July 2007 Archives

• Revealed: MI5's role in torture flight hell | UK News | The Observer
  Sadly it's not much surprise that MI5 have been complicit in the CIA's black ops and extraordinary rendition
  (tags: extraordinaryrendition mi5 secretservice)
• Click of the Light / Start of the Dream - Books & Culture
  David Dark turns his attention to The Arcade Fire's albums
  (tags: arcadefire daviddark music)
• CoffeeGeek - Cafe Culture Downunder
  Commentary on Australia and New Zealand's coffee/espresso culture. A good counterpoint to my blog entry on the subject from a few weeks ago.
  (tags: australasia coffee espresso)

• David Byrne: NYC: Knee Plays, Interactivity vs. Storytelling, The Living Rock
  Interesting thoughts towards the end on whether videogames can ever engage us in the same way as other artworks, and the role of narrative in that.
  (tags: art davidbyrne emergence engagement videogames)
• Freed from the 'tyranny of the urgent,' Julie Lee sings again - Tennesseean
  Coverage of Julie's new (self-released) album, which is (naturally) wonderful
  (tags: julielee music)

Our time in Asia is going very well indeed, but updates and photos may be slow coming as my laptop, temperamental for the past few months, is now completely refusing to boot and the nearest Apple Store is some thousands of miles away. More soon.

• BBC NEWS | 'Single' euro train fare planned
  Great news. We're very much looking forward to being able to travel by train.
  (tags: environment trains transport)
• "Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence" (Harper's Magazine)
  "This act can only heighten concerns about the putrid state of justice in Bush’s Administration, and it must heighten our resolve to stand against it."
  (tags: abovethelaw georgewbush harpers scooterlibby)