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Dublin 2019
It's all Emma's fault. She was the one who asked me last year if I'd like to contribute some artwork to help promote Dublin's bid to host WorldCon in 2019. So I did.
I've continued to produce more promotional artwork for them , which they've been very kind about. I'm really enjoying making some art where there's a defined audience beyond just ( Read more... ) -
Tom McRae - Did I Sleep And Miss The Border
This is not just a return to a full band sound from Tom McRae but a real sit-up-and-shake-the-cobwebs attempt at reinvention.
McRae's previous release, From The Lowlands, distilled his introspection down to 48% proof; both lyrically and musically pared to the bone and at times painfully raw. It also felt like part of a slow spiral away from the ( Read more... ) -
What A Way To Win A War
Squee, etc. Only two weeks til the next Tom McRae album. But it sounds very different. Will I like it, dear reader. WILL I LIKE IT?1
The (non-album) single is like being hit repeatedly over the head with a Tom McRae song.
I think I'm enjoying it.
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Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction
So part 1 of the BBC2 Tomorrow's Worlds documentary on SF basically ticked all the most obvious boxes (but in a more or less random order - quite bewilderingly so at times). It barely touched on written SF except as source material for movies. Which is fair enough if it's aiming to be a history of visual SF, but it doesn't confine itself to TV and ( Read more... )
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