June 2009
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May 2009
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April 2009
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Today's Hauntological Headline of Today
Obama Welcomes Specter to the Democratic Fold - NYTimes.com A Spectre is haunting the Democratic Party: The Spectre of Specter.
Hillary puts it well
Antidisingenuousmentarianism: “Okay, so it’s very weird to write about this, but it’s also very weird not to. … Three people getting shot to death about two blocks from your house, in the heart of your idyllic neighborhood. The thing is, by writing about it, you make it seem like it’s about you, which it’s not. … some statement of support or sadness or...
She's so tall!
catbird:
G20 Wives
March 2009
17 posts
“WORK:
Crime is a job.
Sex is a job.
Growing up is a job.
Religion is a job....”
– Talking Heads’ Truisms: Unpublished Thoughts From The Stop Making Sense LP Sleeve - Rate Your Music
“Time that is intolerant
Of the brave and the innocent,
And indifferent in a...”
– In Memory of W.B. Yeats by WH Auden
“You have a dog, and I have a cat. We agree that they are each worth a billion...”
– Wall Street on the Tundra | vanityfair.com
Dark Visions →
perpetua:
I fully expect the Watchmen movie to be awful, so I’m very sympathetic to the harsh reviews that have been popping up, including this especially hyperbolic notice from The Quietus. However, this review by The New Yorker’s Anthony Lane grates on me in the worst way, not because he dislikes the film or its source material (bold move!), but because he trashes comics/superhero fans in such...
Dark Visions: The Current Cinema: The New Yorker →
Lane tips his hand by revealing three of “Watchmen’s” final-act revelations: the identity of the villain, the nature of his scheme, and the heroes’ response to that scheme. This review appeared on the New Yorker’s website on March 1, almost a week before the film hits theaters. The average New Yorker reader probably won’t have seen the film 5 days in advance...
Dark Visions: The Current Cinema: The New Yorker →
You want to hear Moore’s attempt at urban jeremiad? “This awful city, it screams like an abattoir full of retarded children.” That line from the book may be meant as a punky retread of James Ellroy, but it sounds to me like a writer trying much, much too hard; either way, it makes it directly into the movie, as one of Rorschach’s voice-overs.
Lane implies here that the line isn’t originally...
Dark Visions: The Current Cinema: The New Yorker →
I’m trying to collate my problems with Anthony Lane’s review of “Watchmen,” which film I of course have not seen.
The first thing that nags at me: he opens by appraising “The world of the graphic novel” - the few masterworks (he mentions “Maus” and “Persepolis,” both serious-minded memoiristic nonfiction pieces, the politics of which he...
The Complex Bond Between Mountain Goats’ John... →
At any minute, John Darnielle’s official site will announce when and where copies of Satanic Messiah will be available, and Wesley, along with the rest of Mountain Goats Nation, is desperate for the information. Darnielle actually set up the EP for digital download last week on his website; fans could purchase the record via PayPal, and pay what they want. Wesley paid $20 and has already listened...
February 2009
18 posts
Bohemian Sprawl Hits the Limits in Los Angeles -... →
“A sad flower shop on the corner, she thought, could become a miniature Whole Foods. An upholstery store could be a gastropub where she and friends would grab a beer, and a neglected 1940s diner could become a retro spot for a quick meal. But Ms. Cook has stopped fantasizing about what might be, and started worrying about what might shut down. The flower store has closed; no gourmet market...
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Why do I miss Ithaca? Because I am made nostalgic by the idea of a dance party celebrating the conclusion of a German Studies conference. And I am made all the more wistful by a poster advertising this event that is illustrated by a photo of Walter Benjamin and the slogan GET RUINED.
Tell me, why can’t I make something like that happen here?
The Waitresses, “No Guilt.”
Ben & Jerry's created the "Yes Pecan!" ice cream...
barthel:
teamsassypants:
They asked people to fill in the blank to the following statement: For George W. we created “_________.” Here are some of their favorite responses: 1. Grape Depression 2. Abu Grape 3. Cluster Fudge 4. Nut’n Accomplished 5. Iraqi Road 6. Chock ‘n Awe 7. WireTapioca 8. Impeach Cobbler 9. Guantanamallow 10. imPeachmint 11. Good Riddance You Lousy Motherfucker...
Evidence
I left the house for a few hours today. I kept forgetting that it is Valentine’s Day, but here are the things that periodically reminded me:
* The movie theater downtown is showing “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” today and tomorrow only. This is fortuitous, as I am writing a paper on the film; I will go see it, tomorrow afternoon, alone.
* I overheard a student in the library...
Arthur Russell, “You Can Make Me Feel...
The Savage Critic(s): Abhay's Brief Note About... →
Let’s not forget about Young Neil.