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A tale of many protests: Steve McQueen, a filmmaker not shy of raising thorny topics, has curated a photography exhibition titled “Resistance.” Ths show, on display at the Turner Contemporary in Southeast England, showcases 100 years of protest in the UK stating with 1903’s suffrage protests to those in 2003 reacting against the Iraq War. […]
8.3.2025 22:32Strange Days IndeedIn reply to <a href="https://8sided.blog/how-to-disappear-defiantly/#comment-24542">Peter Szymczak</a>. Wow, I screwed that up, didn't I. Please go here → <a href="https://www.thetonearm.com/linkinbio/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.thetonearm.com/linkinbio/</a> -- great to hear from you, Pete!
17.1.2025 14:44Comment on How to Disappear Defiantly by M DonaldsonHi Michael, Is the link correct for subscribing to The Tonearm? https://spotlight-on.ghost.io/ghost/#/signin Best, Pete
16.1.2025 23:53Comment on How to Disappear Defiantly by Peter SzymczakHello!>.<,l just wants yeah this/)_/)
this is sl cool!¡ (•.• )
This is so cute
In reply to <a href="https://8sided.blog/how-to-disappear-defiantly/#comment-24528">Melissa Megargee</a>. I'm on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/8sided.blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc">HERE</a>. This blog has an RSS feed, but not an email subscription. If you follow me on Bluesky or <a href="https://mas.to/@qburns" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc">Mastodon</a> then you'll see me post any updates to the blog there. Thanks for asking!
13.1.2025 22:58Comment on How to Disappear Defiantly by M DonaldsonIn reply to <a href="https://8sided.blog/how-to-disappear-defiantly/#comment-24524">M Donaldson</a>. Did you say you are on Bluesky or just tonearm? Also, how do I subscribe to your blog? Maybe I’m missing it
13.1.2025 20:16Comment on How to Disappear Defiantly by Melissa MegargeeIn reply to <a href="https://8sided.blog/how-to-disappear-defiantly/#comment-24526">Ornette W</a>. Thanks for this. It would seem to me that public-facing blogs and open networks are a lot less marginalized than walled-garden internet platforms with covertly manipulated algorithms and impulsive internal decisions like <a href="https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc">this</a>. To me, it's the person solely found within those walled gardens that chooses exile from the greater whole.
13.1.2025 18:24Comment on How to Disappear Defiantly by M DonaldsonI heard a keynote speech at a university graduation long ago I attended for a now dearly departed friend. . . It was a communications professional discussing wireless technologies and the concept of convergence, which was to him and many others over two decades ago an unequivocally hopeful and good thing, something to aspire to achieving. Fast-forwarding to now its largely been attained, and one thing that the social media reality has made painfully clear is that most people don't actually care to talk to or interact with those with whom they disagree. The truly ambivalent will be able to ride through the chop, perhaps to their benefit(?) Meanwhile those who are idealists will be marginalized by the very nature of seeking a quieter niche to disappear into, away from the larger drone of a suffering, ignorant, and contentious mass. The dilemma requires either a stand or no stand at all, for hegemony will always = cultural force + consent. Subscribed, and thank you for your thoughts.
13.1.2025 17:56Comment on How to Disappear Defiantly by Ornette WIn reply to <a href="https://8sided.blog/how-to-disappear-defiantly/#comment-24523">Melissa Megargee</a>. bravo!
13.1.2025 16:45Comment on How to Disappear Defiantly by M DonaldsonI downloaded all my pics and videos and will close my account on 1/19. I can’t stand behind hate.
