“‘leven Thirty Saturday Night”
Digressions of a ProAcaFan
MEDIA PROFESSIONAL | ASPIRING ACADEMIC | FANMAN
The Raoul World
Raoul Vaneigem’s entire The Revolution of Everyday Life (1967) is online for free! Now I guess I’ll have to get around to reading it:
“The belief in the magical power of technology goes hand in hand with its opposite, the movement of disenchantment. The machine is the model of the intelligible. There is no mystery, nothing obscure in its drive-belts, cogs and gears; it can all be explained perfectly. But the machine is also the miracle that is to transport man into the realms of happiness and freedom. Besides, this ambiguity is useful to its masters: the old con about happy tomorrows and the green grass over the hill operates at various levels to justify the rational exploitation of men today. Thus it is not the logic of disenchantment that shakes people’s faith in progress so much as the inhuman use of technical potential, the way that its mystical justification begins to grate.” (from Chapter 9)
Most Recently SansaClipped: The Move
You’ll see rainbows in the evening too, if you let yourself: “I Can Hear the Grass Grow,” 1967.
Most Recently SansaClipped: Faiza Ahmed
“Nootef Al Daaf,” from the essential album Eastern Standard Time.
Most Recently SansaClipped: AgesandAges
Portlandian super group performs “Navy Parade”; the video was shot on location in the St. John’s neighborhood and lovingly directed by Alicia J. Rose.
AgesandAges “Navy Parade (escape from the Black River bluffs)” HD from Alicia J. Rose on Vimeo.
Most Recently SansaClipped: The Byrds
“Chestnut Mare,” originally from the LP (Untitled), 1970.
What’s in your barista’s messenger bag?
Samsung bashes the iPhone 4 with Mac’s own “cultural creative” stick.
Failed Prognostications: Jay Leno Is the Future
Where’s my Jay Leno hovercraft, by the way?
Under the Umbrella
Errol Morris, Tink, and the messy conspiracies of history.
