April 2011
29 posts
modernandmaterialthings:
Kanye West vs Radiohead...
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“But people didn’t understand what I meant, as usual, when I say something...”
– The Loser, Thomas Bernhard
symptomattic:
Headphones/earbuds recommended,...
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“You do not become an important philosopher by generating the most “knockdown...”
– Graham Harman. Gurrrrrl, I am crushing. For brains.
Watchbeargriffin:
dangurewitch:
Click to make some music. This is now my favorite thing on the Internet.
Goodbye all free hours.
“You think 435 fairly well to-do, mostly white men, should make that decision?”
– Anthony Weiner advocating that the decision for what women should be able to do with their bodies should be a decision made between a woman and her doctor, not determined by a committee of congressmen. Video here. (via soupsoup)
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“I’d like to write something that comes from things the way wine comes from...”
– Walter Benjamin (via tinyecho)
“Who does not know that, together with the great, imposing, public banner, there...”
– Machado de Assis, Epitaph of a Small Winner
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Is it a Comedy? Is it a Tragedy?, by Thomas... →
fwriction:
Asymptote is a fantastic new journal, focusing on translated works. I was delighted to find Thomas Bernhard here, and I hope you are, too. Check out this exciting journal, submit, and enjoy some good reading.
from “Is it a Comedy? Is it a Tragedy?”:
I haven’t been to the theatre any more for eight or ten weeks, I said to myself, and I know why I haven’t been to the theatre any...
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“I would have made a very excellent book editor, because I am interested in...”
– Not selling me on it, Laura Bush 