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in the black and white days guys like us would have been deranged street corner hobos with "the end is near" signs. we've come a long way, baby.
Commented Oct 30, 2009 on This Was Before The Internet Made These Sad and Surreptitious Purchases Unnecessary at BLCKDGRD
This Was Before The Internet Made These Sad and Surreptitious Purchases Unnecessary
Welcome to 2025's premise is the end of American economic and military pre-eminence has long been predicted by America's staunchest and most professional hawks but wasn't supposed to occur for another fifteen years. I can't stop thinking about the major fuckwit at the deli, not my not confro...
like.
Commented Sep 19, 2009 on Theme Song September 2009 at BLCKDGRD
Theme Song September 2009
weird. i just finished my first Jim Thompson novel, _The Killer Inside Me,_ a couple of days ago.
it went like this:
i like Morphine (the band) whose songwriter/singer/bass player (late, great) Mark Sandman's wikipedia article says his "songwriting was influenced by the gritty styles of pulp fiction writer Jim Thompson and crime writer James Ellroy."
so i read the book. it wasn't bad. and two days later i'm reading about Jim Thompson again. the internet. weird.
Commented Jul 2, 2009 on I still can't figure out how to get from the post office to those swings in the park at BLCKDGRD
I still can't figure out how to get from the post office to those swings in the park
Chris Hedges asks: How do we recover what was lost? How do we reclaim the culture that was destroyed by corporations? How do we fight back now that the consumer culture has fallen into a state of decay? What can we do to reverse the cannibalization of government and the national economy by t...
how do you solve a problem like Maria?
Commented May 27, 2009 on Uh...What's Her Name Again? at Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda
Uh...What's Her Name Again?
Huck comes out firing — at 'Maria' Sotomayor And shoots himself in the face. Oy. Dude, at least get her name right before you start launching your attacks. He must be confusing her with his housekeeper. Wait - wasn't she in La Bamba? Anyways, it's time to let the games begin. The next two mon...
i dig that Jacobs House.
seems one of my architectural heroes was also a monumental asshole. which isn't to say this is a trend. some of my best friends are architects.
Commented May 26, 2009 on 50 at Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda
50
This is the Guggenheim museum in New York City. It will turn 50 years old in October. Also, it recently underwent a complete exterior restoration. It looks great, but I have no idea about the inside. When we went today to see the exhibit associated with the anniversary, the line was around the...
mmm Curve.
Commented May 26, 2009 on Song. Mood. at Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda
Song. Mood.
Good book, good links, good music.
LewScannon: we might want to sit down and have a beer with him a little bit less, but we still have to admit that at least the guy speaks in complete sentences, right?
i love the construction of your comment, CG. who's more bold the dupes or the guy who duped 'em? which makes it hard to believe why my hometown newspaper fired you from their editorial page in the dream i had this morning.
Commented May 26, 2009 on How to be President at Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda
How to be President
Love the propaganda: Here's something to keep in the back of your mind anytime the president "addresses the nation," or decides to "speak directly to the people," because Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce's valuable advice to wayward monogamists works for American presidents too: So good on you, ...
A few agents of the Thought Police moved always among them, spreading false rumours and marking down and eliminating the few individuals who were judged capable of becoming dangerous[.]
Commented May 23, 2009 on Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss at Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda
Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss
Bombs of hope are audaciously dropping in our occupied territories. Military tribunals have made a quick return. Obama and his proggels are turning out to be quite astute at managing the empire. As the Dark Wraith puts it - it's authoritarianism without the incompetence. Today Der Krauthammer...
did you read forrest gump? i assume sinese played lt. dan in the book as well.
Commented May 14, 2009 on Obama v Sonic Youth: A Debate at BLCKDGRD
Obama v Sonic Youth: A Debate
Dialogue (mostly) taken from this Max Boot column in praise of Emperor Obama and this post arguing against Sonic Youth beatification. * Richard's post on Sonic Youth that sparked half of that. Maybe I'll write more about this later, but probably not, I think I've said enough. Silber's Again...
gary sinese was lieutenant dan in forrest gump.
Commented May 14, 2009 on Obama v Sonic Youth: A Debate at BLCKDGRD
Obama v Sonic Youth: A Debate
Dialogue (mostly) taken from this Max Boot column in praise of Emperor Obama and this post arguing against Sonic Youth beatification. * Richard's post on Sonic Youth that sparked half of that. Maybe I'll write more about this later, but probably not, I think I've said enough. Silber's Again...
he was great in Brazil.
and i'll never tire of that scene from the holy grail.
Commented May 5, 2009 on Dennis the Peasant is 66 Today at BLCKDGRD
Dennis the Peasant is 66 Today
Michael Palin is sixty-six, sixty -six. Always my favorite Python. Wish I could find some Myles Copperthwaite vids.
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