13.1.2025 16:42Comment on How to Disappear Defiantly by Melissa Megargee[…] written about a version of this quote that Brian likes bandying about and how it sings in my brain, too. However, Bette’s twist on it […]
13.1.2025 14:51Comment on Jogging House’s Lure: A Quiet Resistance by How to Disappear Defiantly[…] dislike writing these things. I’ve written about this topic before—”fool me once”—and I hope this is the last time. Before disappearing, I could have put this […]
13.1.2025 14:50Comment on On Social Media and Teeth-Gnashing by How to Disappear Defiantly[…] dislike writing these things. I’ve written about this topic before—”fool me once”—and I hope this is the last time. Before disappearing, I could […]
13.1.2025 13:41Comment on Brightening the Forest by How to Disappear DefiantlyThis post was originally intended for the actual friends I share on Facebook, not necessarily the ‘added friends’ who I don’t know in real life. Over the decades, I’ve made many worldwide acquaintances; sadly, my only link to some is as a Facebook connection. This screed is about deleting my Facebook account, which means forever […]
13.1.2025 13:41How to Disappear DefiantlyHakobune‘s guitar is processed like one hundred Guthries, ringing with reverb abandon as chords stretch into warm, elongated vibrations. The 2019 album Rain Studies is a full-spectrum affair; it alternately plays and washes away intruding sounds. Its CTwins-spirit is best transmitted on “Tenkyuu,” which sounds like muting everything but a single guitar track on Victorialand‘s […]
1.9.2024 18:18suspicions of provenanceIf I were to say anything to my 18-year-old self, it would be, 'Loosen up. Chill out.'
29.8.2024 10:22Comment on Commodifying Coziness and the Rise of Chill-Out Capitalism by Jay WinterbrookIt’s easy to get distracted by the number 23. Not only are we told it’s everywhere by thinkers as prestigious as Robert Anton Wilson and Jim Carrey, but those two digits look and feel special. How about a 23rd album? Perhaps that’s magical in some way (especially if the KLF ever got there), but to […]
18.7.2024 21:20Shimmering & Shining with The Black WatchI hear you. Digital downloads are definitely a solution to consider. They offer convenience and accessibility for sharing high-quality music directly from artists' websites. Platforms like Bandcamp add a social element which is great for community interaction. Your statement on the Greyfade website clarifies the importance of sustainability in supporting art music, emphasizing the need for viable methods that benefit artists long-term. It's crucial to explore these options to ensure art music continues to thrive in a sustainable manner.
15.6.2024 12:00Comment on A Degree of Randomness: A Conversation With Joseph Branciforte by Asma[…] The Children…’s Blues is a Primal Yowl […]
4.6.2024 17:17Comment on The Children…’s Blues is a Primal Yowl by The Children… blog interview – music by Lucas GonzeThe songs on The Children...'s A Sudden Craving are delightfully ominous, spurring a complexity in their deep darkness—a reflection, rather than a warning, of what comes after those three dots. It might be those spooky movie kids with glowing eyes, or it could just be something chasing childhood's innocence down a night's cityscape. Let's find out.
3.6.2024 13:54The Children…’s Blues is a Primal YowlIn an extensive interview, Joseph Branciforte discusses LP2, his remarkable album with vocalist Theo Bleckmann, how a pleasing result always beats out creative process, and the high-fidelity ethos of his Greyfade imprint.
22.3.2024 18:51A Degree of Randomness: A Conversation With Joseph Branciforte[…] That’s the chant around these parts. My right eye (previously) was pierced with lasers the other day in preparation for next week’s big surgical procedure. […]
17.3.2024 17:33Comment on And the Heart Grows Fonder by Pierced With LasersEyesore! That’s the chant around these parts. My right eye (previously) was pierced with lasers the other day in preparation for next week’s big surgical procedure. Tiny little holes. Visually, I don’t quite notice—my eyesight in that eye was rotten to begin with—but there is a dull throb around the eyeball that’s making things a […]
17.3.2024 17:33Pierced With LasersIn reply to <a href="https://8sided.blog/the-ballad-of-the-blog-2/#comment-22594">todd</a>.
Thanks for the kind words, Todd, and nice to see you here! Happy to contribute to phocas — feel free to email me a question or two as I enjoy writing from prompts.
I have some curatorial notes today. Memora8ilia, the “filing cabinet for 8sided.blog,” is presently hosted on Tumblr. I’m in the process of moving it to a self-hosted site, at which point I’ll get more active with it. I’m not necessarily moving it off Tumblr due to recent controversies. However, that does serve as a reminder […]
24.2.2024 19:40Creature FeatureAlways enjoy reading your thoughts and look forward to your new direction. You are more than accurate, when you identify that "... blogs these days are a kind of resistance ..." Would love to have you contribute to phocas, directly or through republishing your posts, if you are ever so inclined.
