{"id":13300,"date":"2013-02-05T02:05:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T02:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=13300"},"modified":"2013-02-05T03:30:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T03:30:43","slug":"nothing-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2013\/02\/05\/nothing-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/viewimages?release=2091463\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sunra.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sunra.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1: <em>Nothing Is\u2026<\/em> (1966), an album of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z0y0O8tTewE\" target=\"_blank\">science fiction jazz<\/a> by Sun Ra.<\/p>\n<p>What does the empty space of that ellipsis imply?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/viewimages?release=3202180\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"beatles.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/beatles.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JzcZttcpYFQ\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Strawberry Fields Forever<\/em><\/a> (1967), a single by The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strawberry Fields \/ Nothing is real&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"harrison1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/harrison1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Cover art by <a href=\"http:\/\/sams-place.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Green<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orionbooks.co.uk\/Books\/detail.page?isbn=9780575096325\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Empty Space<\/em><\/a> (2012), a science fiction novel by <a href=\"http:\/\/ambientehotel.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">M. John Harrison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 1: &#8220;Nothing is real,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"harrison2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/harrison2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/viewimages?release=4255549\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mbv.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mbv.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4: <em>MBV<\/em> (2013), an album by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MyBloodyValentine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Bloody Valentine<\/a> which emerged from empty space at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Track 8: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HHlVpADx_jk\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nothing Is<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on { feuilleton }<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2012\/10\/04\/golden-apples-and-silver-apples\/\">Golden apples and silver apples<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1: Nothing Is\u2026 (1966), an album of science fiction jazz by Sun Ra. What does the empty space of that ellipsis imply? 2: Strawberry Fields Forever (1967), a single by The Beatles. &#8220;Strawberry Fields \/ Nothing is real&#8221; Cover art by Sam Green. 3: Empty Space (2012), a science fiction novel by M. 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