Category Archives: Culture

Swedish disco fight club

Letting loose at lunchtime, Swedes disco dance (via AFP) Eva Bjoerkman munches on a sandwich, chats with colleagues, and then twirls and bounces to the rhythm at “Lunch Beat”, a growing movement in Sweden mixing a work break with a bit of disco fever. “This is so much fun!” the 28-year-old recruitment worker shouts above […]

Why the American Empire Was Destined to Collapse | World | AlterNet

Excerpts from a dour new book on the collapse of America, and how it has been destined to happen since its founding. There is a story, probably apocryphal, of a Native American scouting expedition that came across the starving members of the Donner Party in 1847, who were snowbound in the Sierra Nevadas and resorted […]

Pop Magic! by Grant Morrison

All you need to begin the practice of magic is concentration, imagination and the ability to laugh at yourself and learn from mistakes. Some people like to dress up as Egyptians or monks to get themselves in the mood; others wear animal masks or Barbarella costumes. The use of ritual paraphernalia functions as an aid […]