Beau Travail

bodega: Marcel Dzama ♥

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:40:12 -0400

Marcel Dzama ♥

sixtyforty: Dr Pepper for MEN AXE shampoo for MEN Hair care for ANTS Body wash for SUPERMASSIVE...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:42:33 -0400

Dr Pepper for MEN

AXE shampoo for MEN

Hair care for ANTS

Body wash for SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES

Toothpaste for INVASIVE GRASS

Mouthwash for THEORETICAL ELEMENTS

Face wash for METALLIC HYDROGEN

Shower gel for THE CREMATED REMAINS OF LOVED ONES

did you know this whole Rob Ford situation was foretold by secret Illuminati messages in a Southern rap album from 2008

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:21:26 -0400

did you know this whole Rob Ford situation was foretold by secret Illuminati messages in a Southern rap album from 2008

richwhitelesbian: this is a good documentary

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:26:22 -0400

richwhitelesbian:

this is a good documentary

mutantmagic: Hike

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:25:10 -0400

mutantmagic:

Hike

neo-rama: duck tails on Flickr. miles “tails” prower - the...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:08:09 -0400

neo-rama:

duck tails on Flickr.

miles “tails” prower - the richest duck in duckburg

turns out the FEMA camps are real. that’s where yahoo is going to send every tumblr user who openly...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:47 -0400

turns out the FEMA camps are real. that’s where yahoo is going to send every tumblr user who openly likes anime

teenally: richwhitelesbian: i hope yahoo deletes every blog that follows me AND I HOPE THE...

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:27:37 -0400

teenally:

richwhitelesbian:

i hope yahoo deletes every blog that follows me

AND I HOPE THE JUNKYARD A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE SOMEDAY BURNS DOWN

I HOPE IT STAYS DARK FOREVER

I HOPE THE WORST ISN’T OVER

I HOPE YOU DELETE BEFORE I DO

"I’ve been slowly working my way through Foucault’s Birth of Biopolitics this summer, with a kind of..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:11:16 -0400

“

I’ve been slowly working my way through Foucault’s Birth of Biopolitics this summer, with a kind of dawning horror at the sheer nihilism of neoliberalism. The end result of this ruling ideology is that we should all be our own individual enterprises, in constant competition with others, making continual economic choices — and with no goal outside the competition itself. Even when we “retire,” we are not at rest, because then above all we need to be savvy managers of our various investments.

All this in the name of freedom! I think we need to be careful here not to jump too quickly to the idea that “freedom” is just a cover for a more sinister agenda — as far as I can tell, the neoliberal theorists sincerely believe that the market is the place where the most authentic form of freedom is instantiated, where people come together to form freely-chosen arrangements (appealing to liberals) and show their true aptitude and worth (appealing to conservatives), all (at least ideally) without the mediation of the coercive force of the state or any inherited tradition. If the market is where freedom happens, then what else can you do but make all of life a market? Yet the result, of course, isn’t really freedom, but the worst totalitarianism of all — a non-stop, exhausting agon with no goal and no prospect of rest (insofar as rest is always only geared toward more effective struggle).

”

- Adam Kotsko, Monasticism and neoliberalism: On Agamben’s The Highest Poverty (via fourwindsshotgun)

fuckme-bradtollman: dreams coming true

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:09:07 -0400

fuckme-bradtollman:

dreams coming true

nedraggett: A Giorgio Moroder story: apropos of his appearance...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:42 -0400

nedraggett:

A Giorgio Moroder story: apropos of his appearance on a certain new album — a few years ago on ILX, someone named Tilman posted saying he’d been doing research into “I Feel Love“‘s production, saying he was “particularily interested in the delay effect that he uses to “double” the synth riff, and the other means with which he creates “metrical dissonances”, e.g. the echo effects.” He indicated that he’d contacted Moroder directly about this. Moroder replied with this graphic, adding:

“Dear Mr. Tilman
this is the only way i can help you

saluti
Giorgio Moroder”

This is the greatest thing ever, of course. Credit to my friend Grady for the reminder.

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:23:06 -0400

myloveinthug: crisis situations

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:05:41 -0400

myloveinthug:

crisis situations

Photo

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:19:15 -0400

z1c: being 20+ on tumblr

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:46:45 -0400

z1c:

being 20+ on tumblr

shitty: markrichardson: Sheila E doing “Glamorous Life” at the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:46:23 -0400

shitty:

markrichardson:

Sheila E doing “Glamorous Life” at the American Music Awards in 1985. This performance is bonkers. For the first third she sings lead while standing and also playing the lead percussion part. Then she takes the mic and dances around. And then the lights on stage go dark and she solos on drums in the dark with glow-in-the-dark sticks.

Two things occur to me watching this, and recently revisiting Sheila E’s first two albums. One, Prince in the 1980s was the kind of pop genius that comes along every 20-30 years, maybe. The amount of brilliant, boundary-pushing, but still accessible music he was responsible for, as both a solo performer or, as with this song, as a writer/producer, is simply astonishing. It’s honestly like talking about Albert Einstein in 1905, that’s how in the zone he was. It was a decade of a true and lasting genius by an artist at the height of his powers who was given all kinds of resources. A rare thing.

The second thing is what a talent Sheila E was (and probably still is, though I haven’t heard anything she’s done in some time). She had a few big hits, two good records, and came from a remarkable family of musicians (she had several first-call percussionists of note in her family). In the late 1980s she was Prince’s live drummer and also was also the leader of his backing band (you can see her considerable skills behind a proper kit in the Sign O the Times film). Imagine what it takes to be Prince’s musical director in those years, for him to hand over the keys.

Put down whatever you are doing and make sure you watch this video.

me in the club

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:36:41 -0400

me in the club

singing 🎵 my body is your party 🎵 to this new T-shirt

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:13:14 -0400

singing 🎵 my body is your party 🎵 to this new T-shirt

kingtrash: I was hired to draw this cover for this upcoming The...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:04:44 -0400

kingtrash:

I was hired to draw this cover for this upcoming The Sleep of Reason anthology. It features buddies like Emily Carroll, Gabby Schulz, and many others, and is also one of the rare indie anthologies that actually pays its contributors (although typing it out now, it is a little depressing that indie anthologies treating their contributors ethically is not just, like, the norm? Anyway, I am very eager and happy to support editors and publishers making good choices like that.)

looks good, tastes ethical!

"She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:52:07 -0400

“She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening. She has the mysterious solitude of ambiguous states; she hovers in a no-man’s land between life and death, sleeping and waking.”

- Angela Carter, “The Lady of the House of Love” from The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (via awritersruminations)

#reblogging 4 farah

wow. yes, baby, this is totally me. love you.

(via aloofshahbanou)