Huffing oil paints, finding inspiration in a landscape of banal images, conspiring ways to evade the drudgery of mandane self-prostitution in the conventional exploitation of "human resources", phrenology, late night maniacal rantings, a good witty joke that further mocks my inability to replicate this skill in which I so lack yet find immeasureable joy, basking in the brilliance of artists and artwork I encounter here and when I travel, travelling and getting lost, finding my way home, nice long walks - really long walks - the kind that chafes your huevos and makes you walk like a rodeo junkie for days, and enjoying peaceful moments with my girlfriend and dog.This shit is never going on when I'm in London! www.sultanelephant.com
Weapon of Mass HysteriaStep aside Bin Laden, there's a new face of terror!Berdovsky, 27, a freelance video artist from Arlington, Massachusetts, and Stevens, 28, face charges of placing a hoax device in a way that results in panic, as well as one count of disorderly conduct, said Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. A Web site, www.zebbler.com, features a video of people assembling the LED moon men and driving around Boston installing them on buildings and other structures. Turner Broadcasting has said a third-party New York advertising firm, Interference Inc., conducted the campaign, and the Web video's introduction states, "The Interference Information Network takes on the ATHF," referring to "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." Twenty-two-year-old Todd Venderlin, a design student at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, saw one of the devices two weeks ago as he left a lounge in south Boston, according to The Boston Globe. He said he was stunned when he saw bomb squads removing them."It's so not threatening -- it's a Lite Brite," he told the newspaper, referring to the children's toy that allows its users to create pictures by placing translucent pegs into an opaque board. "I don't understand how they could be terrified. I would if it was a bunch of circuits blinking, but it wasn't."The device ultimately caused half of Boston to shutdown and drained over half a million dollars of the cities resources. SO DOES THIS MEAN THE TERRORISTS HAVE WON?
Deathray (completely overlooked pop gem), Belle and Sebastian, Burnside Project, Radiohead, The Faint, Faithless, Stereolab, Cohen, Interpol, Chris Isaak, Godspeed..., Sigur Ros, V Femmes, Chili Peppers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (rocks, rocks, rocks, Talking Heads, , the Cure (70s & 80s), Postal Service, Portishead, U2 (70s & 80s), Neko Case, Air, Royksopp, Sasha, Digweed, Clap your hands say yeah, Cypress hill, Rage, Xen Cuts, Nirvana, White Stripes, The Strokes, Billy Joel (70s & 80s), The Clash, Bjork, De La Soul, Moby, Psychedelic Furs, Modest Mouse, Snow Patrol, Elton John, The Cars, Nina Simone, Beastie Boys, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Johm Coltrane.
Recently, Snakes on a plane (revel in cheese baby)and Little Miss Sunshine. Eternal Sunshine.., Me and You and Everyone.., Mulholland Drive, True Romance, Hope and Glory, Mars Attacks, Ran, Adaptation, Pretty Persausion, Requiem for a Dream, Brazil, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Fight Club, Chung King Express, Indochine, City of Lost Children, King of Hearts, Bladerunner, Storytelling, Happiness.
Only when there's nothing to read when I eat or when I'm braindead...so whatever's on, usually just newsfotainment. And some Sports.
John Irving, biographies, art books, Bukowski, Robbins, Palahniuk, NYTimes, anything my uncle writes, Proust, Huxley, Hardy, Rand, Le Carre, Dostoevsky, Cal. Carr, Donna Tartt, ...starting a series of Haruki Murikami books and finishing Pollard's Omnivore's Dilemma.
What the hell does that word mean anymore?