I love the Nike Air Dunk Highs because Nike takes the consistent model and experiments a lot with it. Two years ago, I found an incredible pair with tweed sidewalls and an orange swoosh. I have since worn them into … Continue reading
we are tired of division: media, culture, society, law, meaning, humanity, and so on. these are interconnected terms, defined by one another. they must be re-united. explication has been held prisoner by written language for too long. as if we … Continue reading
when i decided to buy a nintendo dsi (see previous post for a re-cap of my logic) i knew i needed a killer app, to make me feel that the purchase was justified. thoroughly, conscientiously, i researched the available games, … Continue reading
there were no less than five encores at the franz ferdinand concert last concert night. each built on the energy of preceeding encore, and each song somehow bringing the energy of the show even higher than it had been before. … Continue reading
it has been an incredibly rich semester for film at brown. in addition to providence’s beloved french film festival (run by richard manning and the amazing people over at the mcm department) there has also been an israeli film festival, … Continue reading
if the reader were an alcohol, it would have one of those painful, complex tastes. something that burns as it goes down, and sobers as much as it intoxicates. the film is complex in that sense that it’s hard to … Continue reading
last friday, after drinks at the gcb (to celebrate), i put the finishing touches on my door knocker project. this project represented the final (and only assignment) for a wonderful course i took this semester called 13 things. frankly, i … Continue reading
mckenzie wark was at brown this morning, talking about his recent gamer theory project. for those who haven’t read it, gamer theory is a rather indirect assessment of what we might call the gamic experience. i mean this in the … Continue reading
some of the best soulsearching in the world can be done on the ripta 60 bus. take the outbound from providence on a weekday night. take the 10:40; it will be half-empty. there will be a place to sit in … Continue reading
where do i begin? i’ve been so neglecting my blogging, that i’ve built up quite a list of things i’ve been meaning to blog about. they go way back to two weeks ago when on a rainy saturday (after that … Continue reading