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The artists are running out of orifaces with which to exude their creative brilliance.
Commented Oct 7, 2013 on And Then Of Course There’s This at davidthompson
And Then Of Course There’s This
While we’re on the subject of boundary-scorching, swoon-inducing, terribly radical art, it would be remiss of me not to mention this chap. The Argentine artist Leandro Granato has, you’ll be thrilled to hear, found “a new form of expression.” He is, he says, “the author of a new painting style i...
Could her performing be considered a viable replacement for waterboarding at Gitmo?
Commented Oct 2, 2013 on I Don’t Think She’s Handling the Menopause Very Well at davidthompson
I Don’t Think She’s Handling the Menopause Very Well
Once again it’s time to poke a stick in the mental bog of performance art. And so readers are invited to sample the aesthetic wares of Rocío Boliver, an “underground cultural icon” whose career spans musical performance, video, raves and “porno-erotic texts.” Ms Boliver describes herself as “a 5...
The irony is that when you look up the origin of the word...
chigger (n.) 1756, from West Indies chigoe (1660s), possibly from Carib, or from or influenced by words from African languages (e.g. Wolof and Yoruba jiga "insect").
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=chigger&allowed_in_frame=0
Commented Jul 25, 2013 on Facebook: Saying "Chiggers" Is Racist at BlackFive
Facebook: Saying "Chiggers" Is Racist
UPDATE: See below as they apologize, then double down on the burning stupid with a ban and removal of content -- the same content they had apologized for removing. You really can't make this stuff up. BUMPING: The self-parody and irony are thick on this one, see below. UPDATE/CORRECTION: ...
Actually, the French pronunciation of "bleu" comes out sounding like "bleh."
But unless I'm speaking French, I'll stick with "blue."
Commented Jul 28, 2011 on Words and stuff (part one of an ongoing series) at the bitter waiter
Words and stuff (part one of an ongoing series)
I derive no small amount of pleasure from the various mispronunciations and erroneously stated menu items that have poured from the mouths of morons in my section over the years. Here, a few of my favorites (more to come): FROM THE BAR: 1. "Yes, I'd like a Phil Collins please."* *Phil Collin...
The road to truth is not paved with lies.
Commented Jul 7, 2011 on Ambient Truth at davidthompson
Ambient Truth
One for our collection, care of Zoe Williams: I think she [Margaret Thatcher] almost certainly didn’t say it (the bus thing). It’s just ambiently true, because she seems like a person who hates buses. The alleged comment in question - “A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus, can...
Palin goes into some points here:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=397148258434
Commented Jun 22, 2010 on Palin on BP at Cobb
Palin on BP
Just curious. Has Sara Palin said anything remotely prescient about the whole Gulf oil spill? Or rather I should say, gusher?. I distinctly remember that she ran on her record of playing hardball with big oil and getting them to do the right thing for her constituents. So you might think that sh...
In the extension of self-reflexivity by percussion participants, any cultural references are veritably steamrolled by the facilitation of exhibition-attention/psychosocial projections.
Drum Circles = Choking the Proverbial Chicken
Commented Feb 24, 2010 on Dancing for Gaia at davidthompson
Dancing for Gaia
Via Zombie comes news of a tremendous intellectual breakthrough at U.C. Berkeley. At midday on Friday, students will be graced by visiting lecturer Maximilian Mayer, a Research Fellow at Bonn University’s Centre for Global Studies. The lecture in question, Mitigating Global Warming Through Art - ...
'Fatherland' was quite good -- the movie of it just so-so (different ending from the book). Just finished reading 'Archangel' by Harris -- also recommended.
Commented Feb 16, 2010 on A Nation of Stooges at Cobb
A Nation of Stooges
Something is becoming apparent to me. Slowly dawning. Because I know that people are flexible and susceptible to following whatever other people do. I started watching YouTubes this morning. The first was office rage. It was YouTube's suggestion. I don't remember what the original thing was that...
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