September 2010
1 post
A Heads Up
I’ve noticed that this blog as a few new followers. First off, thanks for following. I am no longer blogging on this website. I’m still on Tumblr though. I now blog at modern and im/material things. The writing is a little more focused on culture and the internet. Hopefully some of you will check it out. Cheers.
February 2010
7 posts
Goodbye for Now
I’m retiring this blog for a bit. Instead, I am going to explore some of my ideas regarding the Internet, digital culture and media measurement on another blog, modern and im/material things. Hopefully the six of you that read my blog will follow the new blog.
“Articulation of the elites, segmentation and disorganization of the masses seem...”
– Manuel Castells, The Rise of the Network Society (446) (via marxistsinspace)
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"To be sure, cityscapes are not made of flesh."
A still from the Arab version of A Serious Man or an homage to the banality of war.
The photo is from Foreign Policy’s collection of war photographs.
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Hijab-Wearing Women Like Rock Music, Eat Chocolate
“Rock appeals because it rebels against the norm, it sells on the angst of not belonging – something women in hijab relate to,” she says. “It’s the natural choice for a hijabi.” From the Guardian’s “Hijab-Wearing Women Rock:Why hijab-wearing Muslim women have a real affinity for hard rock”
The article is about Hijab wearing women who like rock...
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WatchWhat if Tarantino, Herzog, Goddard, Anderson and Lynch directed the Super Bowl?
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Snooki Inspired Memes.
The Rules:
Grab this Photo:
Then do this:
Download this transparent PNG file of Snooks, and fire up your photoshops
Post your best Snickershop, and tag it “Snookieshop”
Reblog
Go here for inspiration. Thanks to the daily what for the heads up.
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Someone Crazier than Lady Gaga:
Karin Dreijer Andersson of the Knife and Fever Ray.
I do love the Lady G, but she should take some performance art lessons from Karin. Just saying.
January 2010
2 posts
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Radiohead "All I Need"
Gorgeous. Even more moving than the original video.
December 2009
3 posts
Two Minimal Takes on Tarantino Films
The work of Ibraheem Youssef
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WTF Comcast
From WTF Comcast (Proof that whoever writes the Comcast OnDemand Descriptions is Drunk):
Demi Moore’s “Seventh Sign”
Description:
“The signs of the Apocalypse from the book of revelation seem to be coming to pass. A young woman (Demi Moore) thinks they’re real and her unborn child is in peril. Honey, if it’s the apocalypse, we’re all in peril,...
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Efterklang and The Danish National Chamber
Efterklang, a Danish band whose music is as epic but more joyful than Sigur Ros’, re-released their album Parades with the Danish National Chamber. Let me tell you, other than TNT’s Law and Order SVU marathon, this album has made battling a sinus cold a little better. And their new album promises to be brilliant as well!
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SpongeBob SquarePants Plush by Karl Lagerfeld
This takes the Christian Right’s accusations of SpongeBob to whole new levels.
November 2009
16 posts
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Like, OMG, Gay is the New Black
The media won’t shut up about this. Get over it. Seriously. Adam Lambert making out with a man on stage is not really transgressive. Can we talk about how much the song, amongst other things, sucked last night? Because it did.
“AMAs: Umm, so this happened.”
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Unnecessary Samuel L. Jackson Video Clip of the...
An insanely bad movie save for this brilliant scene. After all these years, I still wonder how this movie was ever made. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? It makes the plot of Anaconda look Oscar worthy.
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Tea Baggers: A Documentary?
I wish this was a joke but apparently it’s not. The whole “Transformers” style voice-over really holds it all together.
Via NY MAG
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Crystal Castles, "Untrust Us"
Crystal Castles, “Untrust Us.” Love this. A lot. Reminds me of something that I can’t quite place but I love it just the same.
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Still: Songs from the Second Floor
A brilliant satire of corporate life. One of my all time-favorite films ever. Songs from the Second Floor is unlike any film you will ever see. Beautifully directed. Ugh, I need to rent it again.
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The Art of Walton Ford
Detail of ‘Dirty Dick Burton’s Aide de Camp’ 2002 (detail)
Meet Walton Ford, my new favorite artist.
I’ll spare you my opinions of his work and instead quote Walton discussing his own work:
“The big, big thing I’m always looking for in my work is a sort of attraction-repulsion thing, where the stuff is beautiful to begin with until you notice that some sort of horrible...
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3 Takes on Muslin, or A Return of Satire Friday
First two posts via Retropolitics.
The last is a SNL classic: SNL: Crazy McCain Rally Lady. “No, Ma’am, he’s not a Arab.” “…Let me tell ya, it says he, ah, he convorts with terriers”
I think reality is satirical enough.
The Venn of Irony
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'Going Muslim,' or Sometimes Cultural Idioicy is...
Tunku Varadarajan, a professor at NYU’s Stern Business School, wrote a remarkable piece in Forbes a few days ago. ‘Going Muslim’ is remarkable not because it’s brilliant or reflects critical acumen; it’s remarkable because its idiotic, racist drive toward continuing to ‘other’ Arab/Muslim men was written by an ‘other.’ Here are some choice...
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Three (Virginia) Wolf Moon Shirt, or
Best. satire. of an Internet meme. Ever. I need to own this shirt, stat.
via Bordom.net
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Monday Morning with Slavoj Zizek
Zizek on Capitalism, Health Care and the ‘ideology of choice.’ Zizek is as brilliant as ever.
