2011
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Cool Reconnaissance of the Cursive M
Weather, for all of its pyrotechnics, is a tender book, artfully charting the landscapes these poems inhabit.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
This is pretty delightful: Women of the Future (1902). Egypt has some pretty cool pigeon houses. It is probably time to redesign the way the NY subway works. Holy cow, the face scrambler is here. Now, where did I put…
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Albums of Our Lives: Nirvana’s Nevermind
“I miss you; I’m not gonna crack” I was 14 and following older kids through the woods.
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Social Media Art
The “Social Media” exhibit is at New York City’s Pace Gallery until October 15th. Walking us through the installations, this piece ponders the way social media art works when taken out of its natural habitat—the Internet. “It seemed to me…
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Bush vs. Simpson and the American Family
If you’re publicly expressing resentment towards America’s most beloved (animated) family, you should expect a response. Letters of Note published Marge Simpson’s response to Barbara Bush’s declaration that the Simpson’s was “the dumbest thing” she’d ever seen. The subject of…
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Rude Hand Gestures
“Depending on where you are, a thumbs up could just be a sign of approval. But in some countries, this refers to an action in the nether regions, and is meant as an offense. Visitors should note that to add…
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Winning Women
The Daily Beast published an interactive infographic, mapping out where “women are winning.” “Winning” is measured along the lines of justice, health, education, economy and power. Iceland is apparently full of female champions.
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Erotic Monarchs
“The love that united them with their passionate kisses made them even more closely entwined. Divine lust! Mistress of the world!” Those are lines from an erotic poem recently discovered in writings of Frederick the Great, the monarch who turned…
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Rock-Poster Designer Wes Wilson, Interviewed
Wes Wilson was the rock-poster guru of the 60’s. His designs were used by the Beatles, the Doors and are so site-specifically San Francisco, from those art-filled days where you could rent a room for 30 bucks a month. He…
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All Naked, All The Time: Gertrude Stein and John Cassavetes
What is emotionally naked art and why do I think I have to describe the films of John Cassavetes, particularly A Woman Under the Influence, and Gertrude Stein’s Three Lives, particularly “Melanctha,” that way?