Tag Archives: Iggy Pop

Structural Linguists: rareified style

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Dave

A faint notion of the rarefied realms in which Structural Linguists operated, and the mode in which they wrote, could be easily grasped through a random sampling of the style. From Syntactic Structures by Noam Chomsky ( 1957): When transformational … Continue reading →

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iggy: genius of action. raw action

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: one of the things i love so much about iggy is that astonishing mind of his. i’m not saying he’s an intellectual genius (although he actually seems to be in interviews). or that his mind is broken … Continue reading →

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T.V. Eye: prez in the fun house

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dave

Network television. Just what we’d expect the President to have a relish for. The commander in chief watching Neilson rated drama. This president with elite status I.Q. A stinging critique, but nothing here that is not known; America is a … Continue reading →

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breakfast in america: pass on the second helpings

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Dave

Obama and those “new democracies.” They have to loosen up, chill out, get down and let if flow. But what about the old dogs in the area, or are they granted a free pass, a get out of jail card, … Continue reading →

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common sense: gossiping around the village pump

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Dave

The decline of common sense and why we might wish to revive it…. A truly surprising paradox is implied in all this. Prideful thought and common sense stand at opposite poles, yet the poles turn out to be the very … Continue reading →

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“something sweet about life”

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Dave

An argument in favor of reviving common sense…. Someone once mentioned to Dr. Samuel Johnson a certain person who claimed to see no distinction between virtue and vice. To which Johnson replied: “If he does really think that there is … Continue reading →

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stooges: a captivating public

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dave

What? He captivated the Arab world? It was previously thought that walking on water and loaves of bread and nets full of fish were associated with Christian culture. But heck, with Mohammed Morsi, there is no telling where charisma can … Continue reading →

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friedman: just one of the boys

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Dave

Thomas Friedman seems to be approaching his expiry date according to the package, that boxed and perishable piece of goods called “dogmatic lefty” . The same recycling of Kraft Dinner socialism and status conscious white liberalism based on that hierarchy … Continue reading →

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measure a gong

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is marc bolan. this is the full image of the photo that was cropped down to just his head for the classic T.Rex LP cover on ‘The Slider”. this is a photo snapped by his buddy, … Continue reading →

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iggy and artaud

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Dave

Does the world need a new shaman? There are some slides on the net which show Iggy Pop and the Stooges playing at a high school on Michigan in December of 1970. The connection of Iggy with Artaud is always … Continue reading →

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