Posts Tagged with "Prospect"

Koons, Hirst, et al: The Dustbin of Art History

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

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The UK’s Prospect Magazine has an interesting, instructive discussion of the decadent narcissistic bankrupt quality of much modern art. It helped me understand why I find it so repellent, and am so antsy for the next authentic vision to arrive.

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Newsbreaks for Tuesday

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

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I really like this one. Audio version is here. Text:Today, two sniffer dogs supplied by the Motion Picture Association of America helped Malaysian police find nearly 1 million illegal DVDs. Said a Malaysian Customs official, “Given dogs’ natural behavior it’s only logical that they recognize the distinctive odor of most Hollywood movies.” The news is [...]

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Newsbreaks for Tuesday

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

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Podcast now available! San Francisco Giants’ slugger Barry Bonds arrived at spring training today, a day later than the rest of the team. When asked about the delay, Bonds said, “I had trouble finding a vein.” A Federal appeals court ruled today that people detained at Guantanamo Bay by the American military cannot appeal their [...]

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The Stutts Deed

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

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The New York Times’ recent report on student sex magazines, somehow neglected to mention the granddaddy of them all, The Deed, published by students at world-famous Stutts University. Started in 1969 as an underground comic, The Deed has been many things in its long life, including “a radical journal of Wymmyn’s Liberation” and “The Thinking [...]

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Book roundup

Sunday, June 13, 2004

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Here’s what’s on my night-table now, in case you care: Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History, by Devin McKinney This book is very hard to describe; it’s one part Beatle history, one part psychological appraisal of the group and its fandom, with plenty of song-by-song appreciation and Sixties history in there, too. The [...]

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News of the day…

Wednesday, December 17, 2003

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Apparently cartoonist Aaron MacGruder struck a nerve at the recent birthday celebration for The Nation. The Boondocks creator said that the American left-wing should “be mean” if necessary, doing whatever it takes to win power. He even–horrors!–castigated Gore for losing in 2000. “Noble failure is not good enough,” he said. He’s right. Let’s get rid [...]

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