March 2009
“Oggi siamo bombardati da una tale quantità d’immagini da non saper più...”
– da Lezioni americane - Sei proposte per il prossimo millennio (Visibilità) di Italo Calvino. (via strepitupido)
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“Everybody’s got a secret Sonny
Something that they just can’t face...”
– Darkness On the Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Ma, soprattutto, chi li spingeva a farlo?
(via hellzabloggin)
Spingitori di cavalieri!
“Wonder has no opposite; it springs up already doubled in itself, compounded of...”
– Marina Warner - novelist, mythographer & cultural historian
Tonight after teaching I’m going to hear Marina’s creative writing reading.
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Oliver Burkeman meets David Simon, creator of The... →
“The key principle of Simon’s storytelling was encapsulated in a remark that caused raised eyebrows when he uttered it, late last year, on BBC2’s Culture Show: “Fuck the average viewer.”
When you want to write the truth, Simon argues, writing for those who know nothing sets the bar too low. “That’s how they taught us to write at the Baltimore Sun:...
This queue feature seems to work really well -...
That said, goodnight tumblrs, don’t stay up too late.
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“[…] in un’epoca in cui altri media velocissimi e di estesissimo raggio...”
– da Lezioni americane - Sei proposte per il prossimo millennio (Rapidità), di Italo Calvino. (via strepitupido)
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“Cleopatra: If it be love indeed tell me how much.
Antony: There’s beggary...”
– William Shakespeare, Antony & Cleopatra, I.i
Teaching tomorrow - my favourite Shakespeare play.
I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in...
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More Pearl Jam on Tumblr! Yes!
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@solidair
said: Because Tumblr thinks like “Quelo”…
ROTFL! La domanda è mal posta, io volevo chiedere che ore sono? :)
PS: Adesso mi dice: “You’ve already asked two questions today. You can ask another tomorrow!”
La seconda che hai detto!
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Dear Tumblr, why can’t I answer my own question?
Waking up the neighborhood
Our downstairs neighbour has been playing the theme song from Forrest Gump on a loop for the past half an hour. WTF?
It’s now time for some loud Boss.
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(For byronic)
quatsch:
I officially LOVE Darkness on the Edge of Town. I like every track with the exception of “Adam Raised a Cain”. I have to skip it. It’s a good song, but I feel it doesn’t belong with the rest. Anyway, it’s a great album, almost intimate, without any big Bruce-like anthems and I honesty don’t mind.
Oh, I am so pleased! It’s my favourite Bruce album. ‘Racing’, ‘Prove...
Are we human or are we dancer?
(there is no other question, really)
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It's Holga time!
cannella:
The cult of Holga: The sixties’ camera makes a comeback (from the Independent.co.uk)
Simple Cameras Connect With the Essence of Photography by Robert Hirsch
Don’t have a holga?: Holganizer give your pics a holga feeling.
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As if I needed any more reasons to love Patrick...
“Q: How did you come to your voice in the movie? Patrick Wilson: My voice? That’s interesting. Q: It felt a little Jimmy Stewart to me, which I liked. It’s definitely different than your speaking voice. PW: There’s just a real eagerness and earnestness to do right, and to be correct and to do the right thing with Dan. There’s a lot informed by even the pictures and the way he talks and the...
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PJ Harvey and John Parish takeover guardian.co.uk... →
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Watchmen and philosophy →
“Whether you’re reading Watchmen for the first time or have been a fan for more than twenty years, “Watchmen and Philosophy” will help you read deeper into the philosophical questions and the revolutionary story that changed comic fiction forever.
Recently, we had a chance to interview Mark D. White, editor and contributor of the book, which is part of a series of philosophy and pop...
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Bruce Springsteen, The Fuse from The Rising (2002)...
“All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in...”
– Susan Sontag (via thresca) (via puscic) (via strepitupido)
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Wishlist #2
Things I wish to see less of on Tumblr
Twlight / Robert Pattinson
boobs
kittens
Things I wish to see more of on Tumblr
Pearl Jam
whales
black/white photographs
vintage baseball cards
armadillos
1950s cars
guys in ties
short stories
Female Action Directors →
solidair:
[With videos]
Pongy Robert Pattinson isn't Hollywood's only... →
Halitosis was a serious problem on set in Hollywood’s golden era, when smoking, drinking and poor diet, all contributing factors, were more widespread. Clark Gable’s famous line: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn,” might well have served to outline his attitude to his co-stars, who frequently complained about his bad breath. “Kissing Clark Gable in Gone with...
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You do the maths #8
Sun shining
- British Summer Time kicked in=little in the way of sleep
- it’s 7°C forgodssake
- Watchmen obsession to be cast aside for the day
- B away in Portugal
+ breakfast: double espresso and chocolate madeleine
+ three draft posts
+ read Antony & Cleopatra and prepare class
+ phone conversation with D.
+ Highway 61 Revisited, loud and clear
= me today
'The Wire' glossary: Get on the burner to your... →
To help you enjoy The Wire from the start, the The Independent on Sunday presents a cut-out-and-keep glossary.
Burner – Disposable mobile telephone used by drug dealers to stop the police monitoring their private conversations.
Carrying weight – To be serving a custodial sentence.
Cheese – Money.
Civilian – Ordinary individual who is not a player of “the game” (see below) –...
“La tv non è che deve o non deve.
La tv educa, per definizione. Non può fare...”
– leonardo: Cattiva maestra
(ve lo consiglio tutto)
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Suggestions?
robyn-sparkles:
I have to read 3 books from the following list for my Education course on Adolescent Development. Any suggestions?
Hey there Robyn. Your list mentions A Prayer for Owen Meany. If you pick that one let me know what you think. It’s my favourite book and I re read it every year. ‘Nuff said.
100th follower!
Hello @hartleymanages - you’re the one.
Thanks everybody it’s really nice to somehow be in touch with you all.
solidair:
The Violence of the Image (2004) Jean Baudrillard thinking and talking about the violence of the image,aggression, oppression, transgression,regression, effects and causes of violence, violence of the virtual, 3d, virtual reality, transparency, psychological and imaginary.
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How We Met: Simon Mayo & Mark Kermode - The... →
