November 2010
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I am not only a mind. I like dancing and having sex and things like that -...
– Brian Eno on the love and limits of technology
via: CultureLab
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ad·ven·ti·tious
associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic.
Bot., Zool. appearing in an abnormal or unusual position or place, as a root.
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All my attitudes are Indianapolis. My adenoids are Indianapolis. If I ever...
– Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Opens in Indianapolis
via: NYTimes
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Smithson went to Utah because there, his art would be less isolated from real...
– This Land Is False Land by Jen Graves
via: The Stranger
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The sun went all the way down and I was standing in the purple darkness. Now I...
– On The Bro’d
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These are birds that can build a hut that looks like a doll’s house; they...
– Bowerbirds - National Geographic Magazine
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And yet, New York remains a world city. It is not the great American city — that...
– —Tony Judt
My Endless New York - NYTimes.com
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There’s a whole spectrum between stuff that’s utterly unappealing and stuff you...
– —John McPhee
via: Paris Review
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david rakoff defends pessimism and melancholy on the daily show.
via: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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LeWitt Scribble Wall Drawing at the Albright-Knox →
The largest Sol LeWitt scribble wall drawing is now completed and on view at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
via: albrightknox
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The phone itself was a pretty big deal, of course, helping intimacy transcend...
– By the Book-how telephone directories transformed America
via: Reason Magazine
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This is the point, to me, where art and fandom coincide. Every work of art is...
– Manhood for Amateurs, Michael Chabon
via: youmightfindyourself
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