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“Gothic represents a ruined or fractured realism, excessive because its desire carries it beyond the ego and social convention; postmodern horror belongs to an epoch in which horror itself has become conventional, and so must be suitably self-ironising. I

Simon Taylor 01 Mar 2013

Against the Kingdom (c. 1995)

At the wind drop,      tidal mangrove by the motorway, the masts and pylons,      these are the spires of the West in a smoke-blue sky and I was going to speak again      against the kingdom, a stifling obloquy and commiserate the status quo,      Henderson in the valley, the road ghost and
Simon Taylor 28 Feb 2013

link to interview with China Miéville

over here
Simon Taylor 28 Feb 2013

inside the traditional New Zealand family, and outside the traditional New Zealand family, in the wider economy

Simon Taylor 25 Feb 2013

requiescat in pace et in amore Ralph Hotere (11 August 1931 – 24 February 2013)

Simon Taylor 24 Feb 2013

preliminary exercises in redundancy from the Theoretical Practice of Perversity series

Simon Taylor 23 Feb 2013

Ecuador’s Rafael Correa – economic reform for public good – thanks KM

the government also had to reform and re-regulate the financial system. And here it embarked on what is possibly the most comprehensive financial reform of any country in the 21st century. The government took control over the central bank, and forced it to bring back about $2bn of reserves held
Simon Taylor 21 Feb 2013

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