The Burn Lines of of Memory and Truth
Written By: g.h. Ost
Date: May 31, 2009
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Truth arrives with a violent, fiery light
Burning memories to ember, then ash, without mercy in sight.
Guard loving recollections with your body and soul,
But you too will vanish and erase as a whole.
Related Topics: Poetics
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- And All That Could Have Been
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With my recent fervor surrounding Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails (NIN), I thought I would give a retrospective on how I became exposed to NIN, and the drive behind my recent consumption and study of any materials related to Reznor’s work and philosophy on music. Whether you enjoy the music of NIN or not, it’s difficult to argue Reznor’s brilliance as an artist and pioneer — the intelligence behind it is at times, astounding.
Date: May 27, 2009, Written By: jonny.gotham
- Truths Before I Told You
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What if I told you the truth, instead of lies?
My flaws, my weaknesses without the alibis.
Would you accept me for who I am or subtly cast me out
Tell me your own version of excuses and reflect upon doubt.Date: May 10, 2009, Written By: g.h. Ost
- Saul Bass
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Saul Bass was an influential graphic designer, and to a lesser–known degree, filmmaker, whose work extended from 1950’s up through the 90’s. While I won’t attempt to recapture his life and achievements here (as it could never do it justice), I can tell you about my own experience when I came across Bass’s work, and the fascination that ensued.
Date: May 01, 2009, Written By: jonny.gotham
- All a Twitter
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It seemed that all of the sudden, droves of people have begun to use Twitter. While I know that Twitter has been around for quite a while now, I only knew tech–heads to be using it — writing short statuses, keeping in contact during conferences, etc. Now it seems to be the next cultural phenomenon, mentioned on the Today Show, popular websites, and I hear even Oprah is getting in the game. Seriously… Oprah? Twitter is now the third largest social network after Facebook and MySpace, and gaining more and more users every day.
Date: April 18, 2009, Written By: jonny.gotham
Film & Television
- Angels and Demons
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Angels and Demons is the follow–up to Dan Brown’s epic The Da Vinci Code, at least as far as movies go. In literary history, Angels and Demons takes place and was written before The Da Vinci Code, and while the latter takes on religion in France, the former takes place in Vatican City. Though The Da Vinci Code was still a box–office success despite its many problems (critics were definitely mixed on the film), I believe the film rode on the books gargantuan success. In coming weeks, we will see if its counterpart can do the same.
- Star Trek
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Excellent. Just really, really excellent.
- Fighting
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There are certain things I have to do. For example, a movie with the title, Fighting, I have to go see on principle.
- Lie to Me
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Cal Lightman (played by Tim Roth) is an expert in uncovering deception through analysis of micro–expressions and behavior mannerisms. Based upon the real–life Facial Action Coding System created by Paul Eckman, Lie to Me follows The Lightman Group (Cal’s firm of deception experts) on a series of cases to determine who’s lying and what their motivations are.
Sites & Web Articles
- Op Zoek Naar Maria
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This has to be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while. While I’ve always been a big fan of the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, this is just really, really awesome. While there have been similar public acts by Improv Everywhere (the Grand Central Station Mission), Op Zoek Naar Maria’s (In Search of Maria) execution for puts them to shame. The site is in Dutch, but the video really shows you everything. Het Verbazen.
- cutmovie.co.uk
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Women's Aid is an organization in the U.K. aimed at ending domestic abuse and violence against women and children. In their latest campaign, cutmovie.co.uk, actor Keira Knightley "stars" in the very effective short.
- Trent Reznor Interview
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Trent Reznor is nothing short of brilliant. Whether or not you like NIN, you have to give its creator credit. He's extremely intelligent and passionate about his work, and always trying to do the best thing for music itself rather than the music industry.
- Due3
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Portfolio site for Istanbul designer Due3
Books & Literature
- The Stranger
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"Maman died today. Or yesterday, maybe, I don’t know." So starts Albert Camus’s story of the absurd. If I could really describe this book, I honestly would, however it’s existential nature makes it quite difficult to really pin it down. Briefly described, The Stranger is a story of Meursault, a man caught up in a senseless murder, and the progression and details of his experience in the absurdity and meaningless nature of human existence.
- The Sun Also Rises
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"One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth forever… The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to the place where he arose… The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to its circuits… All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come thither they return again." - Ecclesiastes 1:5
- House and Philosophy
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House and Philosophy
- The Yiddish Policeman’s Union
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Another book by Michael Chabon, this detective story is set in an alternate history during which, in World War II, a temporary township is established in Sitka, Alaska to accept Jewish refugees, with the State of Israel being destroyed in 1948. Following Detective Meyer Landsman, the tale brings the reader through a classic whodunnit story investigating the murder of a man called Emmanuel Lasker during the last weeks of his official employ by Sitka Police before reversion to American control.
Music
- J Dilla: Donuts
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If you think of hip–hop producers, every legend is going to name a legend of their own starting up, and I’m going to bet James Yancy, a.k.a. Jay Dee, a.k.a. J Dilla, will be dropped a number of times. Seeing something a while back about the evolution of hip–hop, I think it was Busta that said it best, “You go out there and ask any hip–hop producer in the game who their favorite producer is, and they’re gonna tell you J Dilla. He was a producer’s producer.” That was the first time I ever heard Dilla referenced like that, but it definitely wouldn’t be my last.
- Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D
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Part two of Nine Inch Nails’s Year Zero Project comes as a remix album, Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D.
- Year Zero
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So I’ve recently had a revival of listening to the ever prodigious Nine Inch Nails, and decided to back-track a bit to the last two albums Trent Reznor released before leaving both Interscope Records and the standard infrastructure for the music industry behind.
- With the Punches: Keep It Going EP
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With the Punches’ debut EP, Keep It Going, is a solid first showing in what should prove to be a very bright future for the group from New York. While the Pop/Punk genre seemed to be on the outs in recent times, With the Punches throws some stakes into the ground to make sure things aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.