Buckle up for my most rangey piece yet!Trigger warning - casual references to suicide and anal sex are made. Not together.I make it back before the rain starts. The streetlights come on before it gets dark. The flat is as I left it, in the early stages of abandonment. The early stages of reclaim, the … Continue reading Rasberry Ripple
Literature
Happy New Year!
Daily writing promptWrite about your dream home.View all responses Welcome to 2020 everyone, I'm almost caught up. The horizon looks clear, plain sailing ahead. How witty, how droll.Of course, it's not the year 2020. It's the year of the Dragon, and you know what that means? Neither do I.In the last post I mentioned that … Continue reading Happy New Year!
Growth, degrowth, regrowth
My friends and I used to smoke cannabis repeatedly and complain about it's effects but ultimately come to the same conclusion - We didn't know if we'd be smarter if we didn't smoke as much cannabis as there was no way of knowing. It's a stoner logic which reassures you, but shouldn't probably be applied … Continue reading Growth, degrowth, regrowth
Otters
I write here today... because I otter.Wheyyyoooo!Trigger Warning - Slavery, Allusions to sexual violenceThat was likely the best part of this little ramble, as I try to both collect and construct my thoughts about life and all its recent mysteries. Since last we spoke, much has happened. Or has it? Is my nut just wilting? … Continue reading Otters
The Irishman and other stories
This is in place of anything original which I should be writing. It will be a series of mini-reviews interspersed with recent findings on various topics which I have negotiated recently. Mainly they tread along the line of TRUTH. As I write this I may be able to adequately mop the various thoughts spilling from … Continue reading The Irishman and other stories
Mr Hummels introduces: The Tower of Babel by Benny Profane
As promised, I am slowly, reticently introducing you, the vast readership, to my talented friends. Doing so, I feel somewhere between Kim Jong Il and Ernest Hemingway. Make of that what you will. However, the following man needs no introduction; he's already taken the internet and some newspapers by storm. You may know him for … Continue reading Mr Hummels introduces: The Tower of Babel by Benny Profane
Review -Mastersystem – Dance Music, Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Adam Buxton Bowiewallow and added bonus – tangential reflections on life, death, etc.
I recently wrote, in a bit of a fraught state, about the death of Scott Hutchinson. Like many other fans I've tried to excavate the loss of a hero by pouring over the archives of alternate projects, B-sides, interviews and the old classics. The more I watch and listen, the more things seem to make … Continue reading Review -Mastersystem – Dance Music, Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Adam Buxton Bowiewallow and added bonus – tangential reflections on life, death, etc.
Theory and Praxiszzzz
As I attempt to synthesise a semesters worth of sociological theory alongside a semester of unwritten posts and scribbles from a notebook, do not lose heart. There will be a point to all of this. The life of an anonymous, poorly-subscribed-to online lifestyle brand is a lonely one. The nature of living our creative existence … Continue reading Theory and Praxiszzzz
The Salon
This is a true story. Tenses may have been jumbled in an effort to maintain the corporeal sense of time which one feels when attending an appointment. Moreover, I've not got the energy to edit it too much at this stage. The following takes place a quick walk from Baker Street, past the famous … Continue reading The Salon
Interview: Reflections on an imagined future
This marks the first of a series of interviews which may or may not happen. This, the first, comprises of Mr Hummels, synonymous editor at large of soon to be global MrHummels.com (Formerly or still MrHummels.wordpress.com) grilling the future Mr Hummels who is endowed with contentment, fulfillment and success. The interview is meta as fuck … Continue reading Interview: Reflections on an imagined future
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