Here is an archive of pieces, both published and unpublished, that reflect upon my particular set of interests and obsessions. Navigate to the section of your choice, or merely scroll down if you want to take the "scenic" view:
columns published in "HiS Voice" + "A2", Prague
recently on the weB
"State Of The Union"> paper written for SONM (Murcia, Spain) on synesthesia in the arts, my most detailed discussion of this phenomenon up to this point NEW!
Grounded Magnet cultural magazine> reviews, articles, and interviews by TBWB are scattered throughout the site, collect them all!
"Horror Vacuui And Holy Innocence"> an argument against the term 'Outsider Art' (but for the art itself) NEW!
"I Wasn't There: The Joys Of Immaterial Art"> a brief history of the 'art of the invisible'
TBWB columns archived at Vague Terrain, Canada> various examinations of art, war, technology
"Something In The Air: Post-Industrial Ambience + The Control Society"> hosted at Rhizome.org
"Mister Modularity: Vittore Baroni And The 'Network As Artwork'"> also hosted at Rhizome.org
"Low Key-Sounds In The Low Countries"> Dutch cassette culture and homemade music
"Loving Indolence, Hating Peace"> The Strange State of 21st Century Black Metal
"Other Convergences"> piece on synesthesia in electronic music
"Singing Doctors and Friendly Time Bombs"> appreciation of Japanese record stores
(back to top)Columns originally written for His Voice and A2, Czech Republic*
*some articles below have been slightly re-edited and posted at the pages of Grounded Magnet cultural magazine.
"Kalimba Soundclash"> ancient to the future? New musical innovations from an unexpected source, the kalimba
"Requiem For A Parasite"> the U.S. recession and the music industry
"How Gray Was My Mauer"> Berlin aesthetics, 20 years after the fall of the Wall
"Feed My Ego"> column on psychotherapy in popular music culture
"Bellona Calling"> essay on the sonic aspects of Samuel DeLany's Dhalgren (.pdf)
"Futuristi as Entarte Kunst?"> The Italian Futurists' complex flirtation with fascism (.pdf)
"Screams in Favor of DeSade"> column on Sadeian influence in underground noise / music (.pdf)
"Cracked Actors"> brief retrospective on the music of Voice Crack (.pdf)
"Babylon, I'm Coming"> intro to Italian exploitation film music
"Komu vlastně patři hluk?"> Hluk coby tvůrčí činnost versus vojensko-vědecký komplex (.html)
"Nakrm mé ego"> Péče o psýchu rock'n'rollových rebelů (.html)
"Rekviem za parasita"> Stav hudebního průmyslu v USA (.html)
"Hur Grå var min Mur"> nostalgi för en berlinsk estetik
Micro Bionic book excerpts
"Peering Into The Oneiroscope: Sleep Disturbances and Creativity"> supplemental text for Leif Elggren's lecture in Riga, Latvia, 2009 (.pdf)
by Don Campau at "The Living Archive"> NEW!