Fishwick Papers: The "Order vs Chaos" Edition

Hi there!Melbourne is hot. It's so hot. It's really hot. 40 degrees hot. It's not cold. It's hot. Did I mention it's hot?But, in other news, yesterday I took delivery of a washing machine and some bookshelves (and we emptied the boxes of books to fill the shelves), so the apartment is slowly approaching reality and normality. Phew! This week I also updated my website, started a game of dungeons and dragons, and went to a production of As You Like It at the Pop-Up Globe.Somehow at work I've been tricked into thinking about databases, specifically how we can best arrange a database of films and games (etc) to suit our exhibition needs. It's new territory for me, and I'm doing my best to be interested. Speaking of interesting, INTERESTING LINKS AHOY!

Really great pieces of writing

• Dress-coding: the interwoven history of fashion and technology

• John Gardner's speech on personal renewal offers a lot to think about

• Order vs. Chaos: Every time we fight, we’re replaying an 20-year-old argument

Video Games

• Minecraft teaches kids about tech, but there's a gender imbalance at play

• MOMA curator Paola Antonelli on exhibiting video games in museums

• An fantastic manifesto on feminist video game historiography

Mewzick

• Star Wars Cantina Theme played on a pencil

• Earth, Wind and Fire's September covered by the Acappelicans

• X Gon Give It To Ya mashed up with Call Me Maybe is somehow amazing

• My favourite band They Might Be Giants are releasing a new song every week

Thinking about Theatre

• A fascinating interview with one of the people behind Punchdrunk's Sleep No More

• Spare 90 minutes? Enjoy actor Ben Crystal's introduction to Shakespare

• Ayad Akhtar's antidote to digital dehumanisation? Live Theatre

R.I.P. Vine of the Week

• Bikini Bottom just got real...

And there we go. There were a lot of cool things that didn't fit this week, maybe some of them will find some space next week. But please keep your recommendations and feedback coming!You can find all the archives at tinyletter.com/fimjishwick, and you can also send your friends their to tell them to sign up. I don't really do any promotion, so I'm super grateful to everyone who's told someone about this. Thank you!Speaking of new subscribers, you're all wonderful, but in particular I want to give a quick shoutout to Betty Paul: You're an inspiration, good luck with your Masters!See ye next weeek,JimxoxoPS. Go support Indigenous X on Patreon for 100% Indigenous owned & run media