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Black Sky Thinking
Cast Off Thy Smartphone & Be Healed: Debunking The Digital Detox
It's that time of year when all sorts of snake oil salespeople fill our lives with guilt and shame with diet plans, dry January and, most recently, the idea of a digital detox. David Bennun stares gleefully into a glowing screen to tell them what for
Books
The Heart Of The Original: John Higgs On Alistair Fruish’s The Sentence
In Alistair Fruish's groundbreaking one-sentence novel, author John Higgs finds – rather than the cold work of a computerised neural network one might be expecting – a piece of work that is testament to, both, the future of artistic originality and the human element of those works
Black Sky Thinking
Why The Problems With Philip Anschutz Go Beyond Coachella
Philip Anschutz, an ultra-conservative multi-billionaire, is making a fortune on counterculture via the tours and festivals he promotes. The profits indirectly benefit some grim causes - but what can we do against it, asks Joost Heijthuijsen
Album of the Week
Andrew Lindsay-Diaz On Brian Eno’s Reflection
In Brian Eno's latest foray into ambient music – a generative piece of, quite literally, endless possibility – Andrew Lindsay-Diaz finds an answer to cynical critics of the genre, and a piece of work very much right for the present moment
Albums of the Year
The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2016, In Association With Norman Records
A few notes on the list: the annual Quietus chart was compiled by Luke Turner, John Doran, Christian Eede and Karl Smith and based largely on what we've listened to and loved the most over the year rather than any attempt at consensus and objectivity. A thousand thanks to Paddy Clarke for his assistance putting the feature together.
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