Tag Archives: Russell Smith

summer of discontent: is the end near?

” The nature of people is first crude, then severe,  then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.” ( Vico) People have no doubt been bemoaning the decadence of the times since the expulsion from the Garden. But what actually constitutes decadence … Continue reading

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dix & the creative curse: if hollywood say so its O.K.

The idea was to find an idiom that best suited him to criticize the society he found himself: essentially, a capitalist bourgeois Germany. After returning from the front, he passed through the expressionist, futurist and dada schools before settling on … Continue reading

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shapes of things:sound sculptures & sonorities “insolite”

The idea at the time, according to two Frenchmen named Baschet, was that Western music was mired in an instrumental tradition that was as inappropriate to the age of science as it was superbly sympathetic to the eighteenth-century, in which … Continue reading

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poet leaks : a hacking of verse

Julian Assange’s recently leaked e-mails to a young lover is a collection of  some awkward attempts at poetic charming. A romantic poet he is not; yet the love letters probably reveal more about him than the headlines do.   Although … Continue reading

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In control with a knobby hobby: hipsters kind of blue

Controllerism replacing Turntablism. Beware of the ism’s? Are laptop DJ’s the new underground? Is it a new kind of music or a new kind of instrument? Its called “controllerism” but the name may not be totally apt in describing this  … Continue reading

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SHARE THE LOUD HAILER: If It Doesn’t Spread Its Dead.

Or, similarly, “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing.” Fans reject the idea of a definitive version produced, authorized, and regulated by some media conglomerate. Instead, fans envision a world where all of us can participate … Continue reading

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HEY Playboy! SPREAD or go DEAD: Go #@+* Participation…

In Barbara Ehrenreich‘s book, Hearts of Men, she talks about the launching of Playboy in 1953. At that time, a man who stayed single was suspected of homosexuality. The idea of being straight, of sound mind and body, and unmarried … Continue reading

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SHAPES OF THINGS: Complicit in the Act of the Meme

“Everything is shit. We apply meaning, value, and worth to the shit surrounding us. We live by this meaning and by our words. We live by worth and apply value, but everything is shit.” “She mutters her poem backwards in … Continue reading

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THE ULTIMATUM TEAM: ARE WE ALL PLAYING IN THE SAME BAND?

We’re all playing in the same band There’s enough guitars for you and me Stand beside your brother and take his hand Seems the times are changing finally We’re all playing in the same band Sing the song together and … Continue reading

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THE SECOND SKIN PLAYERS

Ziggy and the zentais from Mars. ”And I’m all for it. This is the perfect avenue to make a bold fashion statement but preserve one’s anonymity. One can say the person attracted to zentai exhibits signs of attention whoredom. I … Continue reading

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