Day 423: The Last Lecture
Here Randy Pausch’s by now famous “Last Lecture:” “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” This may be difficult to critique, but let’s try. I’d be interested in hearing how people actually read this...
View ArticleDay 426: No Rest for the Wicked
I saw New Model Army in concert at a tiny place in Wicker Park here in Chicago last Saturday night and I am still smiling. What a fantastic concert and what a fantastic band! They still stick to their...
View ArticleDay 435: AY!
Wow, I’ve been really bad at this whole blogging thing as of late. (I mean even worse than usual.) I have been insanely busy and practically spent every day in its entirety at coffee shops writing. I’m...
View ArticleBlog Re-Launch Extravaganza (or something…)
I am currently considering re-launching this blog. I am, however, not yet sure whether or not I should change its content, layout, aim, … The simple reason for returning to blogging is: I have time...
View ArticleStranded
I shouldn’t have announced the return of this blog this early. It has been rather difficult to write lately–purely coincidentally. Today, I am stranded at Halifax airport. Still. I actually have been...
View ArticleNYPD Officer Assaults Critical Mass Rider
Blatantly. Without warning or attempting to stop him non-violently. Fucked up. I have participated in Critical Mass rides in Chicago. They are always peaceful. All over the globe. In New York City they...
View ArticleThe Dialectician’s Guide to Cultural Studies and Totalization
High and low culture are equally fascinating, but you can’t just do one or the other. You must do both. - Mark Gerard Lawson This may be the single most important advice not just for those producing...
View ArticleAnother Good Cause
What does capitalism have to do with nature/animal conservation efforts? A lot–and I don’t just mean that ecopolitics and rescue efforts for flora and fauna have become a lucrative business in...
View ArticleNew Issue of Mediations
The editorial collective of Mediations, the journal of the Marxist Literary Group, is pleased to announce issue 24.2, a special issue that revisits the relationship between Marxism and literature....
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