The Alternative Media Menagerie The danger of throwing pebbles in a glass house is a suitable metaphor for those fringe magnets who inhabit the snow dome that is the alternative media. Menagerie noun a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition. a strange or diverse collection of people or things: some other specimen in the television menagerie. ORIGIN late 17th century: from French ménagerie, from ménage (see ménage). Fringe magnets is a term invented by Dom Waterson of the Sheep Farm website and podcast and it means those popular public figures who fret about on the ‘alternative’ stage […]
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Episode 46: The Sheep Farm Paradox
For those who may not know, the Sheep Farm Podcast is the platform created and run by Dominic and Christian, two brothers who come from the same area of Huddersfield as myself. In fact, we went to the same state institute of mind control known as ‘Salendine Nook High School’, albeit at different times,. Once described as “the Chuckle Brothers” of podcasting, Dom and Chris’ weekly shows are awash with humour; there is a rich vein of dark comedy running through their content and the banter between them makes it unique. Yet, beyond that the content of the shows is […]
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Episode 45: The Paradox
The Paradox of Existence. In this latest edition of the RogueCast, I ramble around Colwick Park and consider the paradoxical nature of existence. “The ancient Greeks were well aware that a paradox can take us outside our usual way of thinking. They combined the prefix para- (“beyond” or “outside of”) with the verb dokein (“to think”), forming paradoxos, an adjective meaning “contrary to expectation.” Latin speakers used that word as the basis for a noun paradoxum, which English speakers borrowed during the 1500s to create paradox.” Source: Merriam Webster Dictionary I begin the ramble by considering the paradoxical nature […]
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