Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films (Cinema and Society)
Gently Read Literature (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Degenerescence, James Chapman, Fugue State Press The storyteller has many faces and many voices. It is his responsibility to hide behind the faces and voices of peoples past to tell about the things that have happened. He weaves beautiful often obtuse words into a quilt of drama and intrigue wrapping you in it, kindling the fire [...]
Ryan's Smashing Life (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
New Music this Week ! Someone You Should Know 2007 Mercury Prize nominee: Maps Phil Bourne photo The end of October sees the return of James Chapman and his creative wellspring, Maps. The multi-talented mind behind some of our favorite sounds of 2007, Chapman formed the name, ' Maps ' at first as his solo nom de music. Living in a small flat in London, Chapman began his...
SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Maps: Turning The Mind The influence of bands like Spiritualized, Galaxie 500, My Bloody Valentine and Ride shone through We Can Create by Maps, aka James Chapman. He wrapped a shoegaze-inspired dreampop cloak around a skeleton of soaring melodies to produce a memorable debut album. His second album, though, is a darker sort of synthpop and is tougher listening. It’s not that there...
Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Power to the grandparents: Tories to hand out sweeping legal rights to keep families together By James Chapman Last updated at 9:12 AM on 26th October 2009 • Comments (138) • Add to My Stories Millions of grandparents will be given sweeping new legal rights if the Tories win the next election. The law will be changed to ensure they do not lose contact with their grandchildren...
Remix (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Northampton's James Chapman (aka Maps) definitely played more than a few mind games with his latest CD. But these particular games weren't aimed at deception, but at a winning philosophy.
Aftermath News (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Tony Blair ‘to be made EU president next month’ Daily Mail | Oct 22, 2009 By James Chapman Tony Blair could be crowned first President of Europe at a special summit of EU leaders next month. Diplomatic sources say French President Nicolas Sarkozy is pushing for an extraordinary meeting in Brussels to install the former prime minister in the [...]
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... Each act had 50 minutes to demonstrate their worth, though this night was all about one man — James Chapman, also known as Maps . The buzz surrounding this guy is huge — his debut We Can Create was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with good reason, and follow up Turning The Mind is set for a US PR push in the coming months. Before his set, we had to endure an admittedly inventive...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
As you may already know, Maps , aka James Chapman, is set to release his second album in the U.S. The critically acclaimed sophomore effort, Turning The Mind, is out October 20th in the U.S., after being released in the U.K. a few months ago. Bizarrely, his new single “Die Happy, Die Smiling” is out at a much later date, on January 12th, 2010. The release, which will be digital-only,...
MSNBC.com: Science (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Study: Megaquake looms over SeattleResearchers say fault goes deeper than thought and heads toward cityThe white line in the above graphic is a previous estimate for nine-meter slip. The red line shows an area of the nine-meter slip 25 kilometers deep in the crust, as predicted by James Chapman and Timothy Melbourne of Central Washington University. The green line runs down where the...
Holy Land (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
The latest Lamination Colony is now on-line. Edited by the ubiquitous (maybe the first time i've used this oily word!) Blake Butler. (not saying Blake's oily. Though I'm sure he is sometimes. And one time, in my bed-camp, I dreamed of snakes and Blake and James Iredell and Amy McDonald,...true, true, true) anyways, I'm going to check this issue out when I get a chance. This new issue includes...
G D C S + S W D P (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
New contest special issue of Lamination Colony is now live, with the contest winner Bobby Alter, as well as 9 finalists: Mark Doten, James Chapman, Mel Bosworth, Christian Tebordo, Darby Larson, Sasha Fletcher, Drew Kalbach, Andrew Borgstrom, Ben Segal. Feel really excited by all of the work in this issue, like it demonstrates a coming explosion. I like to stare. Chicago folks, there...
<HTMLGIANT> (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
Results of the Lamination Colony ‘this is not not a contest’ are now live with winner Bobby Alter and 9 finalists, Mark Doten, James Chapman, Mel Bosworth, Christian Tebordo, Darby Larson, Sasha Fletcher, Drew Kalbach, Andrew Borgstrom, Ben Segal.
<HTMLGIANT> (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
... events as if readers are not smart enough to discover what a text is doing. I look to the work of james chapman as well as his fugue state books , jesse ball and blake butler, those writers who aren’t afraid to omit the narrative details in favor of descriptive tones and overall voice, those works that reach into me without pandering, hand-holding, without guiding me as if I am blind....
This is Money | Home (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
Pay £8,000 to never be forced to sell homeTim Shipman and James Chapman, Daily Mail3 October 2009, 1:26pmThe Tories say they will prevent the elderly ever having to sell their homes to pay for long-term residential care. Tory plan: Pensioners who pay £8,000 will never be forced to sell their homeWANT TO KNOW MORE? OTHER STORIES Shadow Chancellor George Osborne revealed that pensioners...
Tricoteuse (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
The beloved J.A. Tyler is anthologizing every little book MLP put out in its first year. The release date is January 1st. The list of writers is just fucking awesome: ken baumann, shane jones, jimmy chen, brandi wells, blake butler, nick antosca, sam pink, james chapman, colin bassett, michael kimball, jac jemc, kim chinquee, kim parko, norman lock, randall brown, brian evenson, michael...
