Art History Thesis: The Hidden Hand of Modernism |
The Hidden Hand of Modernism: Innovations in Pop Music
by Ramon Salinas "Rock and roll" is considered, by m...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:47:00 GMT |
Sun Worship, Joe Pesci, and the Big Electron: George Carlin 1937-2008 |
There is a part in It's Just A Ride (the documentary about the late comedian Bill Hicks) where Eric Bogosian is talking about the comedian as shaman and Hicks' mastery of the form, his ability t...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:01:00 GMT |
Rock and Roll Never Forgets: A Meditation on the Nature of the Night Moves |
Listening to (hearing, really... passively witnessing) Bob Seger and his magnum opus "Night Moves" at work today in all of it's insipid background-singer Biker Rock Lite glory, the sonic equivalent...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 22:05:00 GMT |
Weird Shit Primer: Reading List 1 |
The following is a good departure point for anybody interested in pursuing an empowering form of Weirdness. This is me coming out of my hidden (or "occult", if you will) closet.A departure from what?...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:13:00 GMT |
Some of My New Video Stuff |
"Observe"
..(The compression artifacts are KILLING it; it looks so much nicer in a higher definition)
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:52:00 GMT |
Somebody Owes Me a Check!!! |
My vision of a music so powerfully funky playing on a jambox and reducing all who come into contact with it powerless to it's insatiable beats has materialized! Minus the set and setting, this is pre...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:14:00 GMT |
The Jesus Bunny left me chocolate eggs! (Redux!...Now with more Izzard!)) |
The Pagan origins of the Easter BunnyHave you ever wondered where the celebration of the Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ acquired its unusual name and odd symbols of colored e...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:18:00 GMT |
R.I.P.> R.A. Wilson (Redux)) |
It’s weird, earlier this afternoon I had a flash of warm fuzzy memory about the nuances of the DIY culture in the mid-to-late 80’s, the prevalence of psychedelics and the crossroads of art...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:54:00 GMT |
I Heart Super Furry Animals |
Super Furry Animals is currently touring the US behind their exceptional new album, and the closest they come to the midwest is Chicago, ILBarring some unforseen Deus Ex Machina that will pay for the...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:28:00 GMT |
Vote Fraud: An American Tradition |
After the debacle of the legal wrangling and recounts in Florida in the election of 2000, many in America were left with the profound sense that something is deeply flawed with the...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:33:00 GMT |
