Today, there is a new force for gender equality in the world. Well, it’s an attempt at one… It is: Misogyny Watch! This is a new project and I’m quite excited about it. Here’s what it’s for. It seemed to me that while there’s often plenty of righteous high profile reaction to mainstream media when [...]
Wherein a handful of Brits wage war on the ills of contemporary society, armed only with sarcasm, hugs and a megaphone: The Canary Wharf security team – or “fake police”, as they’re called here – don’t look happy at all. Particularly when they’re on the receiving end of the hugs.
You know what I said about posting stuff OTHER THAN animations? Um… Maybe later in the week?
Next week, I might post something other than animations. Sigh. It’s like crack.
Inevitably, I have made an animated topical film. See sidebar and/or YouTube page for other Postculturist animated tomfooleries.
I warn you, this DIY animation is addictive. There goes my productivity for today. My timewasting clips can all be found on the Postculturist YouTube page, with the last few showing in the Postculturist TV bit of the sidebar >>> that way. Sometimes, I do heart the 21st century (again)…
This is quite possibly the most brilliant fun ever invented in the history of the internet. Well, it is this week. If you visit the mindblowingly tops Xtranormal site, you can write, cast, design and direct your own 3D animated film. Without wishing to stoop to hyperbole, you may want to quit your job this [...]
What’s the future of television? OK, let’s debate. I’ll give multiple choice examples (including product links for example quick clicks, but you’re not being asked to buy nuffink) and you choose. So. Is the future of television: (A) High quality drama recouping its enormous budget with global syndication and DVD sales? (e.g. House Season 5 [...]
Last year, I started an art project. At least, I was calling it an art project. I hadn’t really decided what to do with it, but it took on a life of its own. The idea was to take a photo of myself every day for a year. Just that, and then see what happens. [...]
The last issue of Plan B – June 2009 Today we present one sad thought and one happy thought. In that order. Here’s the sad one. It’s the end of an era for music fans. Well, the sort of music fans who read the eclectic, hyperbolic and occasionally life-altering Plan B magazine. ‘Real music fans’, [...]
It’s here! It’s evolved! It changes colours every time you refresh! (the joy…) It’s Postculturist 2.0. We won’t be calling it that though, don’t worry. That would be Lame 3.0. The site’s got a proper focus now – culture, in all its glorious forms – and it won’t just be me writing either. There will [...]
It’s Monday. It’s been one of those days. Let’s not even try to talk about anything sensible. Have this instead: I love it when people get the idea to do a loopy little project like this and then actually do it. Bravo.
It’s been a right old busy week, so there hasn’t been much in the way of Postculturist-ness lately. Apologies to the literally tens of people affected by this shoddy practice. It’s not right and we know it. But here comes a new week, all fresh and rose-cheeked. Let’s pat it on the head, ruffle its [...]
Make your own words out of Flickr images here, thanks to Eric Kastner. Hours of fun…
Last night, I watched a jawdropping piece of theatre. This being the 21st century, it was of course an American high school production beamed live over the internet, co-devised with the high priestess of aceness (and school alumna), Amanda Palmer. The students, Amanda Palmer and drama teacher Steven Bogart used the magnificent Neutral Milk Hotel [...]
Flying visit. Whoosh! Please accept these links with my compliments: Putting the human back into humanity: Tweenbots You’ll have seen this before, but it remains a delight: Chris Applegate’s Daily Mail-O-Matic Stitch hikers guide: Knitted Landscape. That’s all for now, but there’s a glittering video treat lined up for you tomorrow. I’d go as far [...]
Last week, the proprietors of Pirate Bay were found guilty of being accessories to copyright crime. The site is a popular and well-used free repository of links to copyright-ignoring media torrents. The debate has turned cartwheels ever since, in the mainstream media and in blogs. Was a custodial sentence really warranted? Should the entertainment industry [...]
No more carping today. It’s spring, after all. The giddy, giggly, sunshine season. Spring’s no time for carping. No, today is a day for gambolling through woodland glades like a lamb in a bonnet. Or staying indoors on the internet enjoying these splendid links: For all your burning queries about wicker: Wickerpedia The Government just [...]
Think Blogworld is a fluffy, cuddly place full of passionate idealists pioneering the way to a new media democracy? Think again. Adam Curtis, maker of films like The Power of Nightmares and The Century of the Self, previously told The Register that bloggers are “bullies” without lives, whose input – rather than opening up conversation [...]
As of tomorrow, all our mobile calls, emails and web visits will be recorded and the data retained for a year. This sort of thing barely raises a shrug these days, does it? A quick roll of the eyes and “Blimming government, tchuh” and that’s it. Perhaps because if we really looked contemporary life square [...]
Your host has been dabbling with different websites – and web aliases – for a few years now. Today, I had a trawl through my old stats. Which has been the most popular site of all, I wondered? And it’s the one that has been defunct since mid-2006. Even now, I get a fair few [...]
The Observer office must be ringing with anxiety this week. Two of its journalists have lashed out at The Internet – or rather, user-generated content – in one issue. Nick Cohen rails against bloggers in a piece called ‘Who would you rather trust – the BBC or a blogger?’ Do you really want that answered, [...]
