Yesterday I read Susan Sontag‘s essay in the NYT Magazine and last night Jeremy and I watched Full Metal Jacket. Both make me realize that US military’s abuse/torture of its prisoners is almost inevitable after what soldiers go through in boot camp. If their superiors can treat them so poorly with verbal and sometimes physical abuse why would soldiers not feel it is appropriate to do the same to others who they feel are “below them”? Rumsfeld and Bush should be impeached and charged with war crimes.
$$$$ Map of campaign contributions, by street address and size of contribution, in the cities across the country. Very interesting indeed – not only to see what money comes from where, but that this data can even be mapped.
Just for fun, you should download Fanfare for the Common Man, crank up your speakers, and let that play for a while. Then go back to what ever you were doing. I would do so right now, but I have no sound card here at the office. Shame.
In case you were wondering what my indy-folk-rock project Crocket the Ironmonger sounds like, I posted a few tracks up at Garage Band +++. Make sure you got Real Player, then go take a listen. The latest EP, Ballpeen, is going to be available soon – as free mp3’s or as a CD which I will sell super cheap (just to cover CD’s and paper insert costs). So check back in on that one.
PWEI, or Pop Will Eat Itself, is one of my favorite bands – built around beats, guitar, and about a million samples. They were also early clients of The Designers Republic. For your friday morning pleasure, here is a site that breaks down their sample sources. For some reason, I love finding out where all that stuff comes from.
Yes, it is good to finally be back online…
This weekend at The Standard Hollywood, Friday through Monday, go to Scope Los Angeles. I am particularly looking forward to Saturday’s panel: Did Video Kill the Art Star? Featuring S.E. Barnet, Meg Cranston, Kevin Hanley, David Mather, Hillary Mushkin, Erika Suderburg, and moderated by Michael Sellinger.
Or if you’re looking to buy affordable art check out Gallery 825’s 50/50 show also opens this Saturday, 7-10pm.
Both events are 10 bucks, but promise to be well worth it.
This Shizzle is back on the Hizzle. Sorry for the downtime, but we are now re-hosted and re-DSL’d. Finally.
A flurry of stuff to come up soon – weekend like. A subtle re-design in the future. Summertime-like.
Takashi Murakami rocks my world today.
Results of the latest taste test are in! Frozen sperm as good as fresh!
So, I watched the Disney version of “A Wrinkle in Time” last night and man, did they screw it up bad. There is perhaps one defining image from that book: a street full of children bouncing balls in unison as Meg walks down the street, like some twisted conformist zombies – and they didn’t even have that shot in the film! Not to mention the missing 2-dimensional world scene. I don’t know how you could adapt a book so badly, but there you go.
OK. I will stop being a dork now and get back to work.
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