Via Critical Culture.
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Romaine Brooks, or My New Favorite Artist
Brooks’ Bio: “Romaine Brooks was a lesbian artist who is known for her portraiture as well as for her nonmonogamous dating patterns. She produced many paintings throughout her career that depicted confident women dressed in fashionable men’s clothing, and of her many lovers - especially her primary partner of fifty years, Natalie Barney. Her portraits, especially those she created...
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Shame on you, "Yes on 1" Voters
How dare you “Yes on 1” voters celebrate, revel in the denigration of other people’s love. How dare you use morality as justification for explicit bigotry, the promulgation of your idiotic ideology and antiquated notions of tradition and sanctity. How dare you use the rhetoric of traditional values to further subjugate fellow citizens, to relegate them to something lower than...
October 2009
11 posts
MOMA's rejection of Warhol's Gift
thedailywhat:
Letter of Note of the Day: Pre-Pop Andy Warhol’s generous drawing donation gets rejected by the Museum of Modern Art.
“[W]e feel it is not fair to accept as a gift a work which may be shown only infrequently.” I bet I know someone who wishes they had a time machine right about now.
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FAIL.
Visual: Feminist Analysis of Disney's Female...
via Contexts.org’s “Sociological Images”
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A Few Thoughts about Privacy and Social Media: A...
I have been on a tumbling hiatus lately. For the three of you that read my tumble log with regularity, I extend my deepest, most heartfelt apologies. My hiatus is, however, a little justified because I, along with 15 of my friends, have been working on an online journal about people and their social media practices. The project, which has the working title “We Are Local,” is a giant tumble log of...
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File Under: The Biggest Queen that Ever Lived
A Madonna joke for the caption of this photo would be too easy. Too easy. Karl, you will always be the queen of my heart even if I find most of your designs boring as all hell.
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The Social Media Matchup, Visually Speaking
This is a well created visual of how three top social media sites stack up with one another in terms of finances and visitors.
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WatchVolkswagen: Piano Staircase. Brilliant Marketing Tactic.
Via Lauren.
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Today's NYT Headlines:
This front page headline and photo on today’s NYT is priceless. “Pakistanis Are Wary of U.S Aid” = Two Pakistanis sandwiching Ronald McDonald on a park bench in Islamabad. Nothing says U.S Aid like fast food induced type 2 diabetes and liver failure.
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R.I.P. Gourmet Magazine
“The tipster who sent these pictures says, “By 1pm it is completely empty. Not a soul left on this side of the 5th floor. Security guards are standing by the elevator as the last of them trickle out. One woman was rushing to process one last invoice. Amazing how fast they cleared this place out.”
Via Gawker.
This is truly depressing.
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Arcade Fire's "Wake Up" Feat. David Bowie
An amazing song just got even better. Who knew this song needed Bowie. Now I’ll have to starting imagining all the Wild Things commercials with this version of “Wake Up” in the background and continue bawling through them. Sad but true.
Via MinorJive Via Heyitsjayme
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9 More Days:
No, I do not have an unhealthy obsession with this book or film. More importantly, how great is this poster? Seriously? I just love the drawing of Max in the upper left-hand corner. It’s a great and wonderfully stylized take on an iconic book.
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Facebook: How Happy Are We (on Facebook)?
The folks over at Facebook analyzed the status updates of its users to generate an index of national happiness. They basically sourced status updates for key words like ” aThe process is more interesting than final results, I think. Nevertheless the experiment is worth reading:
“Every day, through Facebook status updates, people share how they feel with those who matter most in their...
September 2009
126 posts
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Note to Self
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Thunderheist, "Jerk It"
thunderheist - jerk it from thatgo on Vimeo.
Everything, I mean everything, about this song and video makes it house music, booty-shaking genius. Best use of a rooster ever.
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Too Much Fun with Chromeo's Remix Widget
Smart and fun use of a Flash widget by Chromeo to market their new album.
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Romance, OKCupid Style: You're Pretty, Very...
“Dating site OKCupid analyzed 500,000 inquiry messages and found, as shown in the chart at left, that calling a woman “pretty” decreased a man’s chance of getting a response. Women prefer comments about their interests, not looks. [Sociological Images]”
I’d prefer ”You’re pretty” over “your pretty” any day.
Via Susan Via...
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Mint.Com Advertises Product with Analysis of the...
Nice Work, Mint.com. Via Gawker.
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PR Meets the UN
genius, esp. the use of Qaddafi. I think product decals on his tent would do the trick as well.
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The Evolution of Photoshop
Brilliant.
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Internet Memes in Cake Form, or the Best Birthday...
This cake was made by my friend Maeve for a mutual friend’s birthday. The cake was intended to be a joke and not a celebration per se of Zynga’s Farmville game. It is one layer of chocolate cake with a layer of vanilla cake. Walnut buttercream frosting separates the layers and is used to adhere the fondant to the rice crispy shapes that were used to make the vegetables. This cake is...
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Comme Des Garcons Jacket, or
…a jacket I want in my closet right now. This piece is from her 2009 ready to wear collection. The door to her store in Chelsea is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
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"Our Crazies are Less Crazy than your Crazies"
Via Gawker.