Free Thinking : The city
From Liverpool, playwright Esther Wilson
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Philosophy In Pubs
I thought people based in and around Liverpool would be interested to know that there is a group of people who meet regularly to discuss philosophical ideas.
I've taken the liberty of copying a little bit of information from their 'statement'.
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Myspace, yourspace.
In 2003 Tom Anderson & Chris DeWolfe set up an internet site from their base in Los Angeles.
They created the site so that fans could connect with local bands in order to get their music heard and publicise gigs.
It caught on. For the first time in the history of the music business young budding musicians were able to put their music on the site - giving them the opportunity to perform to a huge audience.
Power to the people, do you reckon?
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City on the Edge鈥 of the Future.
This is the first of my guest 'blogger'. Jonathan Raisin is a composer/musician/writer. He's presently working on a number of projects in development and has very kindly agreed to stick his neck out in the name of free thinking.
I hope he gets your juices flowing.
.............................................................Where to begin? What is worth talking about at a time when everything can be spoken of and nothing in the world remains unread?
Well, here in Liverpool there is an interesting thing going on just now. Interesting as in the old and over used Chinese curse; 鈥渕ay you live in interesting times鈥. (But if ever there was a time for an unreliable clich茅 then now is that time. Here鈥檚 another one. 鈥淭o joke about the present is a sign that we take seriously the past鈥. You like it? Great. I made it up!)
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Liverpool Lantern Company Annual parade
For the past couple of years (with various partners) have held a Lantern Parade through Sefton Park on 31 October. They're about to embark on a new one. Want to know more or even get involved?
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Liverpool in Edinburgh
Liverpool Everyman Playhouse has a production on at the . Unprotected' (a 'Made In Liverpool' production) played to full houses in Liverpool during March and created a bit of a stir with it's hard-hitting verbatim authentic depiction of the people hiding in the shadows of our city. With the 'Nationals' giving the production rave 4 & 5 star reviews a transfer somewhere was hopefully on the cards.
'Unprotected' was created in response to Liverpool City Council's proposed 'Managed Zone' for street sex workers using hundred of transcripted interviews with the people directly involved in every aspect of the debate as it's text.
It's not easy viewing. The managed zone feasibility study came about as a direct result of the horrific murder of two prostitutes in the city in 2003 - the mothers of the victims are represented in the play -the production does not shy away from all that that entails but...would such a hard hitting, piece of gritty realism marry itself to the atmosphere of excitement & frivolity which surrounds the city during festival time?
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Self Image
Does a negative self image make Liverpool the 'axis of all things bad' in the media?
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