Though I don’t think this is a very good documentary, it survives deeper analysis because of Mick Rock’s unpretentious geezer-like attitude and, of course, because of the compelling subject matter. Rock, as the cliche goes, “is the man who shot the seventies”. I had the opportunity to catch a modest exhibit of his work at…
Catherine Deneuve — the epitome of sophisticated, cool eroticism, accomplishment, strong and independent womanhood. I can’t see her stooping to group zombiefication wearing a pussyhat. Update: here is the English translation of the manifesto Deneuve signed. belle du jourcatherine deneuvecinemafeminismLuis Buñuelregressive leftSimone de Beauvoir
The very excellent Nick Capaldi has the anchor essay with responses from Daniel Klein, Andrew Sabl, and Chandran Kukathas. Andrew SablChandran Kukathasclassical liberalismDaniel KleinDavid HumeNicholas CapaldiPolitical philosophyScottish Enlightenment
In view of the triumphant and generally admirable democratic-technological transformation of society, what is the ground of the novelist’s radical disquiet? Can the charge be brought against him, as Harvey Cox has accused the existentialists, of being an anachronism, one of the remnant of nineteenth-century “cultivated personalities” who, finding no sympathetic hearing from either technician…
Latest issue of C+T Blain Neufeldcomplexitycosmos & taxisDavid WiensFred D’AgostinoGerald GausKevin VallierLiberalismLori WatsonPolitical philosophyRyan MuldoonScott E. Pagespontaneous ordersthe tyranny of the ideal
Steve Coogan & @RobBrydon reenacting the moment David Bowie followed Rob on @Twitter is possibly Scene Of The Year 2017. #TheTripToSpain pic.twitter.com/ZhBjI5wryt — Sky Atlantic (@skyatlantic) April 21, 2017 Also check out Ricky Gervais’ proto-The Office cringe-fest for a good giggle. comedyDavid Bowiemusicricky gervaisRob Brydonsteve coogan
NYT — Guardian — New Yorker — Rolling Stone Me communing with Rick. Muscle Shoalsmusicrick lewis
Here’s a nicely nuanced analytical discussion of a topic vulgarized in circles where there is no philosophical culture — typically English departments and other regressive pseudo circles where activism masquerades as inquiry. James Young has been thinking a great deal about these issues as a philosopher and as a Canuck, a refreshing change from the…
My two favourite (and on paper, improbable) versions. The former is very Morricone-ish; the latter funky punkish. BURT BACHARACHEnnio MorriconeHal Davidisaac hayesmusicthe stranglerswalk on by
Since true prophets, i.e., men called by God to communicate something urgent to other men, are currently in short supply, the novelist may perform a quasi-prophetic function. Like the prophet, his news is generally bad. Unlike the prophet, whose mouth has been purified by a burning coal, the novelist’s art is often bad, too. It…
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