http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/DNA-Myth-CommonerFeb02.htm

(Ted: I'll lend you my copy when the school year ends.)

That's original run, first year, by Stan Lee.

Peter's made a lot of mistakes. The writers lately have made even more. But you're right - this one is in character.

next album title? I think so. for who? I don't care. but someone!

Your topic Arcade Feed: ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE " Breaking The Game was interesting when I found it on Thursday searching for prototype game...

I would like to read both. I have heard the same about the Watchmen and how difficult it can be to get through.

I will take your word and start with the dark knight returns

The first thing we learn in pr is if you're receiving negative publicity you stand up and say something, or at the very least apologize for your actions if you feel that's necessary.

In my personal opinion, I don't know how someone tries to defend such choices, which is probably why he just didn't say anything at all. Not saying that silence is a good choice, but it was a choice nonetheless, as was his infidelity.

Again, just my opinion. if those opinions are considered immature, then so be it.

Oooooh and Riaz, be careful with your stiff moral judgements. To construct a pathology for a person through the sensationalist tabloid info we're getting out of *ahem* respectable publications like the Toronto Star is also quite immature. Though we love to stoop to mud-slinging when public personas show their fickleness and stupidity, it's always prudent to remember that we are still outside of their context, and we really don't know enough to so vehemently declare the death of their dignity.

I've never been to McGowan Station, but TTC operators are always nice to me, and definately alert. I take the TTC at least three or four times a day, and I really don't have too many complaints - it's cheap and surprisingly reliable. People who complain about the transit in Toronto are obviously fostering cushy suburban personal-car leanings, and should probably lighten the fuck up. Head out to Africa or South America and you'll find that people aren't complaining about a five-minute transit wait.

Interesting article. I saw A Single Man in theatres as well, and the closing monologue by George really got to me. I felt that I could totally relate and knew exactly where he was coming from ( being a philosophy student, my mind never shuts off..). It's a very strange relationship, the one between life and 'you'. Studying philosophy hasn't made it easier to deal with.

Sure, one could argue that a politician's personal life shouldn't have anything to do with his professional life.

In some cases a personal decision doesn't necessarily reflect how you can do your job, I believe that Bill Clinton is a pretty good example of this. In other cases, some people can't seperate their personal lives from their work.

Depends on the person.

I do believe that one affair is too many, and the fact that he had 'multiple' affairs says a lot. Cheating on someone instead of being honest that the relationship isn't working shows a cowardly and immature quality, definitely wouldn't want someone like that as mayor.

So even though he didn't strike back or say anything, I think it would be hard for him to make any type of argument considering the numerous affairs.

Good riddiance.

Good article.

He's a medical doctor who lost his license for INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR with female patients!

He even runs a medical advising company called The Second Opinion in Ontario, even tho his license was REVOKED.

He was psychiatrically evaluated by the military as screwed-up, and still somehow got a license.

He was ritually abused as a child by mentally unstable parents, and had a problem with masturbating over 10 times a day while on the job...BETWEEN PATIENTS. The link below are only some of many. The Toronto Sun has at least 4 serious articles on this scary excuse for a man:

http://jezebel.com/5020419/dimitri-the-lovers-history-of-sexual-assault-weapons-stockpiling-and-psychiatric-evaluations
http://www.dimitrithelover.com/
http://s.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web03/2009/7/9/15/dimitri-the-lover-flyer-23401-1247166969-29.jpg
http://brokendoor.com/thought//media/blogs/all/dimitri.jpg
http://www.dimitrithelover.com/toronto_real_men.html
http://torontoist.com/2008/06/remember_dimitri_the_lover.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfez6RxVWV0&feature=related
http://www.blogto.com/tno/2009/03/dimitri_the_lover_exposes_himself/ Dimitri speaking at 15:15 showcasing his jerkish self
http://www.the-peak.ca/article/4413
http://www.cpso.on.ca/docsearch/details.aspx?view=4&id=%2059651 revocation due to...sexual impropriety...disgraceful, dishonourable
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2008/12/31/7891486.html

Also, his own website where he has crude cartoons shows him wearing a t-shirt that says "NO MEANS MAYBE". Wow. That's what we need to teach men today, huh? Last time I checked, date rape was a CRIME and also just a horrible moral wrong, leaving a girl permanently scarred.

