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Genital Lexemes
In Yiddish, Schmuck (which means "jewel" in German) is slang for the male organ.
But in French, Bijoux ("jewels") means the female genitalia.
So, it seems that at least two languages imagine these 'parts' as precious, ornamental, pretty -- but detachable -- things. Interesting. -
Our modern Olympia
If history repeats itself first as tragedy then as farce, the third time it's -- Art History.
Yesterday, while leafing through a book of photographs of the early days of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, I found this arresting image:
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A high tolerance for dissonance
I am always surprised when reviewers describe some piece of music as intolerably dissonant anti-musical noise, when to me it seems pleasant, interesting, and certainly very musical. Cases in point: Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music"; most of the work of Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Boyd Rice; many avant-garde aleatory experiments ( Read more... ) -
Crypto-Fascism
I am practically convinced that most historians of religion -- and historians of hermeticism, etc. -- own hidden copies of the works of Julius Evola.
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Arty porn
We need more of this:
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"It was a large room, full of people, all kinds . . ."
If you want a bear (particularly those on Livejournal) to perk up and take notice, toss him a Laurie Anderson line. I don't know why, but it works.
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Fucking hot
Damn . . . just, damn . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcT_AOQlrvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZaXCs02Hms&feature=related gay, you-tube, bear, bdsmMy face has a mind of its own
Sometimes my face rebels against me. I don't know why or how, but the fact bothers me, perplexes me. For instance, once, in the midst of a seminar, a fellow student paused while speaking and said, "I can't go on with him looking at me that way." I wasn't aware that I was looking at her in any particular way. I took it as a sign that it was past ( Read more... )"Revolutionary women are the most beautiful"
That's what it said at the top of the page, above a crude sketch of a buxom woman in paramilitary fatigues ( Read more... )We are the strange
I've never cared much for video games. But if there must be an experimental film based on the video game aesthetic and Toho-style monsters, surely one could do worse:
The too-bombastic trailer suggests an action movie, but the actual 88-minute animated film (also available on You-Tube) is lugubriously paced and more dense with weird imagery and ( Read more... )
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