New hormones/Different kitchen

[hirez]

JGB on Modernism (via the splendid types at Electrolite). The rest of the Guardian articles about Modernism are worth the read, too.

Women's Spatial Acuity Improved By Videogame. (via bOing^2). Good. For one reason or another, 'Raise' by Bocca Juniors is playing in my head.

Comments

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

The mighty Jonathan Meades recently pointed out that recent buildings that claim to be modernist are actually going against the tenets of Modernism - that form and fuction are being separated, and the buidlings are more about the bold statement and the aesthetics than being a machine for living/working.

[quercus.livejournal.com]

How many recent buildings claim to be Modernist though, as opposed to being claimed to be modernist by people who understand neither Modernism nor architecture (or for that matter, post-modernism).

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Anyone else find themselves with "Utah beach, U-u-u-tah beach" running round their heads now?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Well, it was just you...

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

Very fair point. Most people confuse modern with modernism.

[aoakley.livejournal.com]

(fx: raises hand) I think I understand.

And I thought I was the only person who bought that single. On vinyl, sadly, which means I can't be arsed to rip it to MP3. Superb track, sort of Bomb The Bass meets Bentley Rhythm Ace with Siouxsie Sioux on vocals.

[aoakley.livejournal.com]

Ooo, hang on, I've just remembered the bit where someone starts rapping in a Salt'N'Pepa / Neneh Cherry styl-ee. That was dreadful. What a way to ruin a good song.

Is my memory playing tricks with me, or was the B-side a mostly-instrumental which still had the chorus, but no verses and no awful rapping?

Y'know, I'm going to have to dig out my vinyl. What an utter pain in the arse.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

You are going to have to dig out the vinyl and MP3 it because the only version I have is a VHS copy from Snub TV and all versions of the vinyl are impossible to find and expensive when you do. (And there was a Tackhead remix. Curses!)

[inulro.livejournal.com]

As soon as I'm solvent (you can all laugh loudly), one of the things to buy on my list is the USB turntable so I can MP3-ize all my vinyl.

I know I could buy it all cheaper from emusic or something, but I'm stubborn that way.