Monthly Archives: January 2012
From David Foster Wallace
Early on in Infinite Jest: Were he now still among the living, Dr. Incandenza would now describe tennis in the paradoxical terms of what’s now called ‘Extra-Linear Dynamics.’ And Schtitt, whose knowledge of formal math is probably about equivalent to … Continue reading
A Friendly Musical Suggestion
Here’s a favorite from Josh Ritter‘s second album, Animal Years:
Recreating Ourselves to Death
In his brilliant Amusing Ourselves To Death Neil Postman argued that the form in which an idea is conveyed is not irrelevant to its truth evaluation. In fact, Postman said, the medium in which communication takes place is itself not … Continue reading
Pip
A favorite image from UK Hip-Hop/Spoken Word artist Scroobius Pip: I swear we sat for hours before words were introduced. Just relaxing in a world, below the fights and abuse. Below the weapons of war, below the cars and the … Continue reading
