from carl wilson
it sounds like a piece of sketch comedy like a fake ad for tupacs greatest voice mail messages or jimi tunes his e string but actually i dont know that ive been more excited about any book in a long while than i am about franz kafka the office writings kaf kas most interesting professional writings composed during his years as a high...... [Show More]
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david cantwell writes
the morning after we elected a new president of the united states michelle malkinaposted a blog entry entitled so much foraamerikkka in which she asked if we live in such a racist country as the friends and fellow travelers of barack obama have argued throughout this campaign seasonahow did amerikkka end up electing the one
i hesitate to ...... [Show More]
a new book is coming out called franz kafka the office writings . whoa did kafka experience the uncertainty of layoffs and that annoying coworker who keeps popping his head over the cubicle partition as bookninja put it kafkaesque bureaucratic bewilderment existed prekafka. the dark insectloving metamorphosis author used to be a bigshot lawyer and this will be a collecti...... [Show More]
zoilus fan dance fandoms the 2008 election
fandom feels like a highly inappropriate way to relate to political life in my book i discuss the troubling tone of a lot of culturaltaste conversation the way that its used to sharpen social distinctions but at least there the stakes are relatively low at least in the short term in politics the consequences feel more dire.
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for those who missed it as i did when carl wilson posted this video a few weeks ago a cover of no children by the envelopes audrey pic mashed up with godards breathless . apparently commissioned as part of a senior thesis project at the pacific northwest college of artgood looking out jaclyn campanaro this is maybe the best mountain goats cover ive ...... [Show More]
zoilus has a piece with a little more detail on why the fimav fest is taking a break in 2009.
the economic crisis spilled over into the avantgarde today with an announcement from the festival international de musique actuelle fimav in victoriaville que. that the 26th edition will be held from thursday 20th to monday 24th of may 2010 put in less enthus...... [Show More]
i hope all is well with you on thisaglorious day foracanadian music. thats rightatodays the day we find out who wins the 2008 polaris musicaprize and im blogging from the gala right now because technology is the way of the future and the light. see below if you need a quick refresher of whos up for this prestigious award. 1014 pm est caribooooo ouu...... [Show More]
gone faintin Post Source: ofmaine.wordpress.com Posted: Sep 29 2008 12:42:47
were out of commission here until oh wednesday and anticipating doing more than mere linking beginning next week.
in the meantime read up on what carl wilson posted on owen pallett writing about max tundra because this gentleman is starting to knock me out.
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bright lights Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Sep 27 2008 14:18:48
art via polarismus icprize.ca so its finally here polaris music prize weekend as the city nay the country gears up for whats surely the biggest event in the canadian cultural calendar with the always popular polaris parade the polaris hot dog eating contest the polaris dirigible race the polaris ultimate fighting championship... theres just too much to do
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from a 1996 salon interview that im getting from zoilus memorial post
it seems to me that the intellectualization and aestheticizing of principles and values in this country is one of the things thats gutted our generation. all the things that my parents said to me like its really important not to lie. ok check got it. i nod at that but i really dont feel it. unt...... [Show More]
ever since the current government made their staggering cuts to arts funding stephen harper has claimed that the conservatives spend more on the arts than the liberals did. real ly everyone asked. sure said harper i even have my grade 9 in piano
the problem with making those kind of claims is that its really hard to know for sure. thanks to a soon...... [Show More]
laura millers appreciation in salon . the story collectiona oblivion athe last book of fiction wallace published before his death shows character after character flailing away at the impossible task of making life endurable. while don gately and hal incandenza the heroes more or less of the novel infinite jest fight to stay on the road through the desert the men and women ...... [Show More]
kanye west love lockdown yall didnt think this was going to happen when kanye was just producing he was all
like man i wanna be a rapper remember
and then he was all like man ima stop rapping so much. i dont even like that shit. watch im just gonna say two sentences in a
row. they might rhyme. they might not....... [Show More]
it seems to me that the intellectualization and aestheticizing of principles and values in this country is one of the things thats gutted our generation. all the things that my parents said to me like its really important not to lie. ok check got it. i nod at that but i really dont feel it. until i get to be about 30 and i realize that if i lie to you i also cant trust you...... [Show More]
hey thats mine Post Source: www.metafilter.com Posted: Aug 07 2008 20:19:36
dude you stole my article they say everyones a critic but in this case the critic is everyone. today in slate jody rosen uncovers what just might be in purely statistical terms ... the greatest plagiarism scandal in the annals of american journalism .
via stolen from zoilus ....... [Show More]
shorties Post Source: www.largeheartedboy.com Posted: Jul 29 2008 15:25:24
cnets digital noise blog had trouble downloading paul westerbergs new track 4900 at amazon but was pleased with the resulting music in the end.
it was totally worth it by the way. it sounds like the replacements thrown into a blender and mixed up like a guided by voices record.
richmond fontaine frontman willy vlautin talks to popmatters about writ...... [Show More]
no hiding place Post Source: www.chromewaves.net Posted: Jun 03 2008 13:32:33
photo by zach cordner the resurgence in vinyl sales in the digital age is a popular talking point these days so when an artist the stature of elvis costello announced that hed be releasing his new album momofuku on vinyl and vinyl only tongues were awagging. after all it was one thing to ensure your work was available to those who preferred the analog realm but entirely ...... [Show More]
blues Post Source: flopearedmule.net Posted: May 20 2008 08:40:56
hey so this is how people make money from those amazon affiliate things huh too late as usual im pleased to say first shaun and now fxh succumbed to my amateur mesmerism attempts and bought and readare reading celine dion lets talk about love by carl wilson .
i did have a whole muxtape playlist lined up to go with the state of origin you dont know...... [Show More]
new no depression Post Source: livinginstereo.com Posted: May 13 2008 16:34:15
david cantwell writes
a belated goodbye note to the new no depression nd 75 which is also the final print issue of the late magazine although the website continues and a bookazine version of the magazine is due later in the year so goodbye schmoodbye the future looks bright maybe perhapswell well see.
at any rate the swan song issue was a good one representat...... [Show More]
no this is not an opportune snark fest but a book recommendation as recommended by amanda in a great review.
celine dions lets talk about lovea journey to the end of taste is a little book by writerblogger carl wilson . carl who is not a celine dion fan by any means sets off exploring why celine dion so popular and ends up examining various concepts of taste an...... [Show More]
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