's become an idiot. His speeches on copyright were super-well-informed, but came across like set pieces he'd delivered many times before at similar events." Read on
spiegel.de: "Cory Doctorow hat den Ruf, ein rastloser Zeitgenosse zu sein. Der 36-jährige Schriftsteller aus Toronto wurde schon zum "William Gibson auf Speed" gekürt, in Anlehnung an den einflussreichen amerikanischen Science-Fiction-Autor. Als Mitherausgeber von Boingboing.net füttert er auch den meistverlinkten Blog der Welt permanent mit neuen Einträgen." Weiter
THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON
A fresh look at Kazuo Hara's controversial political documentary, that inspired legions of filmmakers at home and abroad, including Michael Moore.
Lady Oscar
What is a Japanese film? French director Jacques Demy and a pan-European cast expand definitions with their adaptation of the manga The Rose of Versailles.
Nightmare Detective
Shinya Tsukamoto tries his hand at mainstream horror with the first instalment in a purported trilogy.
Tony Takitani
Jun Ichikawa's stylish adaptation of the Haruki Murakami short story.
Forest Of Pressure
Forest Of Pressure - Ogawa Shinsuke And Postwar Japanese Documentary. After his superb first tome, Abe Mark Nornes' follow-up immerses us in the fascinating world of a giant of the genre and the movement he inspired.
"Noise/Music" looks at the phenomenon of noise in music, from experimental music of the early 20th century to the Japanese noise music and glitch electronica of today. It situates different musics in their cultural and historical context, and analyses them in terms of cultural aesthetics.
Daniel Menche is a US musician from Portland, Oregon, whose work could best be described as belonging to the noise genre, though some of his works touch on ritual ambient, dark ambient, and other related styles." Read on
Daniel Menche: "Native American drums are superb for rich resonating sounds due to the animal skin used. For Animality I used a large drum with moose skin for powerful deep bass sounds and then also a elk skin drum for penetrating mid sounds. Much of the higher sounds are from "residue" noise of these drums. Much like how Native Americans use ALL of the animals skin, bones, fur and meat. Even tho there is killing involved there is an devout appreciation and divine gratitude to nature. All of the possible sounds I could create with these drums I used for Animality. There is also some of my voice sounds in there too." Read the whole interview
wnyc.org: "Dr. Oliver Sacks has been writing about patients with unusual and fascinating case histories since the 1970s. In his new book, Musicophilia , Dr. Sacks explores music and its relationship to the human brain, while introducing new and fascinating characters – from the man who, after being struck by lightning, found a new passion for piano, to Parkinson's patients who receive music therapy."
wnyc.org: "Director David Cronenberg has a reputation for making films about the nature of violence and cruelty that sometimes make audiences want to cover their eyes, but always make them think. He'll discuss his latest, Eastern Promises (See clip above)"
altertube: "David Cronenberg interviewed at UCSB Campbell hall by Santa Barbara International Film Festivals Roger Durling sbiff.org after a showing of Eastern Promises." watch here 80 min !
German webpage tonspion.de starts cooperation with classical music labels Naxos, Hänssler Classic and Profil. Tonspion.de will review CDs and offer high quality mp3 excerpts of up to 10 minutes. Read more (in German)
bbc: "African slaves may have been ripped from their homelands over 200 years ago but their music travelled with them and it still shapes today's music. 1Xtra traces the roots of today's R&B, Hip Hop in the drums and chants of African slaves." Listen here
dradio.de: "Ein ganz normaler Bürotag: Das Telefon klingelt im Zehnminutentakt, im Computer häufen sich die E-Mails, das Handy piepst, weil eine neue SMS eingegangen ist, Kollegen bestürmen einen mit Fragen." Weiter
"Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) is a hip-hop music producer, disc jockey, and laptop musician from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. He is most famous (yet also uncredited) for the music in the many of the segues of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. His great-aunt is the late Alice Coltrane.
