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We?ve Moved!
2007-04-24 21:59:00 We’ve now moved to thehashmark.com. Please update your bookmarks. More About: Move
Michaelmas and Me: 4/16 and the Internet
2007-04-24 09:00:00 Perhaps I am encroaching on Tristan’s territory (see The Rest of the Intern et ); if so, I apologise, but this week I’m going to look at the role of the internet in the development of the story surrounding the Virginia Tech massacre (what has become known, to Americans, as 4/16 - I can’t help but feel ... More About: Mich , The Internet
A Slow Burning Death - A Short Story
2007-04-24 00:00:00 It was a bluish day in sky and mood. There were no appointments, no stress. There were only the pure green blades of grass, the shadows of the billowing trees and the calls of the distant birds. Pure easiness, pure clearness of mind. Sharp rays of sunshine illuminated the garden so that John had to ... More About: Story , Fiction , Death , Stor , Burning
We?ve Moved!
2007-04-23 14:15:00 We’ve now moved to thehashmark.com. Please update your bookmarks. More About: Move
The Arty Bit: Lost in PS1
2007-04-23 10:00:00 ?Would you be happier being a stupid but happy pig, or an intelligent but unhappy person?? The question was thrown into the dark room, its source unrecognisable in my stupor. ?Pigs are actually very clever,? someone replied. ?The average pig is as intelligent as a three year old child?. ?Yes, but they are still ignorant of their ... More About: Lost , Travel , Fiction , The A
A Sunshine Experience: In Dub
2007-04-22 15:00:00 As a wave of music articles is slowly taking over the Hashmark, I feel I must take a step back for a moment, and consider purely the lyrical content of In Dub by Hallucinogen. I won?t lie to you, there aren?t many lyrics on this album, but there are some very ... More About: Music , Experience , Sunshine , Shine , Shin
Trumpeter: Iran and the West
2007-04-22 09:00:00 For close to two and a half thousand years, Iran has been a great nation. Five empires, from the Medians to the Safavids have risen and fallen, at their height stretching from Libya to Eastern Europe to India. It is telling that though Arab armies dominated a strip of land from west Africa to the ... More About: Politics , Trumpeter , West , Trump
The Baguette: ?Cold-cut Beef and Coleman?s English Mustard (Maybe Wholegrai
2007-04-20 21:10:00 Against the frivolity the last weeks sandwich I present you with its opposite; still a skinny, lean, indie sandwich mind, but of one born of tradition, be it tradition gathered from the bounties of my fridge, foraged from jaunts to farmers markets. I have picked a selection of four tracks from ... More About: Music , English , Cold , Maybe , Star
The New Music Column: I Am Electro Boy
2007-04-19 13:00:00 As I began to write this post about electro I found myself embroiled in a rant about ‘new rave’. It was very dull, so instead here is an article which basically sums up my feelings on the matter. With that out of the way I’d like to share with you a few bands who play ... More About: Music , The N , Electro , Column , Advil
The Hashmark Week 19/4/07 With The Poetry Corner
2007-04-19 09:00:00 A short word from the editor concerning the current state of affairs: This week saw one of our best ever days, mainly due to some expert publicity and JR2015’s mammoth local gallery review: “I want to write this article as a sliver of the fine art exhibition culture in both my home county, Devon, and its ... More About: Poetry , With , Week , Corner , Mark
Bob Dylan - ?Subterranean Homesick Blues?: A Short Film
2007-04-18 16:32:00 “I made this a while ago but it was taken off youtube and needs to see the light of day again.” - James Price More About: Film , Blues , Films , Blue , Bob Dylan
Around and About - Art in Devon and Cornwall
2007-04-17 17:58:00 As a student of Art History, I always feel like I don’t go to enough exhibitions. Actually, I know I don’t. But I did go to see two shows this Easter break, which were both rather enjoyable, not only for the work but in the way they engaged with their local environment (or perhaps failed ... More About: Corn , About , Wall , Cornwall , Round
The Rest Of The Internet: Anonymity
2007-04-17 09:00:00 Many of the debates that rage around the internet today have to do with anonymity. Most of the time, on the national news networks, you see people referring to it in relation to oppressive regimes that regulate internet use in an attempt to keep their people stupid, China and north Korea being the classic examples. ... More About: Internet , Anonymity , Rest , The Internet , Intern
The Roaming Football Column: 7-1 to the ?Champions????