His August meeting topic per his own webpage was HAVING SEX WITH SLUTS WITHOUT USING A CONDOM! (Remember...revoked license..) here's an excerpt:
"So the theme of our next TORONTO REAL MEN meeting is “I’D RATHER JERK OFF THAN USE A RUBBER”. It will feature Dimitri The Lover lecturing for 3 solid hours on how during the 1980’s, in order to obtain research funding from straight men holding the purse strings, homosexual male lobby groups propagated the MYTH that HIV was also a heterosexual male disease. The Prophet will explain how heterosexual males NOT USING A CONDOM have a ZERO PERCENT chance of catching anything other than HPV (which almost 100% of successful man whores are carriers of anyway)"
http://www.dimitrithelover.com/toronto_real_men_august_2009.html

And he's angry at any women who speak up, calling them FEMINIST C*NTS.

What a prize. Who wouldn't want Dimitri the Lover aka James N. Spears. Gee, where do I sign up?

Please. My husband wants to kick his ass. Too bad he's in Canada.

Monday, January 25, 2010
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Sociology Common Room, 2101 Vari Hall

Thanks for the note and clarification,

-C

Also, any artists who has participated in a Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals' (CAFF) festival can apply to participate in the Next Stage Festival, either with a work they've performed within the past 5 years, or a group of "fringe" artists can submit a new work to be considered.

Best,
Adam

The following condition(s) of a Revolution immediately abort the Event of its very happening. This all due in part to an activity/event of H&N 'immaterial labour'. We cannot simply lay out bond and exchange to the eternal idea of Communism, as a revival to our current capitalistic mode within the U.S (or any division of the world at that). And although we have witnessed the failed attempts and outcrys of a Communistic expression. Revolution above all rest with a delirious tongue, this being said we must work on the other side of time. That of which naturally disassociates itself with the image of history as the time-image itself.

The quote in question was actually a story told by Little Stephen on an episode of Underground Garage, before he played Adam Raised A Cain, funnily enough. He was discussing great rock and roll guitarists and how some of the best guitarists aren't the guitar heroes like Hendrix, Page and Van Halen, but rather guitarists who play with purpose in each note. Thus he reached Bruce and told an anecdote about how even though he (Bruce) only really grew guitar centric for one album, that being Darkness, he later told Stevie that if he could change one thing about the album, it would be not the guitar parts themselves, but the rawness of them. I think the album must remind Bruce of a pretty emotional place in his life.. It was recorded afterthree years of nonstop touring and legal battles (with Mike Appel, as you mentioned) and Bruce has publicly forgiven Appel now and even thanked him in his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame speech, at which Appel was present. It must be hard when some of your best work was driven by anger at a person you still consider a friend.

However it's the rawness that give the album such vitality and honesty and a personality unlike any other Bruce record. It was the first time Bruce was writing about how he was feeling RIGHT NOW, not how he wanted to feel or thought he should feel or how he was seeing other people feel or even how he felt in the past. The album is present tense, as is pretty much all of Springsteens work after that point.

The Born to Run ronnection is a subtle one and would have been even better if the album closed with The Promise (the bitter bookend to Thunder Road), as it was intended to. The live versions of the song are unreal, with Bruce alone on piano... the recorded version released on 18 Tracks in 98 is just ok. It seems like a one take cut. But with that rawness in 78.. it would have been a pantheon song.

anyway homeboy, well done again. Darkness and the River butt heads for my favourite Bruce record but I totally understand where you're coming from with Born to Run as your favourite all time record and Darkness as your favourite Bruce record. Born to Run is seminal. it's genius. you could play that for any music fan and they'd be blown away. but Darkness is... well... it's about something that can only be found... in the darkness on the edge of town. whammy.

