Monthly Archives: March 2005
Putting my money where my mouth is
I am a boycott kind of a person, I have to admit. In the olden days it was Barclays Bank and South African wine. These days it’s a bit complicated. For example, Palestinian farmers have to label their produce as … Continue reading
Cool or what?
Comic publisher Drawn & Quarterly are republishing a book by one of my favourite comic artists, Julie Doucet. Unfortunately their printer has thrown away some of the film of the book and the original artwork was sold, a while ago, … Continue reading
This is Theatre
I’m doing a theatre soundtrack for a show in Stuttgart this summer. The artistic director of the festival, Marie Zimmermann, has written a brilliant little essay about theatre on the festival website. The closer I get to this show the … Continue reading
Yanks go home
The Americans in Iraq frequently kill people at checkpoints. When they do this they usually claim that a car approached at speed and they tried to stop it by “making hand signals, flashing lights and firing warning shots – before … Continue reading