Why we can all be more Loki

From excavated Nordic temples to the forces that drive our own lives, ambitions and relationships, things are never what they seem with the shapeshifter god. And that’s a very good thing. There’s a riddle that nags away at specialists in Norse myth. In ancient Norse culture, each God or goddess had a cult, a temple,…

By mattpotterthewriter 16th October 2024 Off

Unleash the fandom: How a new breed of high-concept indie bands are pointing to a more sustainable future away from digital megamalls

With Elon Musk turning Twitter into 4Chan, Google full of hallucinated bullshit AI, Zuckerberg’s Metaverse folly and the sense that in building our homes on them, we’re investing in somethng that’s not just more temporary, but potentially more predatory than we had hoped, the world is falling out of love with platforms. So what can…

By mattpotterthewriter 16th October 2024 Off

Secret sisters: Was David Bowie’s ‘The Bewlay Brothers’ inspired by Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’?

  A theory. Go with me here.   Step out of yourself. Just for one day.   There was always something that fascinated and bugged me about Bowie’s ‘The Bewlay Brothers’. It’s the oddest thing on Hunky Dory by a mile, and that’s saying something. Chris O’Leary and Nicholas Pegg have both written beautifully about it,…

By mattpotterthewriter 2nd October 2017 Off