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Brechtian Theater Techniqes

After hearing psychedelic music, I became a rock music fan and went to many concerts. In the early 1970s, the general trend was for pompous, self-involved rock theatrics. The beatnik notion of “poet-is-priest” became “rock star-is-priest,” and the rock concert … Continue reading

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Mike Kelley

R.I.P.

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Fall Video of the Month: January 2012

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Anne Cessna & Essendon Airport

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Conspiracy Theory Rock by Robert Smigel

The 1998 Robert Smigel animated short film “Conspiracy Theory Rock”, part of a March 1998 “TV Funhouse” segment, has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared. Michaels claimed the edit was … Continue reading

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Liebe Auf Den Ersten Blick

DAF

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The Essential Cartography of the United States of America

According to independent cartographers I spoke with, the big mapmaking corporations of the world employ type-positioning software, placing their map labels (names of cities, rivers, etc.) according to an algorithm. For example, preferred placement for city labels is generally to … Continue reading

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How to Turn a Sphere Inside Out

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Photograph

Frans Lanting

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Badware

So apparently some jerks managed to get some “badware” links into my .htmls so Google declared me off limits to the internet. Think I weeded them out now. Fingers crossed… Anybody have any idea how this happens? I’m stumped.

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LÔL

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Civil War

3-D ‘Motion Pictures’ From The Civil War

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Unwound

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Shooting bears

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Vaseline, magazines, tangerines

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10 trashy ideas about the environment from the Guerrilla Girls’ Compleat 1985–2008

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Please, keep to the lake.

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“I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later.”

“Hey, there’s the comedian. He doesn’t seem funny.” No shit. Because I’m trippin’ out, man. Here you are surrounded by those you know well. And here I am, fish outta water struggling to breathe. Tell you what…you be funny now. … Continue reading

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Bitcoin

Starts at 7:10.

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