January 2011
“Events deteriorated as lawless bands of thugs, and maybe agents provocateurs,...”
– Ismail Serageldin, Librarian of Alexandria. Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. here.
WatchGirl Walk // All Day
An epic, 71 minute long dance music video set to the entirety of Girl Talk’s new (free) album All Day. (Download.)
The story is more of less this: Anne quits her job, takes the Staten Island Ferry to the city, and dances across New York. Along the way she’ll other dancers who she’ll do battle with, she’ll learn from, she’ll pick up their style....
“I remember the sky behind was purple
she came towards me saying Why are you...”
– Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red. In regards to Virginia Woolf meeting grandmother, who once spoke to her at a party.
“There were two superior eels,
at the bottom of the tank and they recognized...”
– Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red.
I could reproduce the whole book, but this …
RED MEAT: FRAGMENTS OF STESICHOROS (A collection...
V. GERYON’S REVERSIBLE DESTINY
His mother saw it mothers are like that
Trust me she said Engineer of his softness
You don’t have to make up your mind right away
Behind her red right cheek Geryon could see
Coil of the hot plate starting to glow
IX. GERYON’S WAR RECORD
Geryon lay on the ground covering his ears The sound
Of the horses like roses being burned alive
...
“What is an adjective? Nouns name the world. Verbs activate the names. Adjectives...”
– Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red.
Important to remember tonight. Important for dreaming:
They are the latches of being.
They are.
Watchnewly brooklyn-based goopy-swoozy-popster matthew mondanile — also known as ducktails — is using kickstarter to self-release a version of his new single “Killin’ The Vibe” featuring Panda Bear. (unfortunately, the track wasn’t completed in time to make it onto his most recent album.) backers get unreleased songs, mini-zines of matthew’s photographs, and...
The Kickstarter Blog: Kickstarter and the Sundance... →
this is exciting news for us — kickstarter & sundance!
kickstarter:
Thirty years ago Robert Redford founded the Sundance Institute to nurture and celebrate independent film. In the years since, the Institute has used its platform to launch the most prestigious film festival in the world; a groundbreaking labs series to develop promising screenwriters, producers,…
“Cossery’s work is full of letters gone astray, misread, or never read....”
– Lorin Stein, reviewing Albert Cossery. imagined communities, anxieties, letters gone astray.
“[F]ictional design [is a] relatively new subset of critical or conceptual design...”
– from William Wiles’ book review of “Nonobject” from Icon, January 2011 (via craightonberman)
from: Andrew Stevenson to: Cassandra Marketos
...
making breakfast in the morning.
roasted almonds, and everything should be drenched in honey. when sleeping, always dream of airports.
“don’t let them get the best of you, girl.” “yeah, yeah, yeah.”
white bowls, and slicing a banana with your thumb applying pressure to the knife edge.
making breakfast in the morning with my mama.
“never let them get the best of you.”’
yeah,...
“…in the warm New York 4 o’clock light we are drifting back and...”
– here. all filled up with this feeling today.
Watch“I’ve brought my socially awkward demeanor…and I’m English.” — Ben Goldacre Talks Bad Science.
Want to marry.
good morning, baby.
milessmiles:
Miles...
WatchKILIAN for Man About Town. pretty, perfect for sunday. (via vic.)
watch it here.
look at something hard and for a long time. decide why you like it. if you’re standing nearby it, touch it. if you can, measure it. (a mental approximation is fine.) learn about something; consider the possibility of being wrong when defining it. grab something in both hands, painfully, and eat it alive with your eyes. when you’re done, destroy it.
