...new wave.
Cinema.
I don't have any idea how I got to it, but I did, and it is magnificent.
I need to see the whole thing now. Supposedly, it is just as good as what these 4 minutes.
-kevimkrasky (1966)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
oh my god...
...look at that fucking hipster.
Still hot. Still bored.
But I was in the uber-snotty hi-brow online music site The Brooklyn Vegan.
I was pictured here (scroll down about halfway).
I'll save you the trouble:
In a hilarious turn of events, I didn't actually get to see either Cap'n Jazz or Lightning Bolt play. I heard that they were both awesome.
Double dang,
-kevyn vegan
Still hot. Still bored.
But I was in the uber-snotty hi-brow online music site The Brooklyn Vegan.
I was pictured here (scroll down about halfway).
I'll save you the trouble:
In a hilarious turn of events, I didn't actually get to see either Cap'n Jazz or Lightning Bolt play. I heard that they were both awesome.
Double dang,
-kevyn vegan
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Slow, slow, slow...
...heat.
Felt like it was the right time to right.
With the summer's advance and a lack of a job or a school or a goal-oriented hobby, i've got much less to do, much less to describe. Perhaps coming here so early was a bad plan.
The frisbee thing worked out. So that's good, yeah?
I'm reading some things I've been meaning to read for a long time, but that usually tends to work out such that they take a while to finish. By the time i've finished 1/5 of what i meant to, it's time to do other things. Right now, i'm in the middle of the of Sinclair's "The Jungle." It's a great book. It's also a bad choice for having a kind of saddude (read: subdued) time in the city.
Last, we went and saw "Inception". It was great, except that Leonardo DiCaprio appears to have agreed to act in a movie with the same plot, 50 years later, plus Matrix fight scenes, minus socially uncomfortable subjects (mental illness) as another movie he starred in (Shutter Island), which was released in January. The one that came out first was better.
I'm really hoping that things and the blog pick up soon.
Until then, here i am.
-kevdog days of summer.
PS! Some of you will be getting presents soon!
Felt like it was the right time to right.
With the summer's advance and a lack of a job or a school or a goal-oriented hobby, i've got much less to do, much less to describe. Perhaps coming here so early was a bad plan.
The frisbee thing worked out. So that's good, yeah?
I'm reading some things I've been meaning to read for a long time, but that usually tends to work out such that they take a while to finish. By the time i've finished 1/5 of what i meant to, it's time to do other things. Right now, i'm in the middle of the of Sinclair's "The Jungle." It's a great book. It's also a bad choice for having a kind of saddude (read: subdued) time in the city.
Last, we went and saw "Inception". It was great, except that Leonardo DiCaprio appears to have agreed to act in a movie with the same plot, 50 years later, plus Matrix fight scenes, minus socially uncomfortable subjects (mental illness) as another movie he starred in (Shutter Island), which was released in January. The one that came out first was better.
I'm really hoping that things and the blog pick up soon.
Until then, here i am.
-kevdog days of summer.
PS! Some of you will be getting presents soon!
Friday, July 9, 2010
Small time Kansas newspaper...
...wins Field Medal for Mathematics!!!!
The Manhattan Mercury, which has illuminated my hometown for decades with insightful news and analysis, has stepped up its game by drawing only the most important elements of current events and condensing them down to their most essential elements in a simple, summative equation. The veracity of simple calculation has never been so staggering.
Truly, a momentous day in word economy.
me+internet=yeah,
-kevin trouble
The Manhattan Mercury, which has illuminated my hometown for decades with insightful news and analysis, has stepped up its game by drawing only the most important elements of current events and condensing them down to their most essential elements in a simple, summative equation. The veracity of simple calculation has never been so staggering.
Truly, a momentous day in word economy.
me+internet=yeah,
-kevin trouble
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Commodify...
...your everything.
Ah, to walk the line between wearing/doing/buying cool things and not being a schmuck whose non-paid vocation is to make some rich jerks even richer by buying stuff that makes you feel like you're so different from those jerks.
I've always been a little wary of a few companies, but some stuff i'm finding out is totally out-of-the-blue-gotchasuckers!-type weird and scary. Like, while i've never worn Vans, i always thought that Vans was a benign skating company (like Adio or whatever) whose whole thing was "we make skateboard shoes and clothes for teenagers, sometimes you can buy them in the mall." More recently, lowtop Keds-looking Vans shoes seem to be the thing to wear, especially in New York. This doesn't seem skater-ey, but still, who can blame a company for branching out when a cultural fad (skating) becomes less of a big thing.