I don't think you even read the article because there's a whole planet of theatre artists (and scholars) who also contemplate some time away from Shakers.

So I say YOU should return to your planet of museum theatre.

I still love my hard copies of albums but your article gives me a lot to think about and a theorist to add to my arsenal. I look forward to reading more of your work.

I like to think I am more concious when I am purchasing something now - after learning of alfuenza.

I look at 1) packaging, 2) the music on it, 3) if I actually have the money, 4) how bad I want it, impulse shopping is forgivable. Even more so when the record is actually good.

Downloading is a brilliant advantage. However as you stated it does not garner the satisfaction that buying a record does. I share a lot of ideas that Bradford Cox does - he said somewhere that you lose the joy of anticipation, expectation and excitement as you would waiting for a release, it's almost a fetish. Additionally, downloading is poisoning the music industry in a sense too - where the entire Deerhunter album was leaked against the artist's wishes... So naturally they followed it up with an additional record.

Total tangent. As a student I have to download because I simply can't own EVERY album I want to listen to. I sure do try though.

Good article. Though I do hope I exist in a world outside the internet... and that said world continues long into the future.

Best,
D.

The release dates for both the january movies below are January 8th

Although January "Smiley with shades" is an awesome day too.

If York wasn't so notoriously dangerous this wouldn't be a huge deal, just an extra 10-15 minute walk. However, it obviously is not ideal for a young person to be walking home late at night in the dark.

This new bus route shaves off six minutes at best. It fucks over a lot of people who live down Sentinel (which is a majority in the York U community)

Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town broke new ground for The Boss in 1978. A counterpoint to the operatic elegance of Born to Run, the album was an angry, raw record that burst forth after a three-year hiatus.

Because of its darker tones, some might call Darkness a difficult album, but despite this, it's a cherished gem for many.

Collecting stories and photos from hundreds of fans, The Light in Darkness celebrates this classic record, allowing readers to revisit the excitement of that moment when the needle found the grooves in that first cut and the thundering power of "Badlands" shook across the hi-fi for the very first time. Or the uninitiated, but soon-to-be-converted teenager, brought along by friends and finding salvation at one of the legendary three-plus hour concerts - shows that embodied all the manic fury of a revival meeting.

It's interesting that you think communism is a dead, old idea. Coming from a philosophy background, I can tell you that ideas never die off. Even the most backward, absurd ideas are still 'alive' in discourses. Now, 'the way things are going' doesn't necessarily mean that the idea of communism is irrelevant. As Zizek point out, if anything, our way of life cannot sustain the 'way things are going'. We will soon find ourselves is a form of society that is best portrayed in the movie 'Children of Men'. The very notion of communism, as the human strive for social equality in its entirety is something which dates back to Plato.

So long as there is social and economic antagonisms, the idea of a classless and prosperous society will never fade. I recommend looking into Zizek's short book, cited below if you're interested.

I can never help feeling that communism is an old, dead idea that isn't relevant to the 21st century. The way things are going, it seems like everything's just going to accelerate into some kind of hyper-capitalism where the economy is sustained by a small mechanized workforce exploited by a small elite, and the rest of us just leech off the refuse. I did, however, pull that theory out of my ass in the last 5 minutes, so I could be wrong.

Though, the Guy Fawkes references at the beginning seemed superfluous.

That aside, right on. Keep it up.

Still funny though.

Great article De-von.

My take on Improv Everywhere is that they're mostly pro-tennis, but they may have played a part in psychological warfare campaigns against NBA JAM 94' - and the participants would play pro-tennis.

http://areyoutargeted.com/2009/11/15/army-of-losers/

This kooky lil' message has been altered by the Steel Bananas pro-tennis club. ~
"If you ain't pro-tennis, then we're anti-friends."~

Great work!
Looking forward to the film!

