Monthly Archives: August 2010
Kraken, by China Miéville
How do you steal a giant squid from the British Museum? Why would anyone bother? How do you locate said creature when you’re being pursued by the acolytes of a religious cult that worships the giant squid as its god and regards … Continue reading
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Tagged giant squid, london, Psychogeography, science fiction, the occult, umberto eco, urban fantasy, will self
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London Calling: A Countercultural History of London Since 1945, by Barry Miles
This is a highly personal account of the growth of the artistic and political Counterculture centred mostly on Soho, Camden, the West End and The King’s Road, a literary cavalcade of painters, writers, poets and subversives spanning the last sixty-odd years. It … Continue reading
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Tagged art, burroughs, counterculture, ginsberg, indica gallery, lennon and mccartney, london, music, pink floyd, Poetry, the beatles, the beats, ufo
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Words, Noises and Other Stuff 