attention must be paid

"In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid..."

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:59:49 -0400

“In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so.”

- Theodor Adorno

"This loss of historical continuity in values and beliefs, taken together with the reduction of the..."

Fri, 28 May 2010 08:44:31 -0400

“This loss of historical continuity in values and beliefs, taken together with the reduction of the work of art to a text stressing discontinuity and allegory, poses all kinds of problems for aesthetic and critical judgment. Refusing (and actively ‘deconstructing’) all authoritative or supposedly immutable standards of aesthetic judgment, postmodernism can only judge the spectacle in terms of how spectacular it is.”

- David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, p. 56-57

"In other words, [Rand Paul] prioritizes the property rights of whites who only had their property in..."

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:45:48 -0400

“In other words, [Rand Paul] prioritizes the property rights of whites who only had their property in the first place because of generations of government intervention on their behalf, over the human rights of people of color to be given equal opportunity.”

- Tim Wise (via newleft)

I, like an usurp’d town, to another due, Labour to admit you, but O, to no end.Reason, your...

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:54:19 -0400

I, like an usurp’d town, to another due,
Labour to admit you, but O, to no end.
Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is captived, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain,
But am betroth’d unto your enemy;
Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.

Better Late Than Never

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:55:45 -0500

Well, somehow I missed my traditional winter quoting of Ezra Pound with the first nasty storm of the season, but as we’re heading into round 12839 of SnOMG 2010, the lack has become painfully glaring. Sing:

Winter is icumen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm,
Raineth drop and staineth slop,
And how the wind doth ramm!
Sing: Goddamm.
Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us,
Freezeth river, turneth liver,
An ague hath my ham.
Damm you; Sing: Goddamm.
Goddamm, Goddamm, ‘tis why I am, Goddamm,
So ‘gainst the winter’s balm.
Sing goddamm, damm, sing goddamm,
Sing goddamm, sing goddamm, DAMM.

Photo

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:17:07 -0500

Famous Directors Direct the Superbowl.

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:42:00 -0500

Famous Directors Direct the Superbowl.

"On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more..."

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:05:57 -0500

“On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season’s hit makes more money. As fewer and fewer people go through the doors, larger and larger sums cross the ticket office counter, until eventually one last millionaire will be paying a fortune for one private performance for himself alone.”

- Peter Brook, The Empty Space

thedailywhat: SOTU: Joe the Eagle. [twitpic.]

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:57:52 -0500

thedailywhat:

SOTU: Joe the Eagle.

[twitpic.]

"Under the majority’s view, I suppose it may be a First Amendment problem that corporations are not..."

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:48:21 -0500

“Under the majority’s view, I suppose it may be a First Amendment problem that corporations are not permitted to vote, given that voting is, among other things, a form of speech.”

-
Justice Stevens

"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its..."

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:13:36 -0500

“While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics.”

- Justice Stevens, dissenting

Numbers

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:07:10 -0500

Numbers:

azspot:

GDP of Haiti: $8.5 billion.

Goldman Sachs bonus pool: $20 billion.

"This is why today’s China is so unsettling…what if this strain of authoritarian capitalism proves..."

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:55:38 -0500

“This is why today’s China is so unsettling…what if this strain of authoritarian capitalism proves itself to be more efficient, more profitable, than our liberal capitalism? What if democracy is no longer the necessary and natural accompaniment of economic development, but its impediment?”

- Slavoj Žižek, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

thedailywhat: Robert Penney: “Retro Games With Modern...

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:05:58 -0500

thedailywhat:

Robert Penney: “Retro Games With Modern Themes”

Exclusively for the Cartridge Video System 2600.

[gamesetwatch.]

blackandwtf: via stevechasmar.

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:16:55 -0500

blackandwtf:

via stevechasmar.

Photo

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:03:15 -0500

thedailywhat: Comic JK.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:47:15 -0500

thedailywhat:

Comic JK.

mkat21: (via palahniukandchocolate) all i need in life.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:18:17 -0500

mkat21:

(via palahniukandchocolate)

all i need in life.

"I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive..."

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:11:59 -0500

“I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”

- Cormac McCarthy

(via classy randomness)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:20:00 -0400

(via classy randomness)