I’ve still got a lot to learn. And a lot to catch up on.

Hope I haven’t alienated everyone before I even begin.

Makey-makeys. Hmmm. Not really sure what to make of them just yet. I like the idea of a tactile surface controlling visualisations though. Most likely require a level of technical finesse to be of any meaningful use. Operation, bananas, flowers (“a flower?”), Kevin Spacey impressions. Concerns about temperamental/unpredictable behaviour of equipment/cascading effect.

I still think Intermediality sounds like a made up word. Suppose all words are, really.

Article I published earlier taking a controversial position on noted comic book writer’s latest effort resulted in derisive comments from trolls. Gave as good as I got and hid behind humour and bravado, but something has lingered, left a bad taste in my mouth. Am I really an insufferable know-it-all? Is that how people see me? Should I care? Not certain that saying “it doesn’t matter to me” is enough anymore. On the other hand, if I start second-guessing myself now, I’ll never be able to stop/get anything done.

I picked the wrong night to have an existential conundrum.

Mental notes: Sounds In Session by Tyrone Huggins, Hopelessly Devoted. Both plays about making music organically, live, in the moment.

Because The Internet by Childish Gambino – vinyl album version comes with a “screenplay” – short film “Clapping For the Wrong Reasons” acts as a prologue/companion piece. Lyrics/themes dealing with otherness, duality, identity crisis in the age of Twitter and Instagram.

“Warzawa” by David Bowie – moody, expressionist, Eno’s swirling synthesisers, droning/howling vocalisations. Album title says it all: Low. Record company hated it, naturally – wanted another Young Americans.

The Prestige. The Transported Man. Rubber balls and cabinets. Trapdoors. Water torture tanks. Tesla in his lab (links with Bowie). Body doubles and doppelgängers. Above all, showmanship.

Screen Test of the Double: dropping a quote from Videodrome in the opening. The Tao is speaking to me and I’m liking what I hear.

Note to Wes: in case you hadn’t guessed, I’m an erratic sleeper. I don’t really do transitional material either, tend to be more of a stream-of-consciousness guy, make it up as I go. Hope I can make up for lost time.