December 2010
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How does vision, for example, manage to banish the darkness and density of brute...
– Taylor Carmen (in “Merleau-Ponty”)
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Radiohead - 01 and 10 →
So I just tried this, and while it kind of has that Dark Side of the Rainbow feel to it, there’s no denying it’s got me wondering… (plus: a cool new playlist, to boot).
Regardless of the (lack of) intention here, I’m really digging this kind of medium-transcending depth in music. No doubt I’ll someday get to doing some experiments with this in film.
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Rosenhan experiment [Shock Corridor] →
Last night I watched Shock Corridor (Sam Fuller, 1963) based on reddit’s recommendation, and it turned out to be pretty damn good. Fuller did a fantastic job of weaving eerie, alarming, chaotic moments into the otherwise really classical looking black and white 50s hospital setting; the momentary diversions to colour, for instance, had a particularly strong impact on my senses, drawing me...
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Good to know...
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Cultural stupidity, or "AMERICA:...
Here, fellow thinkers, is an example of a fucking good article.
It deals—very broadly speaking—with “cultural ignorance [as the precursor for cultural stupidity] generated by American hyper-capitalism in the form of junk affluence.”
Below are some disjointed excerpts that struck me as both highly relevant and astute. (My intent is not to reduce them to pastiche; just to shorten the...
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Concept/Art exhibit at MoMA.
All at once it’s: wavy, wacky, cool, crisp, uplifting, enlightening, hilarious, and most of all: hypnotizing. I’m a fan.
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Some incredible images from the recent...
Good to see the English aren’t yet beyond actually doing shit about something!
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This is so sad, sick, and disgusting.
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What makes an Awesome day:
Having a meeting with your Honours advisor that goes 300% better than planned.
Drinks at the bar with classmates re: group project (with bonus surprise appearance by girlfriend and (boy)friend!)—that turns into ordering multiple pitchers and ultimately ordering Jack shots for all.
Showing up to class noticeably late (oops) and noticeably tipsy—our prof soon becoming fully aware of our...