Flying Lotus is commonly identified as a hip hop producer, but his style is drawn from many genres, including jazz and Brazilian music. His hip hop beats are unique for their hazy, ambient sound, while his percussion is purposefully slightly off time to create a messier, more organic atmosphere. Because of this, he is often linked with producers Madlib and J Dilla." Read on
wikipedia: "Burial is the self-titled debut album by the anonymous dubstep producer, Burial. It was released in 2006 on Kode9's Hyperdub records to critical acclaim, including being named "Album of the Year" by The Wire magazine. Read on
BBC: "In Mary Anne Hobbs' new Tuesday night slot she's got an exclusive mix from Burial which has been put together by Kode9. Pus there's tracks from Cadence Weapons, False, Calibre, Zinc, and Breakage." Download here
"A digital subscription gives you access to the last 12 month's worth of back issues of The Wire in downloadable PDF format as well as access to each new issue as soon as it is published. Digital subscriptions are valid for one calendar year." Read on
"This week's Search Engine is a special episode that may be of particular interest to BoingBoing readers. It's entirely devoted to the political and cultural impact of video games in China. We cover the gamut: anti-gaming laws, 'internet addiction' paranoia, propaganda games by the state, and the most thoughtful documentary about gold-farming I've yet heard." Search Engine Podcast Feed. Found via BoingBoing
elektrischer-reporter.de: "Vier Autoren schreiben täglich das Blog “Boing Boing” voll, allesamt können sie “recht komfortabel” davon leben, sagt Mitblogger Cory Doctorow. In den Link-Charts der Blog-Suchmaschine Technorati hält sich Boing Boing wacker auf dem dritten Platz—von mehr als 70 Millionen Blogs. Für diesen erstaunlichen Erfolg hat Doctorow ein paar einfache Erklärungen parat.
Befüllt er gerde mal nicht Boing Boing mit skurrilen Fund- und Steam-Punk-Sammelstücken, ist Doctorow als Netz-Aktivist unterwegs oder verfasst Science-Fiction-Romane. Sein Buch “Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom” (deutsche Ausgabe: “Backup”) beschreibt das Leben in einer Reputationsökonomie, wie sie sich in Ansätzen bereits im Internet abzeichntet.
Außerdem spricht Cory Doctorow darüber, wie das Netz unser aller Denken verändert, über kommende Bedrohungen für unsere Privatsphäre und über das RFID-Märchen." Hier das Video anschauen
newscientist.com: "Over in the UK, a judge criticised Al Gore's Oscar-winning movie An Inconvenient Truth for a series of inaccuracies. The ruling concludes a case brought to the UK High Court by Stuart Dimmock, a parent of two who was concerned to find that the UK Department for Education and Skills had distributed a copy of Gore's film to every state secondary school in the UK.
He argued that the film was political material, had no place in the classroom, and that its distribution to schools should be made illegal. Moreover, his legal team pointed out a list of alleged scientifically inaccuracies in the film.
The judge, Justice Burton, declined to make it illegal. In his ruling, however, he says Gore committed nine counts of scientific inaccuracy.
wps1.org: "A selection of recent works from the award-winning Turkish composer, Erdem Helvacioglu. Helvacioglu is a multi instrumentalist, playing guitar, keyboard, bass, balama and other Turkish instruments. His music is a combination of ambient electroacoustic textures, the processed sounds of Turkish instruments, and adventurous harmonies and programming of synthesizers. His music was twice among the finalists of the Luigi Russolo Electroacoustic Competition. In 2001 he received the Best Performance Award in the 6th Roxy Music Competition, with his electronic band HAZ." Listen here
wnyc.org: "Ever since they completed their EMI record deal with 2003's "Hail to the Thief," Radiohead has been the world's biggest unsigned band. Now, singer Thom Yorke and his bandmates are releasing a new album, "In Rainbows," on the Internet and letting fans decide how much to pay for it. We ask Gerd Leonhard, author of The Future of Music, and New York Times music critic Nate Chinen and Bob Lefsetz, former record executive, if the "tip jar" model can work for other artists." Found via the WNYC Soundcheck Podcast
Daniel Menche is a US musician from Portland, Oregon, whose work could best be described as belonging to the noise genre, though some of his works touch on ritual ambient, dark ambient, and other related styles." 
