The first issue of The Kakofonie is launched tonight in the Pygmalion Bar, South William Street, Dublin (near the Powerscourt Centre). Events begin at 7pm, and at around 7.45pm I’ll be interviewed by the journal’s editor, John Holten, on my thoughts about urban space and memory.
Archive for August, 2009
14
Aug
I’ve got my head down working on an introduction to my thesis at the moment, which entails a lot of sitting in a chair for long periods and, inevitably, quite a lot of internet browsing in lieu of quantifiable work. Thinking of buying a new bike? Well, I wasn’t a minute ago, but it now seems to be the most important item on my agenda, as I surf manufacturers’ sites, trying out my close-reading skills on the specifications of each bicycle. And I’ve also discovered that reliable time-wasters such as Twitter and Facebook become over-familiar and quite superfluous with overuse. Maybe that’s the story of the Twentieth/Twenty-First Centuries: new and innovative technology adopted quickly and exhausted before we’ve even got a chance to know whether it’s actually useful. Anyway, back to combing through footnotes – you know, the kind of activity that motivates me out of bed, motivates me down the stairs and out of the door, and motivates me down the street every morning.*
* Motivation, Motivation, Motivation - Peter Cook on Clive Anderson’s chat-show.
07
Aug
I review Adam Braver’s novel about the day of JFK’s assassination, November 22, 1963, on 3:AM here.
