blown magazine

I bought this new super pretentious art magazine that i had never before seen from Borders.
'Blown _________________________________________ cultural intelligence'

and then a large price, read the front cover. I felt like a wanker buying it. But it intrigued me. Mainly, the mention of Nick Cave, Diane Arbus, the Vennice Biennale and some amusing looking articles were the pull.


So. i read it. on my own. in a park. whilst eating a Lord Sandwich sandwich. The quality of the writing was brilliant, if, as it was the premiere issue, a little enthusiastic at times. but heck, why not. it WAS the first ever. Oh i should shut up. mainly the editor's note was just a bit crazy. the rest of the magazine held it's pace. interestingly, a lot of the articles written by the editor! So i like this magazine. i'm not sure how most are written. but with this i was quite interested to know. it's totally Ric Bower (the ed) 's baby. i don't know about most mags really. he founded the whole deal and i have no idea if that happens usually. (Wow, i just had another flick, and i've only read to half way through. exciting :)) anyway. the zine was interesting. and it had articles from all over the place. lots of voices. which was great. in a section called 'Fluff'.

i just realised i called this magazine pretentious off the bat. maybe i shouldn't. or maybe i should accept that i kind of like these pretentious looking/sounding/being things.


ANYWAY! my point was to document this:


that i read an article called Blue Movies in Full Colour by Brennan Street.

it was about the loss of privacy and innocence in a digital age. but it wasn't just about that. it wasn't ranting. it was remorseful and sad. but also celebratory of memories.

mainly it was about the memory of a young boy looking through a neighbor's window and watching them have sex. but how the 'amusement and memory of that event is imprinted on the cranial celluloid' and comparing the vouyeristic properties of this and the modern equivilant -which would be to video with a mobile phone.

I'm fed up of writing now. but totally read that article. i might come back to this. but i'm really reeeally hungry right now.