cranky is more than a mood — its an attitude
Mel recently asked if I had any good readings on death… what a question. Yes, i have too many good readings on death too count – but from what angle. We explored the usual suspects – Goulish’s 39 Microlectures which brought us to Kathy Acker, Peggy Phelan’s tribute to the dying student which begged me [...]
Every time I wrap my New Yorker onto itself while riding the light rail, I think of the jolting, crowded, smelly 7 train. Collapsing my reading is second nature, even if I have yards of empty space around me on my commute home. The reading hasn’t changed, either. First choice for my purse is The [...]
ever since i saw district 9, i’ve had a draft in my blog posts by the same title. but i couldn’t seem to get my head around all of the nuances, problems, promises and general malarkey of the film. thank god for bully bloggers guest writer, jayna brown who breaks it down and lays it [...]
Was reading this month’s Frieze. An article about the current state of theory in the arts offers comments from various professors of art, art history and criticism from around the world. Following are a few thoughtful claims from the article that struck a chord with me.
George Baker (UCLA, Art History) describes a recent “undeniable anti-theoretical [...]
This great book has been recalled by the library, I have to give it back.
“Rhythmanalysis of Mediterranean Cities”
Reprinted in Writings on Cities (1996) p. 228-29
Henri Lefebvre and Catherine Regulier
It is impossible to understand urban rhythms without referring to the general theory, which we will call ‘rhythmanalsysis’ related particularly to these rhythms but not only these. [...]
This great article in the NYT last month focuses on how the unemployed are spending their time…
On an average weekday, the unemployed sleep an hour more than their employed peers. They tidy the house, do laundry and yard work for more than two hours, twice as much as the employed. The unemployed also spend an [...]
omg. i just read the article in the nyt about the financial ruin of annie leibovitz. you’d think i’d be stunned by her $24M debt, or perhaps struck by the possibility that she’ll loose control of her work… no. i’m really just annoyed by this absurd quote from tina brown of vanity fair:
“Annie is not [...]
I read a great article on the train this morning from this month’s Cabinet. It opened with an analysis of Lee Harvey Oswald casting him as an attractive young man and his open shirt at the time of arrest as ahead of the Beatles’ curve. Indeed. An image of him with a raised fist is [...]