Nona Willis Aronoqitz, editor and daughter twitter conference hashtag: #ellenwillis2011 Ellen Willis on tumblr Rest Is Noise: Willis Resurgent NYT Obituary, 2006 Out of the Vinyl Deep, University of Minnesota Press … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
ARE WE GONNA MUSH?
Image via WikipediaTimes Book Review Letter, May 1, 2011:...Wallace's novel and essay and McCarthy's review are excellent demonstrations that the issues of will and choice and agency are, in our era of neurobiological investigations, not sterile and abstract. They are descending from the lofty and, … [Read more...]
BRADLEY MANNING’S RIGHTS
Image by Steve Rhodes via FlickrBradley Manning is the soldier charged with leaking US government documents to Wikileaks. He is currently detained under degrading and inhumane conditions that are illegal and immoral.For nine months, Manning has been confined to his cell for twenty-three … [Read more...]
DON’T, LOOK PENNEBAKER, REMEMBERS BACK
Greil Marcus interviews D.A. Pennebaker about filming Bob Dylan from New Video Digital on Vimeo.Related articlesUnreleased Bob Dylan Material Coming To Blu-Ray (wncx.radio.com)Why Bob Dylan didn't ring the chimes of freedom over Ai Weiwei (guardian.co.uk)Unsung Heroes: Jim James and Calexico in 'I'm … [Read more...]
TOM TOMORROW: LANGUAGE VIRUS
via DailyKosmore on WisconsinWikipedia: Daily Kos () is an American political blog that publishes news and opinions from a progressive point of view. » … [Read more...]
WISCONSIN ELECTION FRAUD
Image via WikipediaIt's great to see this work on DailyKos-where all talk of election fraud has long been scored, by founder Markos Moulitsas, as "conspiracy theory," and banned from the main page. (It may still be, in fact, as Cieran's updates are running on the Daily Kos Community Site.)Clearly, … [Read more...]
LOATHING MURDOCH’S DAILY
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeLet's count the ways: 90-second load times for each new issuelanding on airhead newsbabe tutorial videosturning the iPad sideways to get contentAP wire copy (I'm supposed to PAY for this?)claustrophobic walled-garden framedid Bill Keller design this? can I … [Read more...]
JARGON ATTACK: SETTLE THIS AMICABLY
East Coast West Coastabsolutely not maybe yes maybe action item by Feb 12 for joe Joe's working on the problembozo subcontractorbrawl design reviewignore him, he's new I'm bringing him up to speed local bar offsite facility meet me in the parking lot let's take that discussion offlineoh shit thanks … [Read more...]
LABOUR OF LUST: NICK LOWE LIVES
Sophomore year in college, Oberlin, Ohio, 1979. Related articlesA Reissue Of Nick Lowe's 'Labour Of Lust' Is 'So Fine' (npr.org)Nick Lowe: Labour of Lust (Review) (popmatters.com)Daily Downloads (The Baseball Project, Nick Lowe, and more) (largeheartedboy.com)A Reissue Of Nick Lowe's 'Labour Of … [Read more...]
First Amendment: SLAPP and tickle
Image via WikipediaSome solid reporting on a little-known legal tactic used against bloggers, the SLAPP attacks, from Nazanin Rafsanjani, On the Media. A previous piece on Citizens United provides the larger backdrop. Related articlesNinth Circuit Upholds Anti-SLAPP Ruling for … [Read more...]
DETERIORATA XI:2
BLURB OF THE MONTH: Zizek however critiqes Hardt and Negri, somewhat unfairly contending that "Negri himself, the guru of the postmodern left, praises digital capitalism as containing in nuce all the elements of communism - one only has to drop the capitalist form and the … [Read more...]
ALMOST LOST DETROIT
--from David Hajdu's The Famous Door blog on New Republic's site. … [Read more...]
HATE TO AGREE WITH ROBERT GATES BUT
Image via WikipediaLate last week, at a talk he gave at West Point, Secretary of Defense Gates made the most remarkable statement. After underlining "the strategic rationale for swift-moving expeditionary forces" in the future, he added, "But in my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises … [Read more...]
MEDIUM MASSAGE
via Illusion... … [Read more...]
BRIAN TORFF, GEORGE SHEARING
Image via WikipediaAs a critic, I spend a lot of energy resisting both cliches and superlatives. Hyperbole be the enemy of specificity, and so on. In this instance I have no hesitation: I heard George Shearing at the Aspen Music Festival in 1979. He played a long, adventurous set with a bassist, … [Read more...]