The barriers to entry have changed, into the pass card envisaged by Guattari and Ballard. The threads of control maintain the weight of surveillance across the network of society, with knowledge of taste offering leverage to greater and more consistent profit margins. As we deplete the resources of our near-spent […]
ruse
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The political statement of my thesis is absent.The prioritising of the critical gaze over and above that of the common reader is irrelevant. Starobinski (1989) argues that the eye (mind, acuity) of the critic is attenuated to appreciate the nuance of great over humdrum. The canon remains, and the instructional […]
This kind of question can tip over into sarcasm. I try to be open, transparent, around the ideas that there are certain subjects that I absolutely and explicitly must not write about. This is not an act of editorial cowardice or self-denial but as a white man of (very distant) […]
I think the music I release is deceptive in its simplicity, still requiring thought and understanding. As a child, I longed to be awake late at night, when the street-lights would illuminate the house with their sodium charged glow, creating long, distorted shadows of curtains and doors, and where the […]
Twitter, the micro-blogging site famous for its brevity and the punchy attitude of many of its cohort, is often at it’s best as a visual distribution system. Ignoring the character limitations, it’s artists and poets fuse image and words into sparkling captions that liberate emotion and a trigger the affective […]
Do you let social media accounts whither and die, or should you make a proclamation and strike your accounts dead? What effects the system more, or does any action have minimal effect. Do you transfer from active to shadow profile? Does Amazon continue to sell you nappies and wet wipes […]
Hi All, As a test of the possibilities of simply releasing older material I care about but which struggles to find a home, I have added spectra by ruse glasson as a playlist here. This album of grinding electronic noise was created for an event at Club Rective in London […]
A broken ankle and a series of changes to the University department I have been part of for the best part of the last decade have triggered thoughts of personal productivity. I am easily distracted. In the period since I finished the doctorate, I have produced a series of recordings, […]
Eras must pass. Culture changes to reflect the aspirations and limitations placed on society. Its a reflection of values and needs, dreams and desire, and becomes the font of all ideology. To some extent, and with differing implications, all knowledge and sentiment will flow towards the public void. How this […]
Over the last month or so, I have had the great pleasure to curate the music for a conference hosted by Prof Janice Winship for the School of Media, Film, and Music, University of Sussex. Focusing on the last seventy years of the United Kingdom, this was a conference that […]
After some delay, block or dead space, I have completed Bloom/Taste. The second piece of the suit is now on Soundcloud page. I had the last album rejected by my distributor, and I am not sure where I go from here. I want to return to using field recordings along […]
This is #mine. I have music on #spotify here: Music is released via amazon, itunes, tidal, deezer, etc. I have links to tunes at https://russellglasson.com and you can find my music on bandcamp and soundcloud, where I include some old pieces and a digital only single released in the spring. […]