Fire EXIT- Mon Dieu ! Apple Store Coming the Louvre November 9, 2009Mon Dieu ! Apple Store Coming the Louvre Malin comme tout ! There’s a price for everything, even in the Louvre: Tomorrow, Apple will be opening up their very first Parisian Apple Store, and it’ll sit in the concourse right below I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid. According to Bloomberg, this’ll be Apple’s 277th store, worldwide. It […]
- Mon Dieu ! Apple Store Coming the Louvre November 9, 2009
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Swedish Turnips
Swedish Turnips “On 1 July 2009, Sweden will take over the Presidency of the EU……for six months, Sweden will lead the EU’s work and be responsible for moving important EU issues forward….The Presidency is a unique opportunity for Sweden to … Continue reading
Blow Up
Blow Up ——— Antonioni’s Blow Up And The Chiasmus Of Memory If we apply this notion of the reversibility of the visible/invisible, representational/ nonrepresentational to the closing passage of the film, when Thomas discovers that the corpse has disappeared and … Continue reading
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Swedish software firm buys The Pirate Bay for £4.7m
Swedish software firm buys The Pirate Bay for £4.7m Wow! Steal from others, get bought out, make $7+m. All while dabbling in neo-nazism to keep from getting too bored. The Swedish software firm, Global Gaming Factory X, has bought the … Continue reading
Monsieur Flaubert, C’est Moi!
Monsieur Flaubert, C’est Moi! Transcript of the lecture Orhan Pamuk gave at the University of Rouen: As told in the final section of Voyage en Orient, Gustave Flaubert, accompanied by his friend Maxime du Camp, travelled to Istanbul in October … Continue reading
Priced to sell
Priced to sell Malcolm Gladwell on Chris Anderson’s “Free”: The digital age, Anderson argues, is exerting an inexorable downward pressure on the prices of all things “made of ideas.” Anderson does not consider this a passing trend. Rather, he seems … Continue reading
Michael Jackson, the bookworm
Michael Jackson, the bookworm Owners of local bookstores, including Dutton’s, recall encountering the late pop star perusing their shelves. …. In later years, Jackson would wear a surgical mask during his visits. In an X17 online video of him on … Continue reading
Alegrias del Barrio Santa María (Cadiz)
Alegrias del Barrio Santa María (Cadiz) A clip of music (alegrias) with images of Cádiz from the film Rito y Geografía del Cante. __________________________________ Flamenco as we know it today surfaced in the 19th century. You can hear the original … Continue reading
Manhood for Amateurs: The Wilderness of Childhood
Manhood for Amateurs: The Wilderness of Childhood Michael Chabon in the New York Review of Books: The endangerment of children—that persistent theme of our lives, arts, and literature over the past twenty years—resonates so strongly because, as parents, as members … Continue reading
Blur at Glastonbury 2009
Blur at Glastonbury 2009 Despite talk of the “dad-rock” lineup, Blur made sure that the real winner at this year’s Glastonbury was pop music. They weren’t alone, of course. Earlier in the weekend, La Roux packed a tent out with … Continue reading
Are humans cruel to be kind?
Are humans cruel to be kind? [W]hy do we inflict pain for no gain? On the face of it, it is rather a perverse way of going about things. Does spitefulness stem from an affronted sense of fairness? Or something … Continue reading
