Monthly Archives: August 2016

One-in-three people suffer paranoia induced by researchers with clipboards on subway

Posted on August 16, 2016 by

                From our Placebo Psychiatry Correspondent DrKen Placebo   As  my mentor, Dr Stanley Unwin said: ooH!  Frabjous, frabjous Joy! Enfoldiwold manifestunfoldywoldy. Article published in Brexit Journal of Pigeon Pokers:  BJP Article Telegraph: … Continue reading →

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A Good Use of Heartbeats – Caleb Behn

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

An excellent profile by Rebecca Carter on Caleb Behn activist and lawyer. A Good Use of Heartbeats: An Interview With First Nations Activist Caleb Behn Friday, 01 February 2013 00:00By Rebecca Carter, Truthout | Interview  Caleb Behn along the proposed Enbridge … Continue reading →

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Spirit of Keith Moon – Peter and The Test Tube Babies

Posted on August 14, 2016 by

Well a voice spoke to me but it weren’t my own, someone was coming thru’ on the psychic telephone. He said “Hi Arsehole” I’m coming thru’, Peter & The Test Tube Babies – Spirit Of Keith Moon As I stood … Continue reading →

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Finding Fanon

Posted on August 12, 2016 by

Original here: https://vimeo.com/138951543″ href=”https://vimeo.com/user3083985″>David Blandy</a> on <a  

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James Joyce, language and stream of consciousness

Posted on August 11, 2016 by

Iconoclast, rebel, exile, explorer. Here’s a  great introduction to James Joyce from School of life Joyce was born in Dublin a city he both loved and loathed and which became “the universal city in my work” – and even the … Continue reading →

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Define: how power-over works…

Posted on August 10, 2016 by

  In physics, power is the capacity to do work – like lift a weight or boil water to make steam- work is something that might be exploited in some useful in some way. Human systems are far messier and … Continue reading →

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The voice you hear when you read silently – Thomas Lux

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

The Voice You hear When You Read Silently is not silent, it is a speaking- out-loud voice in your head; it is *spoken*, a voice is *saying* it as you read.  It’s the writer’s words, of course, in a literary … Continue reading →

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Depression screening tests for children unreliable – d’oh!

Posted on August 8, 2016 by

Many people believe that the great myriad of mental disorders we can choose from must be diagnosed by some sciencey-seeming test – involving fabulous technology that peers right into the inner workings of our brain to find faulty circuits – … Continue reading →

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Tenor Madness – Sonny Rollins & John Coltrane

Posted on August 7, 2016 by

The only recording of Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane playing together,  May 1956.

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Friends – Suli Breaks

Posted on August 3, 2016 by

Life is too short to live for other people’s ideas. They say, If you truly want to know yourself, look at your five closest friends. Because you are a reflection of the people you spend most of your time with … Continue reading →

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