Congrats

I agree with you points about the fact that theatre can and ought to) utilize its organic live performance to instill fear and horror. It can be done, but I suppose the staging and overall production have to be, well, of a dark nature? That is, the creative team (i.e. director, actors, production designers, etc) needs to be in the right mindset, they have to feel the horror in order to produce its effects. Does that make sense to you? It's an interesting question..

Patrick, I think your article does him justice.

Props.

tsk tsk

Quite honestly though I have had enough Clive Owen as well

THANKS

I don't believe that a person who understands the story to that game would ever even suggest that it's poorly written. The storyline for the Metal Gear series is an epic that spans from the early 1900s to 2018 and forges a rock solid (if slightly anime influenced) alternate history to illustrate its themes of freedom, slavery, anarchy, legacy, life and redemption.

It's a few steps above "jump on bowser, save the princess"- concept -wise

I'm not even going to touch how hard i disagree with your criticism of GTA IV either- but answer this; if GTA IV's sandbox gameplay defines its story telling, why is its story so much better than other sandbox games like Saints Row 2; the answer is that the Hauser brothers are good writers- which does account for videogames requiring artistic skill to be executed effectively.

So if you're going to write about videogame theory in the future, you should probably take some more time to understand them- because as of right now, you just sound like a hater who thinks he's right.

And I'm looking forward to next month's issue.

Although they approach the matter, well, indirectly through philosophy rather than literature

Your point about the material aspect within science fiction is pretty much true. And its interesting that you mention dialectics, because it could easily be argued that Echo's development of self-consciousness is a very Hegelian one (in fact it implicitly is).

I'm not too sure I would agree with the notion of a 'soul', but Whedon does essentially believe that there remains something 'essential' (for a lack of a better word) about 'us' (i.e. what makes up our identity/personhood).

These themes of course go back to Romanticism and the nature of humanity. I'm going to explore this theme again, in next month's issue. This time using Frankenstein!

That said, have you seen the unaired 13th episode and the post-apocalyptic spin Whedon's putting on Dollhouse? If not, I'd highly recommend downloading it.

Being of the Y-chromosome set, I had never fully appreciated the oppression felt by the fairer sex when it came to urinary freedom. To not have the option of letting flow in a back alley or against a tree is bad enough, but the excess of rules outlined here really fills the pot.

The bathroom really is home to the final taboos, and a woman's right to poop in public ought to be be the first to be done away with.

Finally, feminism I can get behind!

I agree with about 1/3 of your points. Video games should play to their merits and not the merits of film -- Absolutely!

Then you turn around and tell us that video games rely too heavily on their merits! Customizability, freedom of experience, digital environments and characters -- these are the things which make the Video Game medium unique, and, if utilized correctly, have the potential to turn it into a legitimate art form rather than Film's retard brother.

Better writers and stories, obviously, cannot hurt Video Games; if that's your point (it was kind of hard to tell). But just as you said Film needed to fully embrace editing techniques and montage in order to realize it's potential as art, Video Games need to fully explore the possibilities offered by the medium in before people will begin to take it seriously.

Why would a talented writer choose video games over film, stage or print unless there was something unique that could be offered by way of the method in which the story is conveyed? The story told using a sandbox environment, customizable characters, morality choices, etc., is inherently different than the linear story told on celluloid. So I say let them have their "Age of the Sandbox." Let them go crazy exploring the boundaries which video games allow, and believe that the visionaries will follow. Allow Video Games their adolescence, and trust that in time they will mature.

The fact that new work doesn't seem to make it beyond the laboratory has less to do with the community limiting itself and more to do with the government's willingness to fund only established companies with classical canons and inexpensive experimental workshops.

Very meta.

Plaskett is the bomb. I'm super jealous that you interviewed him.

Saucy piece, my good man!

