One of my favourite writers, William Gibson has poked his head back into cyberspace after an extended sabbatical from his blog with an article in Wired magazine that compares beat writer William Burroughs’ “cut up method” of writing with Lee “Scratch” Perry and the origins of music sampling. It really does not get much better than this.

There was little coverage to be found in the mainstream media upon the release of the independent mockumentary “It’s All Gone Pete Tong”. Not that it deserves to be overlooked. The movie, about an Ibiza deejay, Frankie Wilde, who has to deal with going deaf, is not your average party flick. Picking up awards at a number of festivals, it is beautifully filmed and touches on a far deeper level than just spinning records and snorting lines. There is redemption in this movie. And everyone likes a little of that …

I finally saw The Yes Men over the weekend and I found it to be a thought provoking and important — not to mention hilarious — film. It is even more encouraging to see that the Yes Men are still very much alive and well and taking on the world’s harsher injustices.
It is often said that the reason we miss a person’s name upon introduction is because we are too focused on how to best project our own persona. Perhaps to a greater scale, this is the defense that can …