Sunday, June 20, 2021

Sunday Papers: Hunter S. Thompson

 

“The Edge...There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there.” 

 

On the turntable: Nick Cave, "B-Sides & Rarities"

 

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Exploring Osaka’s Museums


  

Last autumn, I was given a private tour of Osaka's five major museums, in order to write up a guidebook of sorts, as part of the preparations for 2025's World Expo. View it here: 

 

On the turntable:  Of Monsters and Men, "My Head is an Animal"