January 2012
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“I don’t see that. No, I’d rather say that Andy Warhol is the American Ai Weiwei.”
– Ai Weiwei At Home With Ai Weiwei
Jan 27th
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Jan 21st
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“Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: “Fool,” said my...”
– Astrophel & Stella, Sir Philip Sidney, 1580s
Jan 19th
“Here’s what I do. I get on Amazon; I type in ‘Liberal books’....”
– Austin James These astroturf libertarians are the real threat to internet democracy by George Monbiot Icky.
Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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“Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me … they live in their...”
– The Woz as quoted in The New Groupthink Long live the cubicle.
Jan 15th
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Simone Clouseau: One has to have children before one has grand-children.
Sir Charles Lytton: You wouldn't dare.
Simone Clouseau: Jacques would make a wonderful father, he has many redeeming qualities you know.
Sir Charles Lytton: Name one.
Simone Clouseau: He's kind, loyal, faithful…obedient.
Sir Charles Lytton: You're either married to a boy scout or a dachshund.
Jan 12th
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Jan 10th
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“I don’t really understand the point of what you are saying. Of course...”
– sushisushisushi /r/aesthetics, I love you.
Jan 10th
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“Nothing is more curious and awkward than the relationship of two people who only...”
– Death In Venice, Thomas Mann Kind of how I feel catching the bus and seeing the same strangers’ faces every day. Tomorrow I’m passing out blank name tags and Sharpies.
Jan 9th
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December 2011
23 posts
“It is good to walk like this early in the morning, with senses rejuvenated and...”
– A Man and His Dog, 1918, Thomas Mann
Dec 25th
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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“Observing versus living is the most profound difference here. The notion of...”
– The good of work, 2010, Liam Gillick
Dec 22nd
“I enjoy that feeling of not really know what we’re doing. That’s...”
– Stuart Bailey speaking about Dot Dot Dot in his 2009 lecture to the SVA MFA Designer as Author students.
Dec 20th
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“The differences between a novel and an elaborate piece of mechanical drawing...”
– Asleep in the Afternoon, E.C. Large
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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“Any attempt to represent through art will always deploy a degree of artifice –...”
– Abstract - Liam Gillick
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
“As a species, we tend to hold massive global wars when we’re having...”
– Capitalism and Shreddies – Charlie Brooker
Dec 18th
Dec 12th
“To those who might wish to “torrent” this video: look, I don’t...”
– Louis C.K. has just released a new hour of stand-up. Worth it.
Dec 10th
Perfect Hair Forever →
A friend of mine just put out his first EP on Bandcamp. He’s too shy to promote it himself, so I’m going to annoy him by taking care of it. Go have a listen if you’re into bedroom rock’n’roll. If you’re not, listen anyway, and send him a nice message via Bandcamp. He’ll appreciate it.
Dec 8th
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Dec 5th
Brand New Worlds: Corporate Makeovers and Dead... →
Dig Andrew Blauvelt’s writing, dig the new Walker Art Center site, dig outmoded slang.
Dec 5th
Dec 4th
“What bothered me about the artist’s talk was the implicit ethic—that the...”
– Why Bother? – Angie Keefer Bulletins of the Serving Library #2 The irony of posting this on the bastion of the ‘shopping cart method of thought’ is not lost on me.
Dec 2nd
Dec 2nd
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“He went the way that go he must, a little idly, a little irregularly, whistling...”
– Tonio Kröger – Thomas Mann
Dec 1st
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November 2011
16 posts
Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 27th
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Casting Call: Venture Brothers →
Matt and I decided to spend our Tuesday afternoon casting a hypothetical cartoon-to-live action adaptation of one our co-favourite cartoons, The Venture Bros. Why we’re not getting paid by TMZ for starting an alternate universe rumour mill, I really cannot fathom.
Nov 21st
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Nov 17th
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Nov 15th
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Interrogation Mark #1
Given the coming financial meltdown, now is obviously the best time to start working on a project that won’t make money. So I am. It’s called Interrogation Mark or ? for short. ? is an online publication, with a new edition each quarter. The first issue is about Collections. If you have something you currently collect, used to collect, or really want to collect, the royal we would...
Nov 14th
“Now we’re just broadcasting our stream of consciousness, live from Central...”
– William Deresiewicz - Faux Friends Articles like this tear me in two. On the one hand, I agree with the sentiment entirely. Friendships are a lot like books, the more of them you read, the less you’re likely to become truly intimate with any of them. Though, maybe it doesn’t matter....
Nov 14th
Nov 10th
“The only consequence of my going out would be that later I should have to come...”
– Asleep in the Afternoon, E.C. Large
Nov 8th
“COLOGNE, Germany (AP) – Take a book, leave a book. In the birthplace of the...”
– Read more I’m pretty sure this is the first time Germany’s ever made my day. There’s something about a decentralised system for the free re-distribution of (physical) books that gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
Nov 7th
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Overzealous cleaner ruins £690,000 artwork that... →
The work, called When It Starts Dripping From the Ceiling (Wenn’s anfängt durch die Decke zu tropfen), comprised a rubber trough placed underneath a rickety wooden tower made from slats. Inside the trough, Kippenberger had spread a layer of paint representing dried rainwater. He thought it was art: the cleaner saw it as a challenge, and set about making the bucket look like new. This...
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