December 2011
28 posts
“Speaking animals are distant animals who try to communicate through the forest...”
– Jacques Ranciere
“The poem, a prolonged hesitation between sound and meaning.”
– Paul Valery
“Postmodern cynicism is rage that can no longer get it up.”
– Kalle Lasn, Culture Jam
“There is the moment when the silence of the countryside gathers in the ear and...”
– Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
The National (19)
Best Coast (17)
The Beach Boys (11)
Benoit & Sergio (6)
植松伸夫 (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
An Interview with Jeffrey Sachs →
The Occupy movement finds the unlikeliest of allies — one of the sculptors of neo-liberal Shock Therapy of the ‘80’s. As soon as the herald of privatization starts calling for financial regulation and taxes on the rich, I think it becomes clear that something is dreadfully wrong with the current system.
“Don’t forget what your hat and shoes will look like when you are nowhere...”
– Bob Perelman, China
John Cage - 4’33” (Dubstep Remix)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
The Beach Boys (23)
Quit Mumbling (17)
Shit Robot (10)
John Talabot (9)
Glasser (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes... →
Musee des Beaux Arts, by W.H. Auden
About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along; How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting For the miraculous birth, there always must be Children who did not specially want it to happen, skating On a pond at the edge of the wood: They...
“Everyone should go home, this is ridiculous. You should not be doing this. We...”
– Justin Vernon, months ago on what he would say in an acceptance speech if he won a Grammy.
Cripplingly Self-Aware Self-Promotion...
If you happen to be interested in hearing my guest spot on a weekly university radio show, head to this website. The link to download the stream is in the upper-right. I’m responsible for adding the electronic element to the show, and my spot goes on around 12:30 EST on Thursdays, 9:30 of course on the west coast. If you’re interested, a preview of what I’m offering today is...