Charles Fourier (1772-1837) is a taxonomist, which in this case should absolutely be confused with taxidermist. In certain ways, The Hierarchies of Cuckoldry and Bankruptcy prove that he’s both. The book is an organized collection of all the different types of cuckolds and all the different types of bankruptcy. Cuckoldry comes first. Each cuckold is […]
It’s the best record I’ve heard in a long time: the debut by L A N D – Night Within; out July 31, 2012 via Important Records. It’s described by the record company as “approaching an apocalyptic noir narrative.” This calls to mind many a creation from Blade Runner to Nick Harkaway’s most recent novel […]
Had his final wishes been obeyed, Franz Kafka would perhaps be the literary equivalent of Nikola Tesla―a luminary who, for one reason or another, went relatively unknown during his lifetime, but whose exant works point to a more tantalizing oeuvre just out of our reach. And while Kafka had not developed anything audacious enough to […]
