After Bacon in Three Ways

You Looking at Me?

Happy Birthday Nicole!

Coughy

Today is a bit sunny, I ventured out into the world to check out a cafe mentioned in a local website. It is a the same transit zone as I, so should be cheap to get there. On my walk to the hole underground, I saw a funeral procession, at first I was excited to see a fellow in a top hat, but then was sad to see he was protecting a hearse. I exchanged trains at London Bridge, from Jubilee to Northern Lines, heading to Camden Town station. There are many tunnels to roll through, like a red blood cell, when changing lines. There were a lot of body modification shops near the hole from which my tunnel punctured the ground. A short walk down a road is the coffee place. A The coffee is a normal here, judged by tasting good and full. The first real cup I have had in months.

I am thinking about using FileMaker as a blogging platform, can somebody tell me why this is a bad idea in the comments.

Dave Hickey The Good Ennui at SVA

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Another critic chatting about money and art and power dynamics to a rabble. Warning the transitions between videos are strangely un-jazzy, jazz.

I only ever had one night terror

I was a small child, dreaming for my bedroom at night, from the point of view of myself awake and either a small cow or large dog, was standing on the end of my bed.

The Mona Lisa Curse

Hughes makes errors citing the word commodity, expanding and diluting it meaning. Art escapes many of the bounds that define a commodity. The market situation he discusses is far more like the double jointed, bewildering market of currency speculation. He must be the only person to ever take Any Warhol literally, it wasn't really a factory, just called one. Real factories producing commodities have no relation to art production of any form, even silly art works. For a critic to grow tired of an artist work is not bad, but to keep your eye on they sales price is. He has been been fully seduced into displaying work in this programme he hates because of its price is another failure. He should be heaving himself over to a cool show, check it out and let us all know, what is so hot about it. While reassuring the viewer, yes this money thing is folly like so many before and forthcoming.

The Mona Lisa Curse from U_A_P on Vimeo.

Stealing your Beer

Working with People

This clip reminds me of stories told to me from a friend, who works with people with disabilities. Often his clients abilities are underestimated and the true range of their abilities can be blotted out by a dull victim narrative.

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033. Northwestern

CARIBOU - Odessa

CARIBOU - Odessa from Caribou on Vimeo.

Fun Fact: There is an Odessa in Saskatchewan!

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Rodney on Rails

Everyone Loves Chicken

When I got up this morning, I typed “birth” into the search field of iTunes and played the following songs

Helicopter Show Theme

This show was great, there was a lot of flying around, adventures that did not take very long and a particular explosion that was used in a number of shows as their budget shrank.

Mask

Message to Val

Concrete Poetry, Not Always Appreciated

Gumby hits the streets of TO to celebrate Canada's win

In this footage, shot by S. Mines of Toronto, a celebration is being held for the occasion of some sort of victory.

A Small Bag

Victoria and Albert Museum

Yesterday, Rachæl and I explored this fine building and its many sights contained within. I was beguiled by many of the works of people, the sensitivity to the subjects humanity was often deft. Coming out of a time in which people often had vast gulfs of knowledge, status, wealth and power keeping them apart, the effort hints at a duress. This, like salt, makes the work so much easier to enjoy.

The Printed

The Joy Sporadic Periodical, 2nd Editions, for some issues, now available

Here are some Writers, reading

Steve Calvert sent me this link to an event he helped out with. It was held in Vancouver, not very long ago, but time will turn this statement false. I have one of Danato's prints on my wall.

The set up of this talk reminds me of.

Munch and Jennie's Star

Bermondsey Underground Station

Michèle Faguet Reports from Mexico

but doesn't any discussion of discursive marginalization merit at least a little drama?

yes!

In the Western Tradition, A Great Apocalypse Story

Who wants to start a methane mining company?

The Trap and Interview with John Ralston Saul

The Trap - 1 - Fuck you buddy

The Trap - 2 - The Lonely Robot

The Trap - 3 - We Will Force you to be Free

What Curtis fails to state when recanting the neocon point of view, seems obvious. The neocon ideal, of the new human free agent, is a sheath to simple greed. They do not need to believe in the new free human, but knows that they can prevail against the atomised they create. The interwoven nature of US government, military and business creates a large block facing smaller blocks, constantly smashing them smaller. As US business, military are not fragmented this makes looting simpler.

John Ralston Saul

Saul expresses more cogent view of the world than Curtis, they have both undertaken the same task to synthesise the events of the world, in the recent years, for its citizens. The form that Curtis uses is captivating and of this moment, Saul is just more correct and you will have to read him. He seems to not really have much of a presence on the internet, though does quite a bit of public speaking. This interview I have posted is tawdry, but gets his voice across a bit.

Shopper Returns in Book on Pillow

Crash

Yesterday I saw a show called Crash. The gallery was very nice and said it was cool to take pictures. Last week Rachæl and I saw a show called "The Empire Strikes Back" The week before we went to 0º. That place was more restrictive about photography so the pictures are more about on the container rather then the contained.

Bast