2007-04-16 13:20:00 Okay, I?ll admit it, I?m a Man United fan. Some may call me a glory supporter, but that?s just because they support Sheffield United. Who are rubbish. In truth, my Dad supported United since they were in the old Second Division, and his devotion left me with no choice in the mater ? I was ... More About: Sport , Football , Champions , Column , Roaming
A Sunshine Experience: Tropicalia Revisited
2007-04-14 09:39:00 Firstly thanks to Duncan for filling in for me last week, reviewing Joanna Newsom?s marvellous album Ys. My chosen album to enlighten you all with today was to be Dreaming with Alice by Mark Fry. Unfortunately though Mr Pascoe stole ... More About: Tropical , Site , Experience , Sunshine , Cali
Frank?s Travels: Sidi Ifni to Laayoune
2007-04-14 09:00:00 So, there I was, in the back of a van uncomfortably spluttering its way toward Sidi Ifni with six Moroccans and an Australian backpacker called Pete. We sat nervously perched on side benches, the windows were blacked out but shafts of light cut the must from the driver’s cabin. It had the air of a ... More About: Travel , Travels , Rank , Rave , Fran
The Baguette: ?Young Stilton and Redcurrent Jelly Sandwich; Bread: Brown, S
2007-04-13 16:00:00 The column that seems to be wavering on the edge of Hashmark obscurity, musical meanderings themed around an even more scrumptious topic; great sandwiches. This holiday I actually got round to acquiring Deerhoof’s Friend Opportunity, and mostly out of hipster greed, also picked up their previous album, The Runners Four. More About: Current , Brown , Read , Young , Sand
Confessions of a David Bowie Fan - A Short Story
2007-04-13 12:25:00 I was fifteen when I first discovered I was a David Bowie fan. I?d had urges before, of course, but I?d always assumed it was just a normal part of growing up; a phase everyone went through. This was not the case, however, and before I knew it I was having yearnings to listen to ... More About: Story , Confessions , Confession , David Bowie
The Hashmark Week 12/4/07 With What?s Hot, What?s Not
2007-04-12 15:22:00 A short word from the editor concerning the current state of affairs: Sorry about there not being an update last week; I was hungover. Despite a dry spell at the start of the week, we’ve had some great material, including ‘Apple Juice’ (a new short film), The Rest of the Internet, and, finally, a new ... More About: With , What , Hat , Week , Mark
The New Music Column: Live!
2007-04-12 10:00:00 My ears are still ringing from last night. Sheffieldian four piece Gas Club were first on and played an impressive set. They play dark, angular indie-punk in the Joy Division/Gang Of Four tradition. MP3s are available both at their website and their MySpace page - ‘Disenchanted’ is recommended. More About: Music , The N , Live , Column , Advil
The Arty Bit: Basquiat ? The Artist and the Movie
2007-04-11 23:00:00 First and foremost, I offer my apologies for the lack of an Arty Bit last week (Editor’s note: Plus this week’s being late). This is the fault primarily of the editor, mainly because he doesn?t pay us enough or respect us enough, but secondly because he is generally an arse. Hence, I took it upon ... More About: Movie , Artist , The Movie , The A , The Artist
The Rest Of The Internet: Web 2.0
2007-04-11 17:24:00 Broadband, as we know it, is a service that provides fast internet access down either a cable or a telephone line, or in some rare cases, a satellite dish. Now, for most people, that’s all they need to know. As long as it works and someone can show them a page full of pictures loading ... More About: Internet , Web 2 , Inter , Rest , The Internet
Apple Juice - A Short Film
2007-04-11 11:07:00 By Will Darkin and Mark Turnock. More About: Apple , Film , Short , Juice , Short Film
Michaelmas And Me: Whose Web Is It Anyway?
2007-04-10 22:49:00 This week seems to have been divided into separate segments, mainly following the course of ‘If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler’ by Italo Calvino, the story of several novels which, amid confusion, become confused. Confused? So was I. More About: Michael , Hose , Mich
A Sunshine Experience: Ys In The Springtime
2007-04-07 19:14:00 Jimmy “forgot” to do this week’s article, so the editor is going to enjoy a Sunshine Experience instead. Is there any better way to spend a sunny Easter Saturday than dozing in a graveyard listening to music? If there is I haven’t found it. My choice of album for this week’s article may not be quite ... More About: Time , Spring , Springtime
The Roaming Football Column: The Most Decent Bloke In Football
2007-04-07 00:54:00 As a player, he was the gangly goal hanger whose teammates would kick the ball at his head in the hope that it would rebound into the net. But despite his playing shortfalls, Niall Quinn is perhaps the nicest man in the game. For a start, he donated all of the proceeds of his testimonial ... More About: Football , Cent , Column , Roaming , Most
The New Music Column: Crossing The Atlantic
2007-04-06 17:32:00 A move across the Atlantic for the new music column this week as I present three American bands very much deserving of your attention. More About: Music , Cross , The N , Rossi , Column
Frank?s Travels: Roof Tops And Rent Boys
2007-04-06 16:26:00 If you have ever seen cattle hounded, bewildered through through the steel gates of a market, you may be able to better envisage my second arrival in Marrakesh. Easter holidays in Spain and France had begun and the hotels had filled themselves with droves of holidaying tourists (I, of course rather snottily, view myself as not ... More About: Travel , Travels , Tops , Rank , Rave
Frank?s Travels: The Storm Before The Calm
2007-04-05 17:39:00 Still reeling from physical meltdown but not willing to spend any more time enduring the now frozen hustle of Fes, I continued south. I missed the sea, I always miss the sea; an anthropological archetype resurfacing perhaps. But anyway, before i get bogged down in another glut of verbiage periphery to the point, I shall ... More About: Travel , Travels , Rank , Storm , Rave
The Andy Lectures: Avant Garde Pt. 2
More articles from this author:2007-04-04 10:00:00 And you thought last week?s films were obscure. This week saw experimental comedy, beatnik films, films made from bits of other films, and someone?s ?experimental? home movies from Brighton. Prepare yourself. More About: Lectures , Avant-Garde , Andy , Avant , The A 1, 2, 3 |
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