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John L. Walters
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Writer, composer, editor, musician, record producer.
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‘The ouroboros of hype’
My review for @eyemagazine.bsky.social
Packed with information, The AI Con pours cold water on ‘AI’ hysteria, while drawing attention to the tech’s environmental and ethical implications.
www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/th...
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Cover of The AI Con Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Emily M Bender and Alex Hanna Cover of The AI Con
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Imagine my surprise … @financialtimes.com @ftweekend.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Ewan Bleach with his Fleeting Paradise Orchestra – album launch at Sands Films in Rotherhithe. Wonderful.
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Design history in Ankara, www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/te...
October 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Not to mention Thomas Pynchon, Anthony Powell (as always) and The AI Con (highly recommended and currently on the Kirkdale Bookshop shelves).
Paperback copy of The AI Con by Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna.
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Or this Don Cherry on #Tidal
October 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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What a thrill to hear the Northern Spy / @bandcamp.com ‘listening party’ for Disquiet by The Necks.
October 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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There was a great exhibition of her work at Pallant House gallery, pallant.org.uk/whats-on/jan...
September 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Another HP review, from July 2016, londonjazznews.com/2016/07/22/r...
@barbicancentre.bsky.social #UKjazznews #HermetoPascoal
Hermeto Pascoal at the Barbican, July 2016.
September 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Say it loud: ‘Google quietly vanishes its net zero carbon pledge.’

pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/05/g...

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Remember ‘Don’t be evil?’
September 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Nice piece about the role of tech in our lives by Ian Dunt.
We barely have the language to speak about what's good about tech anymore. We're so used to it being this monstrous oppressive force that it feels almost unnatural to observe the ways in which it has improved life.
May 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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This is a bizarre game of chess.
May 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Raymond Scott recital in Dulwich.
May 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha …
Hubris
May 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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One for @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social ‘shopping hour points out that … nature is very violent’
May 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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J. D. Vance (bearing scythe) visits the Pope.
April 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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AI hype is drowning in #slopaganda
FT article by Sid Venkataramakrishnan, with pointed quotes from @edzitron.com
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www.ft.com/content/2421...
April 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Two years ago. Glass sculpture by Arabella Marshall in Suffolk.
April 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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My review of Lee in the current @eyemagazine.bsky.social, www.eyemagazine.com/review/artic... #Eye107 #leemiller
April 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Wayne’s world, www.theguardian.com/music/2005/a... #jazz @theguardian.com @sonymusicofficial.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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‘A nightly reaffirmation of the creative life.’ My review of Jimmy Scott at Ronnie Scott’s for @theguardian.com April 2005.

www.theguardian.com/music/2005/a... #jazz
April 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Osbert Lancaster's muted
Penguin cover (1962) for A Question of Upbringing, just purchased at the excellent @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
#musicoftime
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April 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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He’s always had a nasty streak.
April 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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My article about the Gogmagogs in The Independent, March 1999, with quotes from founders Lucy Bailey and Nell Catchpole, www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta... @the-independent.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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‘Don’t Give Up’, www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
My piece for ‘God is in the Details’ in @the-independent.com 26 years ago
#ManuKatche @tonylevin.bsky.social #RichardTee #PeterGabriel #KateBush
February 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM