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Ryland Death

Angelis, Angelus, Angeli'is, Angelu'us.

About Me

I am a black swan on a black lake and I will not be tamed. ..

My Interests

Black wings in a black sky.

Music:

Underfoot powerline hum.

Movies:

The Omen, Lawrence of Arabia, Lesbian Zombies Triumphant From Mars - "Dead Sexy"

Television:

Please read "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television," by Jerry Mander, published by William and Morrow and Co., NY 1978.

Books:

microfilm, microfiche

Heroes:

Never a just ruler. Never a just elite. Never a just God.

My Blog

Liam and the Mouse

I am really interested in this new thing that Yahoo! is doing. They've got a Liam-gochi (their mascot, I suppose, is named "Liam"). I found out about it today when I checked my email.Y'know, its one...
Posted by Ryland Death on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:04:00 PST

Spirit of Cancun in Fun Town

I’ve been trying to get out of the house all day today. But all my roommates (and their many friends who’re crashing with us) woke up before I did and all went to the St. Patrick’s ...
Posted by Ryland Death on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:21:00 PST

A New I-Ching?

The flav of the week is Gustav Courbet. And when I say that his new exhibition at the Met is well hung, I mean this:If I was curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (they asked, but I turned them d...
Posted by Ryland Death on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:49:00 PST

The Sunshine is My Lime Tea and Madeline

This letter from the virtual is an attempt on the part of the author (me) to connect more often with his audience (you). He (I) feels (thinks) that he (me again) has an over-active super-ego (Dad), w...
Posted by Ryland Death on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:03:00 PST

Big Black Sofa Show!!! We Will Be Webcasting!!!

SATURDAY NIGHT!!!  JANUARY 26TH!!!  9:00PM!!! BIG BLACK SOFA plays VINYL!!! COME ONE AND ALL FOR THIS AWESOME ROCK EXTRAVAGANZA!!! ONLY 5 BUCKS!!! All proceeds go to charity!  And for A...
Posted by Ryland Death on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:09:00 PST

"I Stand Alone"

This is a Big Party High Five "grinder" that I worked on.  Takuro Masuda, director.   Note the incredible set design.  Enjoy. ...
Posted by Ryland Death on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:15:00 PST

KSU Lecture Transcript, 02/01/07

"Make No Citations: An Introduction to Baudrillard"   Good Afternoon.  I want to begin be offering thanks to everyone who is here today, especially to Abbey Swanson and Lauren Maddox, for gi...
Posted by Ryland Death on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:12:00 PST

The Photographs of Classical Musicians

An old man was checking out a plastic sack full of CDs today. There he was again. This time he was sitting to the right of a brunette; this time, visibly more pleased to be in the picture, playin...
Posted by Ryland Death on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:04:00 PST

Ten-thousand Heads Explode...

when Jean Baudrillard appears in a rap video with Diddy, rollin' deep for Mtv.
Posted by Ryland Death on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:26:00 PST

The Photographs of Classical Musicians

on the covers of their albums stand testament to the conflict between the archive drive in its pure form and the post-capitalist consumerist enterprise, the representation of the musician as popu...
Posted by Ryland Death on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:27:00 PST