I think people subject themselves to the club scene because it's like surrendering to an ideal...some glamourized, oversexed, hedonistic figurehead that appeals to a simplistic desire to be successful in a weirdly traditional gender affirming way. It's appeals to the conservative's desire to get hammered.

I'm curious what being in a good club scene would be like. Going to see an incredible DJ who actually makes his own music and dancing in an immense crowd of people who are actually there for that purpose would probably be awesome.

What's worse is that you get these rather annoying academics who bash their field for the sake of..bashing. In the case of Aarseth, the antagonism he wants to set up between Literally Studies and..Media studies is premature and immature. Although, I suppose every field has their hate on for others (i.e. philosophy versus the rest of the world...). In terms of the next stage of literature, media studies should join forces with Literally Studies, rather than trying to fight them (for the sake of fighting them..).

It's craziness. Oh, by the way, if you want to do a piece specifically on the coining on new, meaningless terms in our post pomo era, I'd be down to collaborate with you on it. Let em know!

I'll admit, I haven't read the books, so I am not sure if the character is as creepy in the book as Robert Patterson makes him out to be.Thanks for the comments about the article!

Something else rather odd in the film is the rape undertones of Edward, particularly when he's supposedly confessing his "undying love." The whole "I never wanted to kill anything but I want to kill you" thing? Talking about how he - a murderer - can't control himself around her? To what messed up woman is that a turn on?

Then apparently he starts to suck venom out of her but - again - can't control himself? I can almost hear Edward excusing himself with the disturbing "She was asking for it!" line. Creepy indeed.

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This was well-written, well thought out and interesting. I enjoyed it very much.

And Mark, I never said the book had to be targeted towards me, in fact I mentioned that I liked and appreciated the book even though I was clearly not it's ideal audience. My sexuality actually has nothing to do with the literature I read.

please look beyond the stereotype of feminists. maybe sarah you have not met feminiss who are not defined by such stereotypes. is that the case? i'm really asking.

and why does it have to be targeted toward you. as a heterosexual, aren't most things targeted toward you?

The question of how we are to fight social injustices and inequalities (such as sexism) if we don't have a concrete foundation (i.e. feminism) is an important thing to draw attention to. What can be done, if some are feeling that labels are problematic?

I think that we have reached a pint in our history where certain social movements (i.e. feminism, Marxism, anti-racist movements, gay activists, etc) have themselves been assimilated into the dominant culture and are now being perpetually reproduced. As such, there are now cliched images of 'The man-hating, angry Feminist', and the 'Angry, slightly pathetic image of the revolutionary screaming 'REVOLT' just to name two. Point being, it is not that these issues of race, gender and equality do not matter anymore (nothing further could be from the point), but its that those who want to promote human equality need to understand when their own culturally produced image is working against their goals. Let me give a quick example:

I consider myself a Marxist (a tradition, which has its many problems). I still have a fidelity to the notion of a communism society where everyone is equal, however I am also well aware of how much of a turn off the image of the "Angry, brash, 'revolutionary'" has become. The many Leftists at York University which label themselves as Socialists are only alienating students when they scream "REVOLUTION!!!" at the top of their lungs. Why? Because they are merely adhering and perpetuating the stereotype of the 'revolutionary', and as such they are damaging their own cause.

The same logic applies to feminists today. If, as a feminist, you reduce everything down to men/women politics and how the patriarchal white man has been oppressing women- it isn't going to win over anyone who is not already a feminist. What you can do, is become aware of this cultural stigma that surrounds labels such as feminism, and be conscious of how and when/where they work against the struggle for equality between men and women. This means changing the way others think and perceive feminists (which by proxy means being aware of how the cultural image of feminists are produced and circulate through culture via media, etc).

So, are labels a bad thing? No. But it is important to acknowledge when getting stuck on labels start to endanger the social movements which strive for equality, whether it be feminism, Marxism or what have you.

From my experiences it seems that many males and females today think that all feminists are are angry man-haters (and all women). Because this is not really a fair or relevant idea of feminism, I think it's important to inform people of how personal versions of feminism can be different from what the majority of people may perceive them to be.

