P***ing in the Churchyard: Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles
Mishima spent much of the time examining the hysterical response of young women in the audience, which he found mystifying.
Virus Diary: Science Fiction
With the world having seemingly entered an alternate reality thanks to Covid-19, Dick’s dystopian vision seems particularly salient.
Virus Diary: Uses and Abuses of a Pandemic
One industry was in terminal decline before the corona crisis arrived, but subsequently made a miraculous recovery: the mass media
Journey to Fear Mountain
He sensed the presence of a dusty, crouching, terrible god who does not often show himself in this world.
Virus Diary: Albert’s Blues
One thing is for sure – you don’t want to piss him off.
Virus Diary: The Pangolin Smiles
Taking your political opinions from musicians is about as sensible as taking your musical opinions from politicians.
Alan Merrill’s Japan: a Magical Moment
The management takes the money. The musicians get peanuts, if they’re lucky.
Cherry Blossom Viewing in the Year of the Virus
In times of peril, the nation-state is all you’ve got.
The Whirr of Helicopter Blades: Regime Change is Coming
Economic crises kill people too.
Going Global: Parasite Vs. Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh, like Richard Gere, has been cancelled in China.