January 2010
Meet me at the center of the earth. anything for...
rumorsownsyou:
Nick Cave’s collection of “soundsuits” titled Meet Me at the Center of the Earth is on display til May at the Fowler Museum at UCLA.
Soundsuits are sculptures made up of layers and layers of different materials. Some of these outrageous pieces are made to be worn and performed in, acting like large wearable musical instruments. Drawing what seems to be equal influence from ritual...
Before I leave for class.
I’d like to call out Harper Lee for being the R Kelly of the Literature world.
To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the worst books politically/culturally that I have ever read. They should really stop teaching it to teens unless the teacher’s and students both explore the history of it more deeply.
I Love Walled Gardens
rinich:
There is a complaint running around that the iPad is a closed system, that people aren’t free to customize it, that it’s not opened up so that we can all poke around inside it. Complaints are the the iPad is killing off an idea of computing that’s open and free for all.
To which I say: Good! Does anybody remember what using a computer is like? I spent a week after reinstalling my...
Watz.
Great shapes.
Uhhh…This looks like it might be the most amazing thing i’ve ever seen.
You stole this from Werner Herzog’s subconsciousness…
“Advanced Beauty”
Music by Freeform.
I hope to hell that when I do die, somebody has the sense to just dump me in the...
– J.D. Salinger. (via mineshaftgap)
this. Also, annoyingly rabid Salinger fans should keep in mind that he did it for himself and he didn’t like you (and that’s why I liked him).
(via hungryghoast) (via robotindisguise)
You like the abuse?
New (Breakcore) Kid on the Block.
Albee speaks out; Artists lose jobs at fast and...
“At present, 90% of the money given to the NEA does not go to creative artists — it goes to institutions and buildings; a kind of “Edifice Complex.” Maybe 10% of it goes to the people who do the work that fills these buildings. This is a preposterous distortion of values. Not only should 90% of the money go to creative artists who, if need be, would be perfectly happy to...