22.2.2024 18:10Comment on Ballad of the Blog by toddI should talk about my podcast work. It’s going well! My main gig is the Spotlight On podcast, hosted by music industry vet and erudite interviewer Lawrence Peryer (LP). Several months ago, I was promoted (I suppose that’s the word—it’s a two-man operation) from editor to full-on producer/manager of the show. That means I’m handling […]
21.2.2024 17:28Time Travel, ExpressedToday, I’m listening to Im Fünfminutentakt, an album by the enigmatic act Fred und Luna released last April. In playful press releases, Fred und Luna are purported to be moon-based explorers observing and commenting on Earthly activities through the language of music. This set-up, along with a synthesized and intentional retro sound that those same […]
18.2.2024 21:57Brightly Transmitted InfluencesThis morning, I took a photo of the sunrise over my backyard lake. I used to do this almost every day—my sunrise diary. But I also used to get up a lot earlier. These days, I’m in bed until 7:30-ish, which is seriously sleeping in compared to my routine a few months back. These aches […]
16.2.2024 23:10Elongated InstallationsThere’s nothing here, and it’s like I’ve tumbled into an invisible thicket. I call this blog danger, loosely defined as an inescapable aura of demise in the face of consistency. Can I bring a date to the relaunch? Because that’s what I’m promising—a blog anew, updated and worthy of apprehensive glances. I could go into […]
15.2.2024 22:18Ballad of the BlogIn reply to <a href="https://8sided.blog/felix-laband-sine-waves-in-heaven/#comment-17531">Allen Brunson</a>. I agree. The Laibach "Let It Be" album is monumental.
22.11.2023 23:08Comment on Felix Laband: Sine Waves in Heaven by David SanbornI did not drift away, I went in.
21.11.2023 16:48Comment on Wheel Around the Filter by Nadeem KhanThe songs on SYMBOL's I Am Humble and Powerful evoke both clashing hues and colors that beautifully bleed into each other.
7.11.2023 23:41Wheel Around the FilterBreath Versus Beats is a geological sound adventure formed by three elements: Simon Berz, Toshinori Kondo, and Bill Laswell.
5.11.2023 16:56Simon Berz’s Geological WorldWe don't need any more dystopias (fictional or otherwise), but Alex Lopes's gentle approach to the year 3023 offers a mirror-angled lens on another way to tell the story. The piano remains among the rubble, it seems, evoking centuries-distant memories.
2.11.2023 18:18The Piano Remains Among the RubbleI have nothing that coherent (i.e., reassuring) to say about Songtradr’s acquisition of Bandcamp. There’s an opinion that Songtradr appears to be a better fit for what Bandcamp does than Epic Games. I’m not so sure. Songtradr is interested in exploiting art (‘exploiting’ is used here factually, not judgmentally) rather than creating art. One could […]
30.9.2023 15:41A Mess of HeadachesToday, the final musicREDEF newsletter with Matty Karas as ‘curator’ was sent out. I’ve read this newsletter for several years — it’s been a morning coffee companion — and though the curated links to breaking and notable music stories are the main draw for most, Matty’s commentary always brought the newsletter to the forefront of […]
26.5.2023 16:20Pour Out a Little CoffeeYou may be familiar with a derisive term said in film circles: homework movies. This phrase refers to influential achievements in cinema that one doesn’t necessarily enjoy but are requirements for students of film history. Your mileage may vary here; some consider Citizen Kane the most obvious example of a ‘homework movie,’ but I find it […]
20.2.2023 18:23Noise AnnoysMy eyes are a mess. You probably already know this. Funny thing: I’ve only been admitted to a hospital once — at the age of 12, I stabbed my leg with a knife while building a tree fort on Christmas Eve — and still have all my organs. That includes my tonsils, my appendix, and even my […]
19.2.2023 20:25And the Heart Grows FonderElectronic music artist Ordos Mk.0 leans into the therapy aspect of his albums, presenting the three installments as a healing process for both the musician and the listener. 'Music as therapy' is a familiar trope, but, in answering my questions, Ordos Mk.0 brings a unique and interesting take.
23.1.2023 12:363+1: Ordos Mk.0