This one hurts. It’s not that they’re making a Jeff Buckley movie, nor that they’re making two – but it’s that one of them is the movie… Read more “That Jeff Buckley Movie Thing”
Journal
We’re On To Something
A few years ago I wrote a 10 minute play with Chris from my old improv group that The Dare Project in NYC was kind enough to… Read more “We’re On To Something”
“Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”
Time to turn back and descend the stair… A nice image in that line. Which, since reading A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes, has made me… Read more ““Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?””
Hyperdistribution Theory
Mark Pesce, a media professor at the University of Sydney, lectures on his “Hyperdistribution Theory.” The theory is predicated on a few assumptions: the internet’s revolutionizing effect… Read more “Hyperdistribution Theory”
The Heart of Catch-22
“And don’t tell me God works in mysterious ways,” Yossarian continued, hurtling over her objections. “There’s nothing so mysterious about it. He’s not working at all. He’s… Read more “The Heart of Catch-22”
Tech and Self
Fun art installation idea about how technology can obfuscate one’s projection of self: Cinemagram makes moving gifs of a few frames. There’s this feature where you can… Read more “Tech and Self”
Ira Glass and David Foster Wallace
I immediately thought of itsasickness when I read this: “Almost anything you pay close, direct attention to becomes interesting” – David Foster Wallace, ‘The Pale King’ Similarly,… Read more “Ira Glass and David Foster Wallace”
Departures Magazine: “The Coolest New Website on the Internet”
This was nice of them to say: The Coolest New Website on the Internet By Eric Klinenberg, Sep-2010 The creators of the networking site itsasickness.com are betting… Read more “Departures Magazine: “The Coolest New Website on the Internet””
Slavoj Žižek on WikiLeaks
Every lefty’s favorite Slovak philosopher looks into the WikiLeaks story and knocks it out of the park. First he dissects The Dark Knight movie in a way… Read more “Slavoj Žižek on WikiLeaks”
Against Ambient Awareness
“Our suffering comes from the fact that we are attached to the outer form that something assumes in a given instant rather than the movable conversation that… Read more “Against Ambient Awareness”
What Sick Is
There are TV shows about illness. Those shows are about addicts with addictions. Those shows are about the imbalanced with obsessive disorders. Those other shows’ treatment of… Read more “What Sick Is”
“Litany” by Billy Collins
You are the bread and the knife, the crystal goblet and the wine. You are the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the… Read more ““Litany” by Billy Collins”
New York Times on Branded Content
The Times reports on the spread of branded content. A few quotations stood out for me as furthering theories: This branded content, the term for products figuring… Read more “New York Times on Branded Content”
facebook: disorienting
I’ve heard grumbles from many friends about facebook. Indeed, there’s something amiss about this megalithic inbox replacement social utility that I have had difficulty diagnosing until recently. … Read more “facebook: disorienting”
Sociopathic Tendencies
When I see a bankster shilling on the teevee for his crime boss overlords’ right to break laws, I think about Robert Penn Warren’s image of the… Read more “Sociopathic Tendencies”
Performance
The ‘Do It For The Fat Lady’ scene from Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger
“I’ll tell you a terrible secret — Are you listening to me? There isn’t anyone out there who isn’t Seymour’s Fat Lady. That includes your Professor Tupper, buddy. And all his goddam cousins by the dozens. There isn’t anyone anywhere that isn’t Seymour’s Fat Lady. Don’t you know that? Don’t you know that goddam secret yet?”
Tim Sheridan is obsessed with Doctor Who
I used to watch this show on PBS with my big brother in the early 80s. Tim Sheridan is obsessed with Doctor Who on itsasickness.com.
Object-Centered Networks To The Rescue
Last year I wrote about the difficulty of social networking for a purpose – vis-a-vis politics and governance. I believe I have a solution to the problem… Read more “Object-Centered Networks To The Rescue”
itsasickness – the obsession network
itsasickness was an obsession project honoring sicknesses; the objects of our obsession. It was a co-branding marketer’s dream. That thing you geek out about, that you could… Read more “itsasickness – the obsession network”
With Apologies to The Onion
this is something i keep wanting to quote: Soulless Cultural Wasteland ‘On The Grow’ In Southern California Desert Los Angeles to Be Hellish Megalopolis by 1950 LOS… Read more “With Apologies to The Onion”