January 2012
12 posts
Brian Dillon - Sanctuary
On yet another trip to SFMOMA to see the Serra exhibit and Sharon Lockhart’s Lunch Break before they both moved on, I wandered around the shop afterwards and ended up spending more than I meant to, but the catalogue for the Serra was on sale for 30 bucks, and they had a rather nice sweatshirt that ended up being way too big for me, and in the criticism section, misfiled to be sure, I...
“Existence is set against itself, out of joint, the rocks that are and the men...”
– from Depositions by Antonio Iannarone
Prague Cemetery
I finished the new Umberto Eco novel today, Prague Cemetery. I described it in about 47 different ways to various people, trying to get at the core of what made me like it and feel distanced from it all at the same time.
It’s an odd book, like Eco’s fiction can be. His focus on history can lead to a pretty glacial narrative pace. That’s definitely the case here, it’s not a...
Ben Owen - Birds and Water, 1
It was a surprise, although a pleasant one no doubt, to get some tapes from Notice Recordings a week or so ago. The Ben Owen one “Birds and Water, 1” being the most immediately exciting. I’ve made my way through a few times now and have to say, it’s rather a lovely little thing. (it has actually refused to leave my cassette deck, so the others are waiting patiently) Side...
Ladies, When You Post Pictures of Yourselves on...
akraticbehaviour:
Please don’t add self-deprecating tags like “I’m ugly” or “I look dumb.”
Please don’t add self-demeaning captions like “I’m ugly” or “I look dumb.”
Please don’t think self-effacing thoughts like “I’m ugly” or “I look dumb.
It’s incredibly unfortunate to see a generation of teen girls raised to communicate with disclaimers about their self-confidence and caveats of self-hate....
Watchnew favorite
The Best US Map →
David Imus worked alone on his map seven days a week for two full years. Nearly 6,000 hours in total. It would be prohibitively expensive just to outsource that much work. But Imus-a 35-year veteran of cartography who’s designed every kind of map for every kind of client-did it all by himself. He used a computer (not a pencil and paper), but absolutely nothing was left to...
Down By The Station, Early In The Morning
It all wears out. I keep telling myself this, but
I can never believe me, though others do. Even things do.
And the things they do. Like the rasp of silk, or a certain
Glottal stop in your voice as you are telling me how you
Didn’t have time to brush your teeth but gargled with Listerine
Instead. Each is a base one might wish to touch once more
Before dying. There’s the moment years ago in...
December 2011
14 posts
“If you want to bring down the system, you don’t want it to crash down on...”
– http://theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/12/after-the-fall-of-the-tents/250399/
2011 in Music Kind of But Not Really I Should Have...
(edited to add: Since this is making some small amount of rounds, wanted to say given some recent acquisitions/purchases, there’s a lot from 2011 that I would want here, now that I’ve heard them. Hoping to get some of them written up, even if briefly, in the next few weeks. Will add links to this post as they’re tackled.)
It’s been a weird year in a number of ways. I have...
Das Racist - The Illuminati Zone: Lakutis - I'm In... →
dasracistilluminati:
Lakutis, the clean up hitter (you can call him the pooper scooper), has been lurking his blonde-locked self around the Das Racist crew for a minute now, popping in for fire guest verses on “Swate” and “Booty In The Air,” not to mention an almost-dangerously electric performance with DR at…
This thing ^, that one, it is good. It is a good thing.
November 2011
17 posts
the soundtrack for Anger’s Puce Moment is...
thanks, giving
i’ve been indulging my hermit tendencies a lot the past month or so. work’s been insane and rewarding, but also draining.
my little christmas tree is up, i’m listening to beautiful droning noises very loudly, my cat is curled up next to me, i’m drinking a belgian beer and reading an interview with aaron cometbus in a tiny magazine i’d never seen before that i bought...
premiumsoda:
EASIER THAN THAT OTHER POST
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October 2011
27 posts
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“Our goal, obviously, isn’t to cause injury to...
dwineman:
the Oakland Chief of Police said, as a thin golden arc erupted gracefully into the air, bending ever so slightly downward and finally coming to rest on the moist, ruined form of the word “obviously.”
The Chief wiped his dick on a lamppost and grinned, teeth like rubber bullets.
The Huffington Post points out that retired U.S.... →
inothernews:
So Oakland’s cops did what sniper’s bullets, improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades couldn’t: they hurt a U.S. soldier.
Good job, Oakland PD.
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