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“Announcing a late style as distinctive as the late style of Matisse, my...”
– — Ben Lerner, The Lichtenberg Figures Funny poem! But there’s something real here about talking about the emotional provocations of art in arid analytical terms. Throughout his writing, and particularly in the novel Leaving The Atocha Station, Lerner is obsessed with mediation and the ways...
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“Hallucinations! Well did I know that among certain youthful instructors whose...”
– — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire In his introduction to the annotated edition of Lolita, Alfred Appel characterizes Nabokov’s aesthetic using a striking image. As readers, we’re watching Nabokov stage a puppet show, becoming increasingly involved in the production. As the action...
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Genius Of Lovers: Tom Tom Club's Favourite Albums  →
My dear friend Paul Smith has a great interview with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club in the Quietus today. “We dug the beer and amphetamine music, but we also dug the reefer music.” Check it out!
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markrichardson replied to your photo: After yesterday’s post on cultural colonialism,… Am I right that he wrote this piece in 2007? He said he died 8 years ago, which was in ‘99. That sounds about right. It’s weirdly hard to find the publication date on the website, isn’t it?
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Listenpitchfork: Read Lindsay Zoladz’s Best New...
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people-need-heroes asked: I'm not sure how long ago it was when you made your post about Walter Benjamin's chapter from Illuminations, but I just wanted to thank you for it. I had a bit of trouble understanding just what he was saying, but your condensed points really helped me understand it better, so thank you! =)
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noircheri asked: Your commentary and insight are exquisite. Bravo.
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