I think a major danger is that many people think feminism is dead and unnecessary - as in we all are equal, everyone get over yourselves. That's quite simply not true, as Sarah and others pointed out. But how are you supposed to fight prejudices that the majority of people won't acknowledge are even there?

This is why I feel it's important to still use the term "feminist" and identify with that group if your interest lies in changing things. There is often safety and a common understanding in a group, and you can definitely do more with a group - faster - than you can by yourself. Of course we don't live in a utopia, so not everyone's ideas will be the same and not everyone will get along. But that group of people who identify similarly has a solid foundation to build upon.

I may not understand the feminist stigma, but I do think that whether you identify as feminist or not, it's important to acknowledge that things are not all black and white in feminism (or pretty much anything). There are many, many shades of gray.

I definitely agree with Cassandra on this when she says "I can see where Bill might have interpreted it as a bit irreverent and "implicating" - I think it implicates us all as artists rather than anyone specific" (see above). We're all in this together, that is if we're all literature lovers who are obviously disillusioned with how commodity culture has affected art.

I really enjoyed the this manifesto, Karen, and can only hope that more young writers take hold of their position within history in such an unabashed way and in such an open and welcoming forum.

Yours Truly,

Jessica Hart

You want to talk about sexism and gender issues still being prevalent? You don't need to tell me twice- quite frankly it doens't have anything to do with any wave of feminism nowadays. Want a real thought provoking read on gender identity and labels? Pick up Judith Halberstam's 'Female Masculinity" and get back to me. Or look back on Thomas' Beatie's story that hit the media in 2008. No one seemed able to digest the concept of a pregnant man, talk about label issues! The perceived need to categorize ourselves is perpetual and unfortunate, with arguments that go well beyond the realm of basic feminism.

Of course, 'She's Shameless' wasn't really about labels, but was for exactly this purpose of sparking conversation, creating a community where it is safe to discuss issues that are either ignored or written off as unmentionable... I appreciate the dialogue- it's good to know we're keeping people on their toes!

I'm sick of irony, too.

Welcome to the 'post-pomo' world, folks: where even a comments section can be hijacked and theorized about!

I do agree though that too many young artists have embraced irony as an empty device, and that it has lost its ability to move people considering everything is so ironic nowadays, there's no more impact.

I watched the presentation of the manifestos - I like Jay the best!

I encourage the readers of Steel Bananas to take a look for themselves and form their own opinions. Issues of irony, sincerity and optimism, among many other topics, are discussed here and here and here. Several links to manifestos read at our panel can be found here.

For the record - I do not believe that "irony" is somehow synonymous with apathy and “cultural disillusionment”. Nor do i believe that it is at odds with sincerity, which is what is being asserted here. Irony is a rhetorical gesture that can be put in the service of very sincere motives, which is the case with the Festival’s “Book is Dead” theme. If our goal was to make people confront what they value about books and literature, then this very manifesto is proof that our tactics were sound.

I'd like to end by quoting the last paragraphs of the Scream's introduction to this year's program. The article accuses us of misreading the cited Benjamin essay as pessimistic, an accusation I could fairly level at Ms. Da Silva in regards to our own enterprises:

“We at the Scream are looking to future with optimism. We are looking to a future when books reclaim their artistry, having shed the vicissitudes of mass marketing and mass production. We are looking to a future when literature redefines itself, finding new expression in emerging digital forms. We are looking to a future when the truly thoughtful publishers and booksellers, the risk-takers, the provocateurs, the craftspeople and the visionaries, thrive in the new book market. Mostly, we are looking to a future when we can continue to marvel at our literature in whatever form it comes to us.

“If that form is a book, well, I hope we take a moment to savour the feel of its weight, the elegance of its structure, the beauty of its design and the intelligence of its engineering, for while its time as the container of the world’s knowledge is over, its legacy will move into the future undiminished.”

