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by on 26. Apr, 2012 in Art & Design, Books, Comics, Film, Read, The Eighties, The Nineties

Alan Moore remains a constant source of inspiration, and since my last post referring to his work, 'The Masked Movement', I've read some more of his books, as well as listening to numerous interviews courtesy of the wonderful world of YouTube.

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Slowing Down Time

by on 13. Mar, 2012 in Books, DJ Appearances, Mixes, Radio, Read

I started writing this before I headed off on my travels to Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and back to Australia again (concluded on my return home, having made notes along the way). I’ve been very preoccupied with time, or, to be more precise, the lack of it – this is where my head was at:

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The Masked Movement

by on 03. Dec, 2011 in Art & Design, Articles, Books, Comics, DVD, Film, Read, The Eighties

Shout out to me mucka Meeko for linking me up to the recent interview in the Guardian with my main man Alan Moore, in relation to the symbolic use of V masks by participants in the ever growing global protest movement.

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Sex And Death – Nobuyoshi Araki

by on 04. Oct, 2011 in Art & Design, Documentaries, DVD, Photography

With the recent ‘Astrid And The Exis’ piece I came the realisation that this was, over 100 posts in, the first time I’d focused on a photographer. I thought I’d better begin to address this accidental omission, and pay more props to the still image, starting off with the controversial Tokyo photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, now in his seventies, whose medium ranges from global art galleries to the pages of readers wives type porno mags (which brings to mind what Alan Moore said about the difference between erotica and pornography being largely dependent on the income bracket of the buyer).

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The Mindscape Of Alan Moore

by on 06. Sep, 2011 in Art & Design, Books, Comics, Documentaries, DVD, Film, Read, See, Video

It’s only three months since I blogged about ‘Getting My Dylan On’, setting the wheels in motion for a voyage of discovery that took a turn in a direction I hadn’t anticipated, into the world of ‘Watchmen’ and onto the author behind it, feeding me full of impressions and insights as a whole new vista opened up.

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Watching The Watchmen

by on 02. Aug, 2011 in Animation, Books, Comics, DVD, Film, Read, See

Having now got a copy of the three and a half hour long ‘Ultimate Cut’ of the film, I know that my original copy of the DVD, an hour shorter in length, is now redundant. The whole problem with making ‘Watchmen’ into a film was how do you cram so much into so little time, so it stands to reason that the longer it is, the more detail you get.

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Reading The Watchmen

by on 07. Jul, 2011 in Art & Design, Books, Film, Read, The Eighties

24 years after it was first recommended to me by my mate Kermit, I’ve finally read ‘Watchmen’, the 1987 graphic novel by the British pairing of writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons. I knew it was going to be something special, so, suffice to say, its right up there for me, a really substantial piece of work with its powerful cast of archetypal characters - take a bow Rorschach, Dr Manhattan, Ozymandias, Nite Owl II, Silk Spectre II, The Comedian, Silk Spectre, Nite Owl and all those in supporting roles who collectively served to knit together what’s been for me, in these past few weeks, an ever-unravelling gift that keeps on giving.

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All Along The Watchmen

by on 20. Jun, 2011 in Books, Comics, DVD, Film, Read, See

It’s funny on how one thing can lead to another – those seemingly unrelated connections I’ve previously mentioned colliding to reveal exciting new avenues of exploration. Following on from my recent ‘Getting On My Dylan’ post (http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2011/06/getting-my-dylan-on/) I finally got around to watching the film adaptation of the classic Alan Moore / Dave Gibbons graphic novel, ‘Watchmen’.

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