Archive for August, 2010
Comics Comics what comics?
Blog: August 6th, 2010Yeah where are the comics? I’ve been a bit preoccupied with things in the real world this past couple of weeks, hopefully it will improve. … Next Still ness update Tuesday August 10
Essay Nerds of Colour
Blog: August 16th, 2010Essay about being a NOC (Nerds of Colour). Some of my favourite bits: But then how do nerds of color like me fit in, and how do we deal with fellow nerds who don’t want to talk about things like race and class in comic books, video games, role playing games, and movies? I’ll be [...]
John Cage 4’33″ May ’68 Comeback Special Remix by Dick Whyte
Blog: August 18th, 2010Remix of John Cage’s 4’33″ using 68 YouTube videos of people performing the piece on a variety of instruments. Dick’s Music video I found deeply moving. Art that typically has a pretentious high art narrative around it suddenly becomes democratic, anyone can make it. Anyone can engage with it. I just think its awesome that [...]
Kiwipolitico article
Blog: August 24th, 2010Brilliant article on Kiwipolitico about the coarsening of American politics In the US, a return to primordialism. In retrospect, it seems obvious. Given the venomous attacks on Barack Obama in the 2008 election campaign, the move towards a “post-racial” society was never going to happen. Instead the reverse transpired, with race, religion and ethnicity now [...]
Get Out of There!
Blog: August 25th, 2010WOW very cool montage of people saying “Get Out of There” for the list of films go here. Thanks Dick for the heads up!
The Rich List
Blog: August 26th, 2010It may surprise some people that, despite perceptions to the contrary, wealth is no easy come, easy go phenomenon. Of course, there are exceptions, such as those who have heavily borrowed to create property empires. You will find a few have dropped off this year’s Rich List but others have joined. The country is not [...]
