See Swoon’s Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea in Person
@ Deitch Studios 4-40 44th Drive, Long Island City (next to the water) before you google this, and check out a bunch of images – go see it. be surprised.
Books I Never Finished
I’m a pretty masochistic reader. I’m willing to slog through hundreds of pages of self-indulgent prose to experience the occasional dazzling insight. I’m attracted to literary fireworks, to writers who say screw editors, to books with a thousand disparate plotlines
FELA!
For all of you who haven’t seen the off-broadway hit, FELA!, kill yourselves now. Or…just go see it. Now. It’s a musical about the late Nigerian activist, and father of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti. It’s rich with culture, passion, and awesome
Finally, 3-D Web Video
If you don’t still own a pair of cardboard 3-D glasses, then go pick up a pair before we proceed. All set? Okey-doke. The disgustingly talented people over at Encyclopedia Pictura have made an epic video for the Bjork song
9.22.08 My Top Ten Right Now
1. ALBUM Johnny Flynn “A Larum” The sound is something like The Decemberists if Josh Ritter were the lead vocalist, with a bit of a country bent. Here’s a sample lyric from “Tickle Me Pink,” one of my favorite tracks:
Let’s Move to Poland
Aside from the excellent sausage, they have most most jaw-dropping movie posters! Though Eyes Wide Shut is my favorite visually, the ideas behind some of these (Fatal Attraction! Airplane Two! Lord of the Flies FTW!) are blowing up my brains.
Welcome to your Space Olympics
Alright – I want to talk about relevant things like everyone else, but I can’t. I can’t because I can’t get Space Olympics out of my head. I’ve watched this literally 27 times since Saturday possibly even a few more
Do NOT beam me up, thanks.
It’s no secret among friends that I think Space is unnecessary and overrated. I get using the stars for horoscopes and celestial navigation, both very practical uses for gigantic balls of fire a gazillion light years away… but really?
Tic-Tac-Obama
I think I’ve started to develop a (Good? Bad?) habit of seeing politics in terms of childhood games. Try this one on for size: Obama may have just pulled a classic trap move. It works in tic-tac-toe, and just as
Emoticons Are Not a Type of Transformer
I know talking about emoticons is soooo 1997, but after a few recent emails, I have to bring up something that I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere else. If I were to describe I’d say “wink”. If I were