Category Archives: New Post

RIP Jack Bruce (May 14, 1943 – Oct. 25, 2014)

Posted on October 25, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Fond farewell to a music legend—songwriter, vocalist, and one of the most influential bass players to ever stride the earth. Jack Bruce, certainly best known for his lead role in the trio that defined “supergroup” (pardon to those who mistakenly … Continue reading →

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Tattoo new – culling sound from the ink

Posted on October 14, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Staying with the tattoo theme for just a moment longer, the Deconstruction offers the sincerest of hat tips to Muscovite artist Dmitry Morozov (nom d’arte ::vtol::) for creating something brand new with what we’ve just this past week nominated as … Continue reading →

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Da Vinci’s drafts

Posted on October 4, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Nearly five hundred years after his death, Leonardo Da Vinci is still celebrated, and widely recognized, as one of the Western world’s most accomplished polymaths, inventors, and above all, artists. Even the most uninitiated can easily see why—a glance through … Continue reading →

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Revenge porn and the law of unintended consequences

Posted on September 28, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

The fact that revenge porn exists illustrates an entire tragicomic spectrum of unhappy, unintended con-sequences. More aptly, it demonstrates the lowest of the low: infantile exes who aim to shame, and the profit-blinded thugs who give them the platforms for doing … Continue reading →

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Here’s to Scotland

Posted on September 19, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

By any objective standard this summer has been just fucking awful. There has been war and disease, barbarism, and more than our usual apportionment of inexplicable and inexcusable slaughter. Mere hours remain now until the equinox, but even the longer … Continue reading →

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Bring the Funk

Posted on September 14, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

There is music, and then there is funk. And along with all of funk’s myriad attractions (just try to sit still when George Clinton and P.Funk give it up) there is also this: funk is nothing if not inclusive. Or … Continue reading →

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When art was labor, and labor was salvation

Posted on September 1, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Crises have a way of bringing out the best or the worst in people, and in societies, and in cultures. There’s rarely a middle ground, and there’s rarely any ambiguity to it. You might think of them as litmus tests … Continue reading →

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First Impression

Posted on August 24, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Impressionism is arguably the most influential artistic movement of the last half millennium. It represented a stylistic break with the rigid Realism that preceded it, and inspired in its wake not only the techniques and subject matter embraced by visual … Continue reading →

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RIP Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

Posted on August 11, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

First thing I thought, upon hearing that Robin Williams was gone, was that he’d been making me laugh for as long as I can remember. I realized almost at once that this wasn’t quite true.I was ten or so when … Continue reading →

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I culture you: Take your vacation

Posted on August 2, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

You’ve been working very very hard, haven’t you? Poor thing, I know exactly how you feel. You know what you need? You need a little vacation. Go ahead — take a some time off. Relax. How you relax is a … Continue reading →

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World got you down? Just dance

Posted on July 20, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

If you’ve had any exposure to the news over the last week or so, you know things seem to have gotten very, very bad. Tempting though it may be, escapism probably isn’t the answer. I’ve no proof of this, but I … Continue reading →

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Children make the saddest refugees

Posted on July 13, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

In your heart of hearts you know that if a child runs onto your property begging for help, you need to help. If you’re not willing to help, you’d better have a compelling reason why not—if only to ever be … Continue reading →

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All hail the Theremin

Posted on June 28, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Whether or not you enjoy the electronic oscillating tones of the twentieth century’s weirdest contribution to musical invention, you have to admit: the rise of the horror film wouldn’t have been possible (or at least wouldn’t have been the same) … Continue reading →

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Dark Enlightenment – the thinking man’s neo-fascism

Posted on June 22, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

What do you make of a movement that purports to be intellectual, neo-reactionary, anti-democratic, and — wait for it — in favor of feudal restoration? You might think them confused, with good enough reason. Then you dig deeper and find … Continue reading →

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Banksy took Manhattan – the movie?

Posted on June 13, 2014 by editor, facilitator, decider

Has it really been nearly a year since enigmatic Brit street artist Banksy steamrolled NYC? New Yorkers aren’t likely to forget the experience any time soon, but just in case the rest of us have, his website is now hosting … Continue reading →

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