Category: Writing
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It’s In The Mix! More Good Internet Radio!
A Mister Nagoski is streaming from his collection of old 78 records: “78 Vintage Grooves From Around The World…” So far I’ve hung out with a Japanese callgirl, then some syrup-voiced guy from the arabic-speaking world, then I think the next fella was crooning to me from Turkey. Now Lil Wally and his pals have…
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Curation Situation
I’m guest curator for the Degenerate Art Ensemble’s Art Stream for the next two weeks. I’m tasked with posting daily snapshots of artists and institutions that the world needs to know about. My first shot’s fired and it’s dedicated to Unnur Andrea, an Icelandic performer who makes music and videos. I’ve focused on her video…
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“Entering the Nest – The Bold Italic – San Francisco”
The Peacock Lounge on San Francisco’s Upper Haight always intrigued me. In the years I lived there I saw it open once and promptly walked in. Greeted by a large man in a suit who put his arm around my shoulders. While smiling and asking how I was, he walked me right back out. There…
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Guilty, A Public Passion
Last weekend I was part of a ritualized public reading of Bataille’s ‘Guilty‘ out at the Smoke Farm complex. Photographer Dan Hawkins made a time-lapse video of our 7 hour adventure… Guilty is the edited diary of George Bataille written during World War 2. Bataille explores the guilt and anger he experiences at not being…
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DK Pan Officially A Genius
‘It Was Bedlam!: DK Pan, You’re A Frickin’ Genius‘. An amazing honor has been bestowed on one one of my finest friends, DK Pan. He’s been given The Strangers’ Genius Award for 2011 in visual arts. Read about it!