Mile End to Canary Wharf

Sunday - headed off through Mile End Park for the Thames at Canary Wharf

Here is an interesting blog posting about James Bone, author of The London Perambulator - the book I stole the title from for my film
http://ping.fm/niXVZ

Green Living - Out and About - Will modern-day flaneurs help rebuild fragmented communities? - The Ecologist (http://ping.fm/8DVLH)

Aussie Psychogeography podcast

ABC Australia has beaten the BBC to producing a podcast devoted to the practice of psychogeography. I haven't listened to it yet so can't pass comment just yet on the content but at least they took the plunge.
Here's their blurb:
"All in the Mind takes you on an extraordinarily ordinary journey across the mental and physical terrain of a big city. For many the ideal method of urban travel is straight out of Star Trek—teleporting. But in the 21st century city there are flaneurs and commuters savouring their journeys, on foot and by bike. They're taking in the smells and sounds of back alleys, recalling emotional memories at intersections and celebrating stacks of shipping containers. Join us on a 'psychogeographical' adventure, and discover the impact of the city on your psyche."
Download the podcast here

Badges of resistance, hope and apathy

Wonder if any of these badges I found lurking among the mess on my desk would help prevent a Tory victory at the next General Election. It disconcerted me the way on Newsnight last night they accepted the inevitability of a Conservative government coming to power - to the extent they only had Tory contributors. This has seriously started to depress me - I really thought we had all that behind us - like puberty. I can't go through it again any more than I could tolerate acne, feeling like nobody understands me and spontaneous involuntary erections (truth is I still suffer from all three but you get my point hopefully). I know 1980s nostalgia is in vogue but couldn't we draw the line at bringing back a Tory government and just watch old news footage of Douglas Hurd and Nigel Lawson.

Inside the Termite Pavillion - Pestival

Nick Papadimitriou Tunnel Vision Resonance 104.4 fm

Deep Topographer Nick Papadimitriou reads in a field near Mill Hill for a reading of the Resonance fm show Tunnel Vision. Shot on a Sony Ericsson phone
Listen to Tunnel Vision on www.resonancefm.com 104.4fm

Wet night on Church Lane

Waiting outside the library for Lives of Others to end and we pack away the film club for another month. Typing this out on my phone as I drip onto the screen.