Hello – Simon Sellars, here


The first issue of SLEEPY BRAIN MAGAZINE is now online at
http://www.sleepybrain.net

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IN THIS ISSUE: http://www.sleepybrain.net

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Keywords: Ballard, psychogeography, afrofuturism, sleep paralysis, SF, black technology, Marker, telepathy, Tarkovsky, Wacko Jacko, erotica, alien probes, cinephiles, UK garage, Melbourne, London, Tokyo

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CORE 01: Non-Existent, 3-Dimensional Urban Crawl
(descriptions follow)

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(1) Bent Hop: Degeneration X (by Sheridan Reynolds)
(2) The Bridge: Motion Sculpture for the Masses (by Enzo Franchetti)
(3) Steve Goodman: Nurturing Rhythmic Bugs
(4) Tokoto Mitomi: Japanese Cyber Kid
(5) Ryuta Nakagami: Tokyo-Style Speedcore
(6) Kill 'Em All: An Interview with Philip Brophy (by Nat Bates)

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THEME 01: Earth Is The Alien Planet (descriptions follow)
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(1) Earth is the Alien Planet: An Afrofuturist Discussion
(2) A Threshold Moment: Ross Dowe and the UFOs That Ate My Mind (by Sheridan Reynolds)

(3) High Strangeness: Gloria Dixon
(4) Telepathic Eyes: Junichi Kato
(5) Black Secret Technology
(6) Roswell: Beers, Steers and Queers (by Dennis McDade)
(7) In All Tonality: Godsheads Revisited (by Brett Hale)
(8) Speaking of the Supernatural, parts 11, 12 & 13 (by Sarah Endacott)

(9) You'll Regret It When We Find the Brain-tape (by Simone Dawson-Walker)

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CORE 01: Non-Existent, 3-Dimensional Urban Crawl

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http://www.sleepybrain.net

Inspired by our recent adventures on the Melbourne-Tokyo-London flight path, SLEEPY BRAIN treads the freak beat, interviewing underground and overground heroes and teasing out strange little scenarios from all three of those mighty conurbations. The result? A mish-mash of sensory inputs, meshing and merging to form a new, virtual geography.

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Features & Interviews
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(1) An exclusive report on BENT HOP, one of the scariest youth cults ever

(2) ENZO FRANCHETTI, leader of radical art group THE JARGONISTS, explains why Melbourne's Westgate Bridge is Art in Motion

(3) STEVE GOODMAN, aka "KODE 9", London dub warrior, infuses the sexed-up vibe of UK garage with something way more sinister

(4) Tokyo's TOKOTO MITOMI is the son of famous French TV producer Pierre Grimblat. He's also a model, DJ and editor of one of the first Japanese web zines…with a soft spot for drag queens

(5) RYUTA NAKAGAMI, a leading practitioner of "Tokyo-Style Speed Core", describes that scene: "way too much speed and way too dark!"

(6) Melbourne's infamous PHILIP BROPHY: filmmaker, composer, writer, curator, performer, lecturer, graphic designer…and owner of an extremely vicious tongue…potty!

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THEME 01: Earth Is The Alien Planet
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http://www.sleepybrain.net

Whatever happened to UFOs, little grey men and the myth of things seen in the sky? In the 1990s every man and his dog reported a sighting. Bad UFO films were everywhere. Now media coverage is reduced to almost nothing, a parody if anything. But don't snigger