Sunday, 3 April 2011

Sign in window of soon-to-close Borders store in Chicago. Someone's a little bitter

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creamteam Veronica M.

I can't think of anything that feels appropriate to listen to following #LCDMSG, except Screamadelica

Why is smoking back in fashion?

JPBarlow John Perry Barlow

Prescription drugs account for almost 2x more deaths in the US than *all illicit drugs combined.* http://bit.ly/fw3GCS

Do 'smart drugs' really make us brainier?

Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only one. Which one seems unnatural now?
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Recycling a bottle, flashmob style!

HA!

(Thanx Stan!)

Charlie Sheen has most profound problems - Dad Martin (Audio)

Marshall McLuhan - The Medium is the Massage (1968) +

Side A
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Side B

Tracks 1-2 From the LP "The Medium is the Massage"
(Columbia Records, late 1960s)

Notes & Info

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Marshall McLuhan on the Dick Cavett Show in December 1970
Marshall McLuhan appeared on the Dick Cavett Show in December of 1970 along with Truman Capote and Chicago Bears running back, Gayle Sayers. Both Capote and Sayers participated in the discussion with McLuhan.
This recording was made on reel-to-reel audio tape in 1970 and directly transferred to computer in 2005. Unfortunately, the exact date of the show was not noted, except that the show did take place before Christmas.
All commercials and breaks were removed from McLuhan's appearance.

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Speaking Freely hosted by Edwin Newman features Marshall McLuhan 4 Jan 1971, Public Broadcasting/N.E.T.
"Where would you look for the message in an electric light?" Spend nearly an hour with University of Toronto professor of English, Marshall McLuhan, as he discusses electronic technology, transportation, and communications. Also probing the issues of acoustic and personal space, McLuhan expresses his thoughts about print media and where it's headed. Author of several books including The Medium is the Message, Canadian-born McLuhan was also director of the Center for Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto. Originally aired on PBS-TV, 4 January, 1971 at 8:00 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA area), McLuhan appeared on "Speaking Freely," hosted by NBC's Edwin Newman.

Download the file. Take notes. Observe how current and relevant much of McLuhan's message is in today's Internet world.
RELATED RESOURCES:

Marshall McLuhan Issue of Aspen Magazine
@'UbuWeb'

The Medium is the Massage - An Inventory of Effects (PDF)

Daphne Oram's synthesiser and sequencer are being rebuilt

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Thanx

Daphne Oram – An Individual Note of music sound and electronics - Galliard, Norfolk (1972) [29MB zip containing 36MB PDF]
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10 Inspired Book and Album Pairings

William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch and The Velvet Underground and Nico
The most obvious book pairing for The Velvet Underground’s debut is, of course, the S&M classic Venus in Furs – which Lou Reed went so far as to write an entire song about. But the mood and overarching subject matter of The Velvet Underground and Nico make the album an even more appropriate companion to Naked Lunch. There is, of course, the heroin addiction that serves as the inspiration and subject matter for both. Then there’s the atmosphere: languid but paranoid, and somewhat Eastern. Burroughs’ mysterious, Tangier-like settings mesh perfectly with those opium-den bells at the beginning of “All Tomorrow’s Parties.” Both are best consumed in a room full of embroidered pillows, with a hookah handy...