Clare Archibald
@archieislander.bsky.social
variant practice model words sounds images place: stuff ask to use/share images please Burntisland, Fife https://clarearchibald.com/
Having a rehearsal of sorts within the space for an improvised new iteration of Tilly Johnson's Still, We Move. This Friday, 6.30pm -7pm in the Bourdon building, Mackintosh School of Architecture, GSA on the corner of Renfrew and Scott St. Free event opening As It Is, a weekend festival. Come along.
Might have to make myself a badge that says I'm really sorry but I don't sign up to substacks for multiple reasons, it's nothing personal.
If you're a Warren Zevon fan you'll know that his favourite crime writer Ross McDonald visited him when he was in the dregs of addiction to give him a pep talk but this account of their meeting is a rivetting & haunting read that adds mystery to the anecdote: kevin6ca.substack.com/p/lew-archer...
LEW ARCHER AND THE EXCITABLE BOY
Earlier this year I read two excellent crime novels written by Newton Thornburg – To Die in California (1973) and Cutter and Bone (1976) – both of them set in Santa Barbara, California.
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been reading Proust and thinking about David Berman.
I just said yes to the Albertine workout without knowing what the Albertine workout is. What is the Albertine workout.
Each track on PARTICULAR SYSTEMS is made with a different #vcvrack patch recorded in stereo in one take. Very sparse or extremely dense percussive elements click, clatter, snap & pop while warped melodic fragments bubble up thru flicker & glitch. RIYL Mille Plateaux & Raster-Noton #modularsynthesis
A good month to be in @minorliteratures.bsky.social again. Thanks to them for giving space to words, sounds and images from Larry Gottheim
minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · last wk.Monthly Dispatch #37 — ft. Tim MacGabhann, Michael Holt, Liza Costello ( @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social ) Valérie Manteau (tr. Claire Foster), @hadeejasouffle.bsky.social Larry Gottheim @archieislander.bsky.social @gerryfeehily.bsky.social @autreauxp.bsky.social ...
In other people's windows for Science and Magic you not only get to see me in tartan pyjamas standing in my bath as I attempt to compress years of double hill and window watching but can also like me wonder who the interloper narrator is: www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
My dog is blind now but can somehow still storm into the room, do the vibe equivalent of putting his hands on his hips, look me straight in the eye and demand some imaginary outstanding treat.
ALSO! Monthly Dispatch #37 — feat. everything we published in July & more ... — goes out Friday! sign up here: minorlits.substack.com
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You're not supposed to admit you're struggling. But we r - and I know for a fact we're not alone. The grassroots is dying - it needs U to keep it alive. Buy something from a small label/press. Tell ppl about it who don't often support such things. Explain to them why it's so important. PLS SHARE.
I've walked 44 miles in a oner and cannot conceive of running 100.
yesterday loads of people doing an ultra run of 100 miles in 48 hours passed by in sunshine, bet they wished it'd been like this yesterday as well.
it only takes 3 drawings to question my sanity apparently
Also a lovely Backlisted about Joan Barfoot. @regretteruane.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/215...
215. Joan Barfoot - Gaining Ground — Backlisted
Author Rose Ruane ( This is Yesterday , Birding ) picks Gaining Ground AKA Abra (1978) by Canadian feminist writer Joan Barfoot. One day, seemingly on a whim, a wo...
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Kirkdale Bookshop@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 2w agoJust sold a copy! observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Loved this wall outside the Modern Institute basement almost as much as the free 3 floor David Wojnarowicz exhibition, some day this will all be crumbling ruins. On until 22nd August. I'll definitely be going back. www.themoderninstitute.com/exhibitions/
what is psychogeography and why do conversations about it never mention women with or without attitude.
The vibes and confusion will not stop the fog machine in your head
stupendous show from david byrne and co in edinburgh last night
