[NetBehaviour] Reviewing as writing exercise - CTM festival reviews

Mark Hancock mark at memecortex.net
Thu Feb 1 10:06:12 CET 2024


Thanks, Simon. That's the joy of coming to festivals like CTM. I'm enjoying
being challenged and discovering new artists that aren't based on some
obscure correlation that a software package has decided I should listen to
more of.

M


On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 at 07:35, Simon Mclennan via NetBehaviour <
netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:

> Nice writing, and a change to get some pointers into music I don't know,
> thanks for posting.
>
> Simon
>
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 9:38 AM Mark Hancock <mark at memecortex.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi fellow travellers,
>>
>> Does writing exist if no one reads it? Or ideas activated in the world if
>> not shared? (reading and sharing aren't always the same thing, right?).
>>
>> I've been trying to flex my tired and atrophied writing skills while I'm
>> at this year's CTM/Transmediale festival in Berlin.
>>
>> Here are four recent blog posts reviewing gigs I've been to. Part of the
>> exercise was to see how quickly I could turn around some moderately
>> literate copy, while not having to tailor it to the criteria of any
>> particular publication's house style.
>>
>> As writers, we all have our failsafe, fall-back phrases and modes of
>> thinking that we use to get work done quickly. I was hoping to break
>> through that as the festival progresses. We'll see how that goes, I guess.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> The incidental sonic dentistry of Ben Frost’s new album
>>
>> http://keepartevil.net/the-incidental-sonic-dentistry-of-ben-frosts-new-album/
>>
>> Osmium take a whirling dive into territories hewn from basic atomic
>> elements.
>>
>> http://keepartevil.net/osmium-take-a-whirling-dive-into-territories-hewn-from-basic-atomic-elements/
>>
>> HJirok and the illusion of performative truth in music.
>>
>> http://keepartevil.net/hjirok-and-the-illusion-of-performative-truth-in-music/
>>
>> Come for the organ, stay for the beats.
>> http://keepartevil.net/come-for-the-organ-stay-for-the-beats/
>>
>>
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