Category Archives: Art

It Neither Picks My Pocket Nor Breaks My Leg

Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Keith

Apparently some grumpy French film critics have gotten themselves worked into a tizzy over Terrence Malick’s new film. To which I say, who the fuck cares? In a world where Michael Bay gets the GNP of a small European nation … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween

Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Keith

A little early still I know but it’s feeling decidedly Hallowed here in Oregon, with the wind and the rain and the cool weather. I’ve been a bit scarce in these Intertube-related parts and the image above is a hint … Continue reading →

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‘Scuse me While I Whip This Out

Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Keith

This has gotten way out of hand. The Birther nonsense was amusing at first, in a surrealist, after dinner game sort of a way. “The president is a secret Muslim from Kenya!” has Andre Breton’s fingerprints all over it. That … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Doing For the Last Month

Posted on Monday, June 29, 2009 by Keith

Sorry for the lack of interesting content but for most of the last month or so I’ve been spending every spare moment prepping my book. Above is the final cover, and as you can see I’ve gone back to the … Continue reading →

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I Humbly Submit My Name for the Position

Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 by Keith

I can only hope Obama takes this consideration to heart because if there is one job I was born for, it’s Secretary of the Arts: A call for President-elect Barack Obama to give the arts and humanities a Cabinet-level post … Continue reading →

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Dasvidanya, 2007!

Posted on Saturday, December 22, 2007 by Keith

Via Boing Boing, a collection of Soviet era holiday cards. I like this one because it reminds me of Maurice Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen. Happy Holidays, Comrades!

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Steampunk Blog

Posted on Monday, October 1, 2007 by Keith

I stumbled upon Brass Goggles while looking at these magnificent adding machines on Boing Boing Gadgets.

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A Future made of Steam and Rivets

Posted on Sunday, September 2, 2007 by Keith

Warren Ellis asks an intriguing question: Is it possible that steampunk is making a comeback as acquiescence to the notion that our more recent apparently plausible models of the future will never come to reality? To a large degree, I … Continue reading →

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Sweet Chocolate Jesus!

Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 by Keith

Jesus made of food is bad but Jesus as food is… holy? No wonder I don’t get religion: NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday … Continue reading →

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That Old Time Premiscuous New Art

Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2007 by Keith

Harpers has a great essay up by Jonathan Lethem. It covers a wide range of topics from artistic appropriation to copyright law: Blues and jazz musicians have long been enabled by a kind of “open source” culture, in which pre-existing … Continue reading →

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