March 2012
12 posts
Destroy the Art to Save it? →
hydeordie:
Antonio Manfredi is a man desperate for attention. Last winter, with the woes of the financial crisis weighing heavily on Italy’s cultural sector, he sent an open letter to German chancellor Angela Merkel, in which he wrote that the cash-strapped museum he founded in southern Italy was in danger and in need of “cultural asylum.” This past Sunday, he took things a step further:...
“You can’t (or shouldn’t be able to) succeed just by targeting the disposable...”
– Zach Braff’s ‘All New People’ Given Cool Reception By UK Critics (via ferrrn)
Zingggggg
back left litz: There is no law against watching... →
backleftlitz:
There is no law against watching hardcore pornography in public libraries, and one time I saw an old man watching a porn where the actors were dressed up to look like little kids. (This was by the copy machine.) There is no law against spending whole hot summer afternoons in your boxers browsing…
“Our audience is not Putin. Our audience is everybody else and largely it’s the...”
– Masha Gessen, a journalist and organizer of the protests sweeping across Russia. (via nprfreshair)
Finally, the hipsters are revolting. With the help of N+1, they will take over the world and bring us Utopia In Our Time.
But that’s just sarcasm.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: The Thermapen I got this $90... →
tuesandthurs:
The Thermapen
I got this $90 kitchen thermometer for Christmas, but I wish I had bought it myself. I requested the gift, which is what you do for things you want but think are sort of frivolous. And the Thermapen is anything but. It gives fast, accurate measurements at precise locations for a…
Everyone should be following this blog from Bygone Bureau of links &...
February 2012
117 posts
Kill Screen: PAUSE: Are three lines of a Commodore... →
killscreendaily:
At Pace Digital Gallery this month, the new show Codings aims to show the computer as “an aesthetic, programmed device that computes on characters” on par with poetry. The curators explain:
A three-line version of this program appeared in original 1982 _Commodore 64 User’s Guide:_…
PULPHEAD NOTES: An Event with Geoff Dyer in New... →
fsgbooks:
New Yorkers: This will be a very, very memorable literary event.
johnjeremiahsullivan:
On Friday March 9th, John Jeremiah Sullivan and Geoff Dyer will be in conversation at 192 Books. Here’s Dyer from a recent interview in Bookforum:
Failure is quite interesting, and it’s something I have a certain amount of experience with. I wasn’t a failure in the way lots of people are...
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“I like to let the customer be the first one to touch their phone,” she said. “Is...”
– I wrote this essay about adopting an iPhone and leaving behind a well-loved flip phone for Bygone Bureau.
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: Best of #WriteSpace Vol. 4: The Deskless →
millionsmillions:
Truman Capote once called himself “a completely horizontal author.” He worked from his bed, like our own Michael Bourne, or from the couch, like Lydia Kiesling and yrs. truly, and far be it from me to mess with his method, even if some of these #writespace entries are giving me a…
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BRITTICISMS: Tumblrs I Love: Part Two →
britticisms:
Last year, I created a long post featuring some of my favorite tumblrs. Below is part two of that list featuring a mix of personal bloggers, music publications, and my favorite cultural resources. What are some of your favorite tumblrs?
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MUSIC
MTHRFNKR
Previously known as Post…
Incredibly pleased to be on this great list of Tumblrs from @britticisms, I will strive...
“we do not want to pay for our memories. The films that remind us of our...”
– ‘We, the Web Kids,’ The Atlantic (via somethingchanged)
(The network is our memory, sorry, you don’t own that.)
Ideologically claiming the title of ‘web kidz’ and praising the ‘independent network’ for storing your memoriez is the new _______.
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