Are We So Cheap? Part I: (Five Weird YouTube Videos)
The answer is yes.
Head in a Jar: Watching Artists
When I was just out of school and working in food service I hoped there would never be a time when the wish of Robert Crumb – as related to the audience by his wife and fellow artist, Aline, in Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb – to just be a head in a jar would resound so […]
On Blood and the Bloodless: A Review of Edward St. Aubyn’s “Patrick Melrose Novels”
“The function of the creative artist consists of making laws, not in following laws already made.” –Ferruccio Busoni There is an argument—we’ve all heard it—that criticism and creation are fundamentally at odds, despite their hunger for the same endpoint: good art. I used to think this was somewhat reductive and overly simplistic. I’ve always enjoyed […]
Optical Illusion of the Mind
A magician always reveals his tricks.
Try It Before You Buy It
Largehearted Boy is linking to some excellent album streams, predicating your future music purchases. Professional-like. Here are some we’re favoring over others. Four legs good, two legs bad. Three Mile Pilot: Maps full album stream OM: Advaitic Songs OM: “State of Non-Return” [mp3] ANX: Dark Time Sunshine full album stream Eric Copeland: Limbo full album stream
