Archive - Modernist Punk

Episode 7: THE DEATH OF A MARKETING DEPARTMENT

“We've Tried Nothing and We're All Out of Ideas!” — Ned Flanders, The Simpsons [DISCLAIMER] This is not a critique of the folk who work in marketing…

Jun 2 •

Adam York Gregory

April 2024

Episode 6: THE BAY-HERZOG SCALE

We are standing outside the Vue cinema in Lancaster. It’s not that old, but it is already looking a bit tired. I once watched an entire film with a…

Apr 23 •

Adam York Gregory

March 2024

I was recently given the opportunity to write about exploitation by Axis, a lovely organisation that supports artists. I ended up not only writing about…

Mar 28 •

Adam York Gregory

January 2024

Episode 5: OBSOLETELY

Jan 30 •

Adam York Gregory

December 2023

A Christmas Miracle

* Originally published at The Static, here’s a timely essay about Banksy, public art and miracles.

Dec 23, 2023 •

Adam York Gregory

Interlude 3: DO PLASTICINE SHEEP DREAM OF BEING EATEN BY CHICKENS?

[REVIEW] Not sure this is the time or place for long format film critique, but hey, it's either that or I come round to your place and bore you in…

Dec 18, 2023 •

Adam York Gregory

Interlude 2: THE DESTRUCTION OF THE NORTH

[NOTE] What follows was originally written in collaboration with Gillian Jane Lees as part of “A Different North”, an art project that looked at all the…

Dec 8, 2023 •

Adam York Gregory

Episode 4: WE SHOULD LEAVE

[SUNK] The Sunk Cost Fallacy describes a tendency to follow through on an endeavour if we have already invested time, effort, or money into it, whether…

Dec 1, 2023 •

Adam York Gregory

October 2023

Episode 3: THE TWO VOIDS

[IN THE BEGINNING]

Oct 25, 2023 •

Adam York Gregory

Interlude 1: PRIME AND MASH

(HUMANIST PUNK)

Oct 1, 2023 •

Adam York Gregory

September 2023

Episode 2: LIVE ART CLICHES

(AND HOW TO AVOID THEM)

Sep 29, 2023 •

Adam York Gregory

Episode 1: THE END

[THE END] Start as close to the end as possible. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr [GREENROOM] The first performance I will see at greenroom will also be my last. It…

Sep 7, 2023 •

Adam York Gregory

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