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Sometimes, It All Just Gets a Bit Much
Life’s a funny old thing. One moment, you’re careening through the world, feeling on top of it all. And the next, you’re frustrated—then confused by your frustration, then angry that your frustration is confusing you. It feels like a sigh… Continue reading
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Diamond Skies, Scrambled Souls, and A$AP’s Ecstasy: The Soundscapes of LSD, Ep. 1
Welcome to the first installment of our Magical Mystery Tour through LSD’s sonic landscapes. As promised in the series introduction, we’re embarking on a journey—not through oceans or space, but through extraordinary musical compositions that capture artists’ experiences with lysergic… Continue reading
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Kitchen Confidential: A Portrait of Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain remains a truly compelling figure. Kitchen Confidential chronicles his voyage through the tumultuous, bloody, murky, and electric waters of the culinary world—as well as human nature. It is the story of an extraordinarily storied life: culinary school, bouts… Continue reading
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The World’s Greatest Bargain?
The cinema industry is, we are so often told, in decline. For years, the industry’s soothsayers and town criers have been foretelling the demise of traditional film attendance. The rise of streaming services and widespread digital piracy had already begun… Continue reading
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Down and Out, on the South Bank and Docklands
Not long ago, I shared in a truly spontaneous and beautiful night. To celebrate a university friend’s birthday I went into London proper, to join him, his nearest, and his dearest for a night on The Town. I arrived late,… Continue reading
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Love, Lucy, and Lysergic Lakes: The Soundscapes of LSD
“What does acid feel like?” This question hangs over lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) – a substance more controversial, more maligned, and more iconic than perhaps any other psychedelic. Yet it remains an experience known to remarkably few, with recent research… Continue reading
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Forbidden Pleasures
Days, months and weeks, of anticipation. Guessing and second guessing yourself. Attempts to reverse-engineer the psychology of the game-maker. What do they know that I do not? Breathy unrest simmers. Heart races. Everything will all soon be revealed, and yet… Continue reading
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Testing the Waters: The Cultural Choreography of Small Talk
This morning was beautiful – an azure sun cracked the inky blue of dawn, splitting the fading night into tangerines and magenta. Eventually, this gave way to blue, the volume and intensity of its clarity brought up as if with… Continue reading
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Everyone You Love Will Die (Yourself Included)
Everyone I love will die, likely after cruel illness. Death awaits us all, and yet we speak of it seldom. Why is this? Too depressing? Perhaps. And yet, without exception, it is the fate that awaits us all. I have… Continue reading
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A Weave about The Meeting of Minds; and a Review of The Durham Podcast
‘Let’s start a podcast!’ is to the 2020s, it is often said, is what ‘Let’s start a band!’ was to previous decades. While there’s truth to this comparison, the key difference lies in the enjoyability for one’s friends. If many… Continue reading
The Eye of an Archer 