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I am immensely fond of hypnagogic dreams, but not so keen on the hypnopompic ones. I especially dislike the latter when they involve alarms and getting up at an ungodly hour, whereas the former are quite becoming when I fall asleep reading.

Only God and Henry Ford have no umbilical cord.

I write and produce music as August Stars and release it through a rather dandy label, Make Mine Music (See below in my top friends for their profiles).

I live with Jöy and our two moggies, Pumpkin and Sanchie, in a flat in Sheffield, although I'm originally from the industrial landscapes of the north west Midlands.

I'm a vegetarian, a leftie, and as far as religion is concerned, I'm with Sartre!

...and a quick visit to my photographs will reveal I'm very keen on the view from my kitchen window.

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Blasted: The Life and Death of Sarah Kane

An interesting, if a little short and light on detail, documentry about the playwright Sarah Kane on Radio 4 this morning, it'll be on the BBC iplayer for the next seven days and is worth a listen if ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:31:00 GMT

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute

21 April 1923  16 January 2009
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:47:00 GMT

Landscape, Silence and Pogles’ Wood

12th April 1925 - 8th December 2008 10th October 1930 - 24th December 2008
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:35:00 GMT

Sebastien Stars yearly Favourites: 2008

The customary yearly favourites. Music:Momus - JoemusThe Magnetic Fields - DistortionAccording to my Last FM page, my computer listening this year seems to have been dominated by Brian Eno, Momus and ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:12:00 GMT

Bettie Page

I was sadden yesterday to read of the death of Bettie Page. Bettie was an heroine of mine through my teen years, though my interest waned towards the end of the 90s and early 2000s. However I did...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:38:00 GMT

MMM050 low price (or possibly even free!) compilation is now released.

Make Mine Music releases a collection of exclusive tracks showcasing the work of artists on the innovative label as it reaches its landmark 50th release.  After quietly releasing a range of criti...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:35:00 GMT

Tinsley towers

I shall put my own Tinsley towers photographs up at some point, but here's some bits from the BBC and the Guardian. Time runs out for Tinsley towers Sheffield landmark to be torn down...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:19:00 GMT

Photoblog

A few weeks ago I finally got a around to starting a photoblog, it’s something I’ve considered for ages as I take my camera everywhere. go here to view it- sebastienstars.livejournal.com
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:45:00 GMT

Art Of Mirrors

.One of my favourite Super8 shorts by Derek Jarman which I was delighted to find included on 'The Tempest' DVD.I remember reading a while back that Max Richter was planning to record some mu...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:14:00 GMT

Pencil Lead Gray

Just before Christmas I bleached my hair & dyed it a nice pearly blonde, tonight I dyed it ash blonde and it's gone pencil lead gray.
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:32:00 GMT