October 2008
September 2008
bailout plan:
bunnynico:
Pass emergency bill legalizing marijuana in the interests of public health and safety so the American public can chill out while they watch the U.S. crash & burn
Democrats, contact Paul Krugman ASAP to devise an alternate economic rescue proposal
emily haines and the soft skeleton - reading in...
“Love is all a matter of timing. It’s no good meeting the right person too soon...”
– 2046, Wong Kar Wai (via bunnynico)
andrew bird @ hiro
mindy is amazing and got me on the list for the sold out andrew bird show next monday! so excited!
The Media Equation - Daring to Say Loans Made No... →
THE MASSES →
an awesome artist collective
Human Rights Watch - Defending Human Rights... →
perhaps a new haircut
last night i went to the new york film festival with matt and we saw wendy and lucy. it was an excellent film and now i really want the haircut that michelle williams had in it.
Alex Kuczynski: Obsessions - New York Times →
book binge
so many books, so little time…a list of my recent purchases:
infinite jest - david foster wallce
secret knowledge (rediscovering the lost techniques) - david hockney
the politics of deceit - glenn w. smith
the human condition - hannah arendt
the mole people - jennifer toth
a peoples history of the united states - howard zinn
the road of lost innocence - somaly mam
in persuasion...
beck - go it alone
beach house - childhood
readers beware you’re in for a scare
um…best duke review yet?
dukersizeme:
Today, I ate a rock band.
On guitar: Chicken. Bass: Marinara sauce. Drums? You guessed it, the flat pressed bread that could only be the work of a Duke Panini. Lead singer? More marinara sauce. On side, for dipping purposes. Imagine my surprise, close-follower of stocks and markets, shrewd investor as I am (like Warren Buffet only I can still get it...
to be honest, i’m actually more of a fan of the stately english home than contemporary minimalist architecture.
groombridge place in kent
Arch Daily →
this is a truly great contemporary architecture blog
Editorial Observer - Wasilla Watch - Sarah Palin... →
what??!?
“The Third Reich mentality of the hipsterdom of Williamsburg would chew alive and...”
– http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2008/09/cassandra_cinem.html
finally my williamsburg art house movie theater idea has come to fruition!
A Heroine From the Brothels - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com →
hopefully I’ll be able to swing by the bookstore across the street and pick up Somaly Mam’s The Road of Lost Innocence. kristof’s op-ed reminded me of this article that was in the new yorker in may: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/05/080505fa_fact_finnegan
Is Paulson's bailout bill unconstitutional? - By... →
Dashwood Books →
birthday?
nan goldin - couples and loneliness
tom sandberg - photographs 1989 - 2006
michael schmelling - tv books
jacksonwardfilm: between the two of us, we are going to get to the bottom of america’s sickness
Joseph Romm: Why Smart Talkers Lose Debates and... →
normally not a fan of huffington post but this article is well done
The Morgan Library & Museum - Current Exhibitions... →
I was fascinated by the article in the new yorker about babar and the imperialist textual readings that have been done recently. The Morgan library is having an exhibit of Jean de Brunhoff’s original drawings and hopefully I’ll be able to go on Saturday.
devendra banhart - bad girl
I’ve been a bad...
My mother was interviewed by the New School’s president, former Nebraska gov and senator, Bob Kerrey, this evening. I unfortunately missed the talk since I had class, but I was able to attend the dinner afterwards which proved to be a quite remarkable affair.
Let me preface with a brief history of the New School, an insitute where I am a masters student in media studies. The graduate...
Why Make Movies?
bendickinson:
In cinema we have the unique opportunity to communicate through FILMSPACE, a kind of illusion specific to the moving image that can simultaneously suggest objective reality and subjective reality in a potentially transcendent gestalt.
In traditional Hollywood cinema, we see the reliance on suspension of disbelief, the premise that we are watching an objective reality with the...
term of the day
progressive corporatism
there is so much to learn, to experience, to achieve… it isn’t that i feel overwhelmed by all that i’ve taken on over the past few months, rather i find every day to be more inspiring than the next. i wrote to a friend earlier that i am like a sponge; i soak up experiences, relationships, emotions, literature, films, discussions…i savor all of these because this is what it...
nick lucas - without you, sweetheart
McCain aide: NYT not legit news source - Mike... →
are these people insane?
Barack Obama, John McCain and the Language of Race... →
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Watchmy god what amazing art direction
just bought the politics of deceit: saving freedom and democracy from extinction by glenn smith. should be a good read. i also love that whenever i go to my parents house, i always return back home with about a dozen books which i have been instructed to read.
the knife - na na na