The daily readings are taken from the lectionary which divides much of the Bible into three years worth of readings. If you complete the daily readings each day for three years, you will read 15 percent of the Old Testament and 71 percent of the New Testament.
The house that Jane built is filled with mysteries and strange reversals, finds Richard Foster
This is a record that works by stealth. It’s possible that you can listen to Jane Weaver’s new LP,
Flock, hum along, maybe break into a mild frug now and again whilst doing the dishes, and not suspect anything is wrong with the world. Only now and again do phrases like “smash the patriarchy” float into your consciousness through the gossamer patterns Weaver has created, to remind you that she really does mean business.
For some reason Jane Weaver reminds me of the late great Victoria Wood, another dealer in life lessons through stealth and wit. Like Wood, Weaver remains happy to draw up her spells in a space in-between, despite seeming clubbable enough. Too sharp to be part of a pack, Weaver has always set her stall out on the outer reaches of pop’s bonfire. This positioning, whether by luck or judgement, has meant her gaze has never been overly burnt or blinded by the industr
Christian Eede
, March 5th, 2021 16:57
The new moniker sees the Hyperdub-affiliated producer looking forward following the success of his debut album
Alcides Simoes, AKA Nazar, has revealed a new alias, Yaera.
Following on from the release of last year s album,
Guerilla, on Hyperdub, as well as a selection of self-released material under his primary alias, Simoes has debuted his new moniker with a track, Elavoko 1 , which you can watch a video for above.
Simoes described his new alias as a necessary creation to prepare himself for a post-
Guerilla journey, centring myself before anything else. The new track s title of Elavoko 1 , he says, comes from Umbundu and means hope .
Seeham Rahman
, March 5th, 2021 09:29
In celebration of Beethoven s 250th jubilee, Seeham Rahman explores how queer identity and ballroom culture reflects the composer s identity as an outcast in Emilie Norenberg s debut short film
Ball culture is ‘a celebration of [a] life that the rest of the world does not deem worthy of celebration’, remarks
POSE’s Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista, founder of the ball’s House of Evangelista, on the momentous FX television show depicting the ‘80’s New York ballroom scene. Such a narrative is not only housed in Ryan Murphy’s fictional world, nor solely in New York. It emerges with every gestural detail and sequin that adorns the bodies of those who step foot into existing communities worldwide. Director Emilie Norenberg wonderfully portrays this truth in her debut short film