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No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!

Five years ago, it seems, someone was wrong on the internet, and I am now here to make the needed correction. It seems that if you google the phrase (without quotes) "get out as early as you can", one of... Continue reading

Posted Mar 9, 2013 at Modern Kicks

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you make me go oooh

Posted Feb 24, 2013 at Modern Kicks

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turned out i was wrong

Posted Oct 27, 2012 at Modern Kicks

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my world’s grown tired and sick‏

You know, just to show some variety and range. Continue reading

Posted Dec 11, 2011 at Modern Kicks

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it continues

You can write me off as white trash. Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2011 at Modern Kicks

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the new breed thing

Is this now a blog devoted to Lydia Loveless? Could be, could be. Continue reading

Posted Dec 2, 2011 at Modern Kicks

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Testing, one, two, three, this is a test.

Posted Nov 30, 2011 at Modern Kicks

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girl trouble

I'm not exactly a fan of Dave Hickey, so I've been enjoying the comments here in which he gets roundly criticized, even if it did make me think, "Y'all postin' on a troll video." While I haven't had a chance... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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can you relate?

Apropos of nothing, I was struck by this passage from an interview with Hal Foster (via): OH: Yet I think the problem is raised anew by new social art practices and relational aesthetics, art practices that are still very much... Continue reading

Posted Sep 7, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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a heartfelt sentiment

Perhaps a bit misogynistic, but impossible not to like: We've all been there. Continue reading

Posted Aug 21, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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recent rotation

Several months ago a friend at work brought in a compilation of 1970's Philadelphia soul (this one, if I remember correctly.) A lot of it was more than familiar--like listening to my childhood--though none the less welcome for it. The... Continue reading

Posted Aug 19, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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because we haven't done this a while

Big RED & Shiny has published its last issue, for which I failed to write anything (no surprise there); it follows many of the blogs this irrelevant website came up with in shuffling off. A whole bunch of others have... Continue reading

Posted Aug 18, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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the hermeneutic turn

Posted Apr 30, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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a question for the googlebot

. . . since the sitemeter indicates that it's the only regular visitor coming here these days (with good reason), though anyone else should feel free to chime in. I'm going to New York soon, mostly for very boring reasons,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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dilettanti theatricals

I've been reading a lot of blog posts about William Powhida. Perhaps you have, too. A few thoughts: I'd be ok if I didn't see anymore discussion, on anyone's part, of "insiders" and "outsiders." It is, among other things, tiresome.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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Mar 15, 2010

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Mar 13, 2010

hold your horses!

Flavorwire already had this, so I presume most have seen it already, but still: love it. Catchy, too. Continue reading

Posted Mar 8, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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yes

Pretty much what I've been thinking for months now: Facebook epitomizes filter failure for me. Yes, there are ways to segment information and keep groups, but there aren’t very good ways to keep worlds from overlapping. Facebook isn’t a more... Continue reading

Posted Feb 25, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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two great tastes that taste great together

I'm talking about art and historiography, of course, the chocolate and peanut butter of the mind. I was delighted to learn yesterday, via the Art History Newsletter, that the University of Glasgow has begun to publish The Journal of Art... Continue reading

Posted Jan 13, 2010 at Modern Kicks

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