Turns out that it was never about skating. Vans is a company whose premise is manufacturing goods that fit well on people interested in bucking trends and living outside the norm. They make goods for people looking to voice their distinctiveness by purchasing stuff. Its goal is not a new one, but it's one that I've never seen so clearly articulated in a corporate charter.
From the prospectus of a new company called "Vans" in the early 90's:
"the Company has developed a strong brand image which the Company believes represents the individualistic and outdoor lifestyle of its target customer base. The VANS brand image coincides with what the Company believes is a fundamental shift in the attitudes and lifestyles of young people worldwide, characterized by the rapid growth and acceptance of alternative, outdoor sports and the desire to lead an individualistic, contemporary lifestyle.
The company's success is largely dependent on its ability to anticipate the rapidly changing fashion tastes of its customers and to provide merchandise that appeals to their preferences in a timely manner."*
Apparently it's not just a company for skating. It's a company for youthful rebels. For everyone who wants to show their solidarity with other 'individuals'. And i'm sure that this language pervades the internal corporate documents of hundreds of companies, dozens that I like...
I don't like that the approach i'm taking here is only troubling and not constructive or proactive. It's a problem I have with the book that the quote is taken from as well.
*From: Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from The Baffler. Edited by Thomas Frank and Matt Weiland . ISBN 0-393-31673-4
Ah, to walk the line between wearing/doing/buying cool things and not being a schmuck whose non-paid vocation is to make some rich jerks even richer by buying stuff that makes you feel like you're so different from those jerks.
I've always been a little wary of a few companies, but some stuff i'm finding out is totally out-of-the-blue-gotchasuckers!-type weird and scary. Like, while i've never worn Vans, i always thought that Vans was a benign skating company (like Adio or whatever) whose whole thing was "we make skateboard shoes and clothes for teenagers, sometimes you can buy them in the mall." More recently, lowtop Keds-looking Vans shoes seem to be the thing to wear, especially in New York. This doesn't seem skater-ey, but still, who can blame a company for branching out when a cultural fad (skating) becomes less of a big thing.
Turns out that it was never about skating. Vans is a company whose premise is manufacturing goods that fit well on people interested in bucking trends and living outside the norm. They make goods for people looking to voice their distinctiveness by purchasing stuff. Its goal is not a new one, but it's one that I've never seen so clearly articulated in a corporate charter.
From the prospectus of a new company called "Vans" in the early 90's:
"the Company has developed a strong brand image which the Company believes represents the individualistic and outdoor lifestyle of its target customer base. The VANS brand image coincides with what the Company believes is a fundamental shift in the attitudes and lifestyles of young people worldwide, characterized by the rapid growth and acceptance of alternative, outdoor sports and the desire to lead an individualistic, contemporary lifestyle.
The company's success is largely dependent on its ability to anticipate the rapidly changing fashion tastes of its customers and to provide merchandise that appeals to their preferences in a timely manner."*
Apparently it's not just a company for skating. It's a company for youthful rebels. For everyone who wants to show their solidarity with other 'individuals'. And i'm sure that this language pervades the internal corporate documents of hundreds of companies, dozens that I like...
I don't like that the approach i'm taking here is only troubling and not constructive or proactive. It's a problem I have with the book that the quote is taken from as well.
*From: Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from The Baffler. Edited by Thomas Frank and Matt Weiland . ISBN 0-393-31673-4
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Sometimes we all need....
...a box to hide inside of.
...just a small box. Maybe a rug came in it. Maybe it's full of bubble wrap.
Things haven't been the greatest around here. Money problems, mostly. I think most people have those sometimes or a lot. And on the tops of all that pile of money problems sometimes people just don't feel that good. And I don't feel that good.
But I !dew! have an apartment in the summer. And I've got some very good mixes of music (thanks frunds). And a yellow cat.
I guess I'm really not short much except maybe some bubble wrap. I could probly find some bubble wrap somewheres.
Hot time, summer in the summer.
-lovin kevful
BONO! TINY!
...just a small box. Maybe a rug came in it. Maybe it's full of bubble wrap.
Things haven't been the greatest around here. Money problems, mostly. I think most people have those sometimes or a lot. And on the tops of all that pile of money problems sometimes people just don't feel that good. And I don't feel that good.
But I !dew! have an apartment in the summer. And I've got some very good mixes of music (thanks frunds). And a yellow cat.
I guess I'm really not short much except maybe some bubble wrap. I could probly find some bubble wrap somewheres.
Hot time, summer in the summer.
-lovin kevful
BONO! TINY!
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