Archive - Trebuchet

Breaking Bad: The Aesthetics of Aspirational Evil

27/09/2013

Vince Gilligan has said in interviews that Breaking Bad started as an idea of creating show in which a sympathetic protagonist became a terrifying antagonist. Revisiting the show, this becomes clear....

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De-Strat-Shun : Victoria and Albert Museum

26/09/2013

Destroying a Fender Stratocaster and the resultant noise, David Austin performs De-Strat-Shun at the Victoria and Albert Museum...

The Jokers, Kings Cross

26/09/2013

The Jokers to play a headline gig at London’s Water Rats in Kings Cross....

Robert Mapplethorpe : Fashion Show

26/09/2013

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”R/dropcapobert Mapplethorpe: Fashion Show Caution: Borderline NSFW image appears mid-way through text His delicate gaze saw with clarity...

The Songs of Lovecraft’s Children

25/09/2013

Gary Hill won’t make a fortune from The Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft, or be interviewed on breakfast TV about it, but it had to be written....

Touchstone : Oceans of Time

24/09/2013

There are still plenty of heavier passages where they show their metal side. But there is far more light and shade....

Lydia Lunch Part 2: Allies, Enemies and Joe Rogan.

23/09/2013

If you ever stick around after one of my shows the amount of hugging that goes on is insane. I’m Mother fucking India! ...

The Meat Puppets [Live]

22/09/2013

Trippy and meandering as the hastily recorded studio version of themselves, live, the Meat Puppets just about delivered the goods musically. ...

Veiled Racism, Veiled Sexism

21/09/2013

Shouldn’t everyone be allowed to wear whatever she or he wants, whether it’s a veil, a rubber miniskirt or a clown outfit? Should the State really be able to tell us how we must or mustn’t...

Mesmerism and Quantum Entanglement [Interview]

20/09/2013

Our true contact with eternity is right here, right now. Judgements, explanations, rationalisations will never teach us...

PAFT Relief with Rachael Reichert

19/09/2013

CyBelle Horizon: a comic book, a video and a catwalk show all surrounded by vintage issues of American comic books. It could, and perhaps should, have been a total disaster...

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Gromit Unleashed (RWA, Bristol)

18/09/2013

The Gromit trail acted as an excuse to explore the diverse areas of Bristol. It encouraged us to walk round the city, disguising exercise as fun entertainment. ...

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Luna Rossa : Interview

18/09/2013

'The Sleeping Pills & Lullabies title was an idea of mine. It was the idea of two different ways of falling asleep…'...

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Martin Bedard : Topographies

17/09/2013

Anyone seeking innovative and forward-thinking electronic music need look no further; the energy and imagination displayed in this collection puts many younger producers to shame...

Con-artist. I have respect for that (Lydia Lunch)

16/09/2013

I do feel that it is a calling, to be a mouthpiece for some individuals that just feel they’re screaming and no sound is coming out....

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Fish : Feast of Consequences

15/09/2013

It all amounts to an album that's well worth the six year wait...

Britain is Booming?

14/09/2013

A real world recession for the majority is applauded as a recovery, when all that is recovered are the profits for transnational corporations, and incomes of high earners, most of whom pay little or...

Mesmerism Revisited : Lee Gerrard-Barlow [Interview]

13/09/2013

Human beings are essentially creatures of habit, we tend to follow the path of least resistance in almost everything that we do. ...

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Douglas Dare : Seven Hours [EP]

12/09/2013

Devoid of histrionics, of 'emotional' treatments, and of cloying sentimentality. Dare's presentation of the songs is instead factual, crisp and resigned....

Terence Fixmer : Bells [EP]

11/09/2013

After over a decade of production, Terrence Fixmer's back catalogue is extensive and his production style well-defined. ...

Occupy London at the DSEI Arms Fair

11/09/2013

Inside: a variety of meetings and conferences by delegates, discussing the proliferation of weapons, the issues surrounding a discourse of deadly peace, and the spread of gunpowder dialogue. Quicker,...

The Archive : Obsession, Festivals and Time

10/09/2013

There are so many regulations. I think the way the UK is policed these days it would be very difficult to do free festivals...

Dick Venom and The Terrortones [EP]

09/09/2013

Don’t be fooled by the oversized quiff; there’s very little about their music that is rockabilly or surf. ...

Hanging Offence : Rebecca Hossack Gallery

09/09/2013

I'm not a fan of the notion that art is some unholy nexus of the fashion/marketing/money/sex industries. Art is about Life....

Loitered Lens : Valerie June

08/09/2013

Loitered Lens, fine photos. The subject: Valerie June. Caught here at the Cambridge Folk Festival 2013...

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Stop the Arms Fair – Protest Today

07/09/2013

A mass action against the arms fair in solidarity with the international struggles for justice. When? Sunday, September the 8th 12noon Where? Near the Excel Centre, which hosts the arms fair....

The Sorry Tale Of Universal Credit

07/09/2013

Any attempt at reforming social security based on the nonsensical myth that unemployed people are responsible for unemployment is bound to end in disaster. ...

John Noveske’s Link to Drugs and School Shootings

06/09/2013

This is the last post John Noveske made on his Facebook page before his death:...

Important podcasts to Improve Your Life.

06/09/2013

In podcasts alternative media has become truly democratised: anyone with a point of view can reach an audience (and by repeating the process achieve fame) with little technical knowledge and less...