http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:15:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As regular readers have probably noticed by now, activity on the STML Litblog has been noticeable by its absence for some time now. Because there's nothing less impressive than an inactive blog, I've decided to go into mothballs for the foreseeable future. This is a real sadness for me personally, and ... http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2007/02/02/so-farewell-then/ Resonance FM has recently been broadcasting (and podcasting) a great comics series, and the latest show is an interview with Alan Moore that's definitely worth a listen. For those that don't know, Resonance FM is a listener-supported, London-broadcasting, available-worldwide, dedicated Arts radio station, full of the most wondrous, bizarre, fascinating stuff, ... http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2007/01/30/alan-moore-on-resonance/ It's been a while in the making, but I'm very pleased to say that STML's redesign of 3:AM Magazine is now live. Go check it out. I was asked to redesign the site back in the autumn of last year and it's taken far longer to do than I'd hoped, but ... http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2007/01/25/3am-magazine-redesign/ Monday 15 January 2007, from 8pm Indo 133 Whitechapel Rd London E1 1DT The first of a new series of spoken word nights at Indo, Bedtime Stories will feature readings from Adelle Stripe, Lee Rourke and Clive Murphy. Compered by Heidi James, there'll be music from Zan Fracaroli and fanzines on ... http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2007/01/15/bedtime-stories/ One of my complete, all-time, supergenii God-like heroes died yesterday. One of the few writers who succeeded in pulling my mind out through my posterior, kicked it around the room, and stuffed it back in the wrong (or perhaps the right?) way round, filled with new and glittering ideas. Robert ... http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2007/01/12/robert-anton-wizard-rip/ As usual, everyone else is doing it, and noone asked us. Which is fine, because we couldn't possibly pick a winner - plus we only read about three books this year that weren't published by friends. So. Here's an informal, unordered list of books we read in the last few ... http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2006/12/29/books-of-the-year-2006/ 3:AM Xmas Bash For this year's 3:AM Xmas Bash we'll be joined by Iain Sinclair. He'll be joined by Nicholas Royle and Stewart Home (making his fourth appearance at our Xmas event). Come join us before the season gets too much. Monday December 18, from 7pm The Wheatsheaf 25 Rathbone ... http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2006/12/12/christmas-comes-but-once-a-year/ Heroes are unfashionable these days, but we are unrepentant in our reverence for Wilfred Thesiger, last of the great explorers, as he is dubbed by Alexander Maitland's recent biography. Born in Addis Ababa to British parents in 1910, by the time he was twenty Thesiger had tracked animals in ... http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2006/10/19/the-homeric-age/ So, this is what we have been up to: booktwo.org We wanted to populate it a little before opening it up to the grubby masses, and there is certainly enough there now to show it to you squeaky-clean folks. Read all about it, read what we have to say. And, for the ... http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2006/10/17/the-wheels-still-in-spin/ Hope to see y'all there... In other news, we're afraid there's going to be a bit of a hiatus in these parts for a while. Plans are afoot, and you shall be the first to know them. http://www.shorttermmemoryloss.com/words/2006/10/10/remember-remember/