Temporal Boundary Newsletter
4th October 2024
Hello and welcome to this week’s newsletter.
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Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division and New Order
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To mark the publication of Phil Smith’s incredible new book Albion’s Eco-eerie: TV and Movies of the Haunted Generations I’m pleased to offer a 25% discount on ALL products in the Temporal Boundary Press store. This will of course also apply to Phil’s book so you still have a chance to preorder it, now at a discounted price.
Just enter the code ALBIONSECOEERIE at checkout. This offer is live now and will expire at midnight on Sunday (6th).
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I’m expecting delivery of Albion’s Eco-eerie in a few days time. I’ll be working on sending out preorders for the rest of the week so some of you should receive your copy before next week’s newsletter.
"Albion's Eco-eerie is a fantastic exploration into culture’s obsession with ‘the other’. Dissecting some of our most regarded folk horror creations, to present us with the political and theoretical heart that beats inside. How our desire for escape through parallel worlds holds the key for a deeper future. The perfect companion to Mark Fisher's The Weird and The Eerie."
Maxine Peake
"It is a bold book that takes the weaving path of blood, trauma and sensuality away from Folk Horror and fashionable 'hauntology' into new, enchanted spaces. Digging up and doubling down on messy ideas and demon lovers that exist not to elevate us to transcendence but to immerse us in the mud of grotty instinct."
Stephen Volk, author of Ghostwatch
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Undefined Boundary Vol 3 Issue 2
I’m currently seeking submissions for the next issue of Undefined Boundary which will appear some time around Christmas. If you would like to submit something, or wish to discuss an idea, please contact me at temporalboundary@gmail.com.
Transmissions
I’ve been listening to the podcast series Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division and New Order. It’s a story that has been told umpteen times before but the members of New Order are so engaging and funny that I never seem to tire of hearing them recount the familiar tales.
Beyond the mythical story of the band, I was once more reminded of the importance of place to their artistry. To some extent, you might argue that Manchester was always the fifth member of the band, and the importance of the city was certainly never lost on Tony Wilson who mythologised it to such an extent that the myth ultimately became true. What is important about this, and what makes it relevant to the project of Psychick Albion, is that this mythologising of place can be a very effective weapon. It is often understood that nationalist and populist narratives require a myth of place to sustain them: an originary story, that centres and foregrounds the favoured tribe. This myth, by the very nature of myth, tends to be impervious to fact checking. A more robust response to it is in the creation of counter myths of subversion and creative re-enchantment. Paul Morley’s excellent biography, From Manchester With Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson, gives an excellent account of the ways in which he and New Order played a crucial role in reinventing Manchester as an international cultural force. That they achieved so much with an intense and profoundly anti-commercial visionary power is an example to us all.
That’s all for this week!