The Monarch Passes: A Satirical Hyper-Ballardian Story Simulation

We live in a kingdom of rains, where royalty comes in gangs. – Uncle Monty, Withnail & I Scene I. Nobody even cares to remember how long The Last Queue has been going – and asking such questions will get you unceremoniously trampled to jam. Thankfully dissent is but a memory. Look left, look right; … Read more

Jubilee: Modern Mental Slavery (Conceptual Art)

RND/ To consider some conceptual art for the Jubilee. Yet the real reason why we continue not simply to tolerate her but, in many misguided instances, to worship her, is because of atavistic attitudes of our own, which we find it hard to abandon. – Will Self, Queen Mother profile (Independent) Featuring an (all things … Read more

The Alien Anthropological Insanity Of Ancient Esports Transcripts

RND/ to consider the critical perspective of a visiting alien anthropologist from the impossibly distant near future, and the near impossible difficulty of trying to culturally interpret ancient eports video transcripts – sample text as follows; in north america circ might be the hardest opera to ill apart from hitting flick after flick after flick … Read more