John Barbrook

Friday, September 14th, 2007

Anti-War

There is something strangely photogenic in these anti-war banners, and that makes the message so much stronger.

Simple statements simply put.

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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

I Love Tea

My odd interest of finding strange graffiti has spawned a wallpaper!

Its 1024×768 so will look smart on your computer desktop, at home or at work.

To find it yourself (if you like that sort of thing), it is on a wall in Berlin near the shore of the ‘Muggel See’. (It’s a large lake).

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Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

History of Oil

Been a bit distracted, as I am quite busy learning German in Berlin, however I discovered that ‘Robert Newman’s History of Oil’ was uploaded to Google Video. It was shown on UK TV in April 2006 and I was lucky enough to record it (Humax PVR’s, technology from the far future!).

It is an excellent ‘Educational’ show detailing the rather sordid history of oil in the world, on a stage with cycle powered lights. After the recent global warming report release and the ensuing bunfight that follows it’s very topical. Enjoy.

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Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Time Travelling Ninjas on Motorbikes

As somewhat of a connoisseur of films featuring librarians in bit-part roles (The Mummy, Day after Tomorrow) I was excited to hear of a film that featured a librarian in a starring role. ‘The Librarian - Quest for the Spear’ undoubtedly was made for TV, and that TV was from the mid 90’s. Its entertainment strictly by numbers, however those numbers happen to be 102.888 LIB.

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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Oh the Irony

Don’t start expecting a blog here, but this astounded me, its both ironic and somewhat sad. When I first read Fahrenheit 451, hiding behind the adventure sports section in my school library (Long Story) , the images and ideas in the book stuck with me for a long, long time.

I probably physically couldn’t burn a book because of Fahrenheit 451, It just feels somehow deeply wrong. Now say thats a book thats not worth reading.

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