Latest posts
-
Behind the Screens
One afternoon, Father Power pointed up at a red light to the left of the altar and said that when that light was glowing, God was in the house – it was powered by Him. I looked up at it, a red glowing bulb in an ornate brass cage, and asked why – if God…
-
Get Pumpt
The backlash against heat pumps had only just started last time I talked about environmental politics here. We’re now so high on the fumes of the whole saga that it’s tempting to cheer when one businessman pops up to tell another one they’re talking pish. Having spent a bit of time considering the question of…
-
The Matrix Resurrections, revisited!
The problem with the Matrix movies has always been that you can’t live in the future. This might be true on a philosophical level but in cinematic terms there is a more immediate problem: the future world of the films has never looked or sounded like a destination. Resurrections tries to rectify that, filling the desert of…
Blue Box Recorder 