This post came up today in conversation, and I thought, why not reblog it. Enjoy!
The Chameleons live in concert
Here are four video recordings of concerts by one of my favorite 1980s post-punk bands, The Chameleons. I sometimes describe…
Feature Friday: “My Name Is Albert Ayler” (2007)
I’ve been wanting to watch this film since I read a review of it in Sight & Sound six years…
Feature Tuesday: “What Time Is It There?”
I think I’ve already featured this on Feature Friday, but this is Feature Tuesday. And in any case I’m sure…
Feature Tuesday: “3-Iron” (2004)
No, not Iron Man 3: 3-Iron (Bin-jip), by lovable South Korean oddball Kim Ki-duk: It even has English subtitles, which…
The Big Other Contributors List
The contributors list at Big Other recently changed and I’m wondering what the new organizing logic is. Before, the list…
from Philip K. Dick’s Galactic Pot-Healer
“[T]here are no small matters. Just as there is no small life. The life of an insect, a spider, his…
from Daniel Deronda
“Attempts at description are stupid: who can all at once describe a human being? even when he is presented to…
Sorry, John
But the Imperial White House has responded: “The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than…