Marshall McLuhan on TV

Drum n Bass as the punk of the 90's?

An informative Guardian article, by punk theorist and 'Englands Dreaming' author Jon Savage, that compares the socio-political impact of Shy FX's 'Sound of the Beast' at Carnival '94. It draws some interesting comparisons between punk and drum n bass.

It would be interesting to take Hedige's 'Subculture: the theory of style' and apply his ideas about punk to contemporary drum n bass. (Possible dissertation topic?)

Jon Savage on Shy FX

Leeds Bin Strike enters 9th week

GMB article about the strike.

Steve Bell on George Osborne: 'He's got a bum-nose'

Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell on the joys and challenges of caricaturing Tory MP's. Brilliant stuff.

Objectification of Women in advertising

A controversial ad campaign by ulstertrader.com has brought this old chestnut back up for debate. What do you think?

Guardian article
http://blog.ionom.com/2009/09/04/sexist-sells/

A wealth of theoretical and contextual information to frame this debate can be found on this excellent resource-
genderads.com

Exhibitions In Manchester

There are some excellent exhibitions in Manchester at the moment. It would be well worth taking a trip over to get valuable research for your various Contextual & Theoretical Studies / Studio briefs.

Home Grown @ URBIS
Angels of Anarchy @ Manchester Art Gallery

Richard Miles will be running a trip on Fri 23rd Oct (details here) predominantly for Graphics & Vis Comm level 2 but all are welcome to attend.

'Nobody will give you freedom. You have to take it' Lisa Jaye Young (Meret Oppenheim review)

Maxim Of The Day

Paul de Man, (1986) 'The Resistance To Theory', Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, p.4