Writings by Henry Warwick
This is a collection of words you might find useful or interesting.
Henry is the subject of a poem by Paul Grant. It is called SAILCAT.
CreativeSynth Articles
Henry wrote a column, called SPARK, for the online magazine CreativeSynth. The magazine has long since disappeared, but Henry's articles are now available below.
The last sections on the Lifecycles of Cultural Commodities was a lecture Henry gave at the Refrains Conference in Vancouver Canada, in October 2001. On further consideration, Henry believes the points in it still stand, but aren't properly applied, as the scope isn't merely a style of music, but music itself as it has come to exist as a commodity item in this age of Mechanical Reproduction.
095-Introduction | 100-Childhood | 101-Day Job #1 | 102-The Flow | 103-The Band House
104-ListenWatchMake | 105-ELP | 106-What Must Be Done | 107-The Bad Gig
108-Day Job #2 | 109-New Stuff | 110-Electronic Musing | 111-Detail | 112-Polyhymnia and Euterpe
113-Moments In Time | 114-Welte Piano | 115-Texture | 116-Day Job #3 | 117-Hypertypes
118-The Genesis Concert | 119-Keraunograph pt1 | 120-Keraunograph pt2 | 121-Keraunograph pt3
122-Lifecycles of Cultural Commodities, pt 0 | 123-Lifecycles of Cultural Commodities, pt 1
124-Lifecycles of Cultural Commodities, pt 2 | 125-Lifecycles of Cultural Commodities, pt 3
126-Lifecycles of Cultural Commodities, pt 4 | 127-Lifecycles of Cultural Commodities, pt 5
128-Lifecycles of Cultural Commodities, pt 6 | 129-Lifecycles of Cultural Commodities, pt 7
Writings by John Brockman
Back in 1996, Henry spent hours putting together an online version of 37 by John Brockman. Mister Brockman found out, and rather than prohibiting his efforts, he and Henry agreed that Henry could put up his collected volume of philosophy, By the Late John Brockman. Since then, Mr Brockman has greatly improved the interface and now hosts the book on his own site. As a courtesy and a tip o' the hat, Henry now links to Brockman's version on edge.org, HERE.
European Mind
by Russell Means
While visiting friends in England, I was given this booklet of a speech by Russell Means, an Oglala Lakota Indian. I feel that the statements made in this essay are profound, important, and worthwhile, and should be understood by all people the world over.
As the booklet was transcribed by hand from a tape of the speech, I left in the typographical errors, as it was transcribed from an audio tape.
War is a Racket
by Smedley Butler
Smedley Butler was a Major General in the Marine Corp in the late 19th and early 20th Century and a lifelong Republican. After his fair share of butchery, he left the Corp and spoke of what he could clearly see: that War Is A Recket, designed to make the rich richer by killing. This document discusses in some detail his ideas regarding what is going on in the American Empire, and some ideas towards a solution. His words have a chillingly contemporary ring to them.I found this particular printing of Butler's War is a Racket on the lexrex website, here.
A Conversation with Jean-François Lyotard
by Bernard Blistène
I read this article back in the mid 1980s and found it rather inspiring. I folded it up and stuck it in a book, and forgot about it. Over the years it has not faired well, nor has the book it was stuck in. In fact, I had to send the book to recycling. Before I committed it to the recycle bin, I found the article, and it is still quite interesting! I did several searches on the internet, and as far as I know, it basically doesn't exist any more. So, rather than have it disappear, I sat and typed the whole thing up. I have NO idea what magazine it's from.
Back in 1985, the French philosopher, Jean-François Lytoard, curated an art exhibition, and this interview is primarily about that. However, it has many other interesting digressions and points to it. A very interesting read from the early days of postmodernism.
Assorted Experimental Diaries
- by Fa Poonvoralak
I came across these writings in the late 1980s. Poonvoralak studied maths at Warwick University, UK, and his philosophy reflects this - categories of experience become variables or states or factors that become interchangeable, transformed and transcended. I find his ideas oddly provocative in a very gentle and humanistic way. As they feature an anti-copyright notice, I present them to you here.