Yours,

Bill Kennedy
Artistic Director
The Scream Literary Festival

If that isn't so goddamn quotable I don't know what is.

Also, I want to visit this place. It sounds pretty wicked. Childrens toys and cookies are the way to my heart.

<3

Seriously, they are like making everything from the 80s and 90s into movies...Has hollywood really reached the point where even original action blockbusters are a chore?

The issue of labels ad the perpetual cultural image/stereotype of said label is something..well.. that is problematic. I consider myself an advocate of equality, regardless of our differences (meaning I think everyone is equal despite their religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc). In that respect, you could call me a feminist as well, however many feminists (mostly second wavers at that) don't like it when men label themselves as feminists.

Why?

Why can't I advocate equal human rights for men, women, and everything in between?And why do (some) feminists get angry when men do this? I think its because of how identity politics has developed in the past 25-20 years. The socioeconomic need for minority groups to have equal representation led many social movements to advocate self-representation (meaning only blacks and represent and tell the stories of black people, only women have the right to speak of women...etc). All that was necessary, I think in a historical context, yet as we approach the last years of the first decade of the 21st century, we are seeing a need to move beyond the 'right to representation' and identity politics (that's not to say that these struggles are not important, on the contrary, it just means we need to change how we go about advocating them).

Good article Sarah, I enjoyed it!

Ok...I'm done with my rant..

The Festival is becoming the dominant theatre format in this country. Strangely, a return to travelling theatre companies of the old medieval days.

It's dangerous and it's hardly glamorous, but so is the human experience we portray on stage.

Welcome to the new Canadian theatre.

I am not a feminist either, Sarah. Oh yeah, and the books sounds cool too.

If you think feminism requires being an angry lesbian with hairy armpits, you're just perpetuating an unhealthy (and mostly untrue) stereotype. Feminists today all are trying to do different kinds of things. There are post-feminists who are trying to take away the rights women have fought very hard for (voting, working, etc.). There are also second wave feminists, who like to think all problems boil down to men and how they oppress women - which seem to be the ones you're thinking of.

Personally, I subscribe to the label "third wave feminist", which means I think that (1) pretty much all labels (gender, sexuality, race) are constructed to put one group over others, and (2) that these labels are intersecting and need to all be dealt with to create an equal world. For example, for an Aboriginal lesbian woman, you can't say that sexism is the only thing working against her. There's also sexuality and race, as well as other factors that are equally important which can be used as a basis for discrimination.

Essentially, gender is not the only thing that needs to be dealt with. It still needs to be dealt with, though. The glass ceiling is still very much in place. Sexism is still a problem. Sexual assault and violence is still a problem, for women and men. Anyone who doubts that isn't paying attention.

Anyway, my point is that from your very vague description of yourself, you seem to be a feminist of some sort. One could even argue that by working, voting, going to school, etc. you are already a feminist because you're refusing to bend to gender stereotypes.

Something to think about.

Article looks great! The only thing I'm kicking myself over is that I made the autobio so dark sounding - I must have been moody that day! (Normally I'm cheerfully ambiguous.) Oh well!

Thanks again!

-Sarafin

Your description of "Electric Warrior" as preamble or preface to glam rock is pretty spot on. I wouldn't (ever!) say that Cosmic Dancer is better than Stairway, though. Despite the fact that it's absolutely everywhere (most hilariously in the subtitle of The Crow TV series), Stairway is actually a masterpiece. It's one of the better examples of rock n' roll poetry being married to somewhat virtuosic musicianship in a blown-wide-open song structure. And on top of that, it's fucking catchy!

While this is somewhat of a synopsis of glam article, it might be interesting to do a consideration of the death of glam through the lens of Lust for Life and the Idiot by Iggy Pop...which, in light of the Ziggy mythology seem to come across as an attempt to make real some kind of redemption for the idea, if not for the character. But then, if you've ever listened to the Idiot, it's pretty crushing. I'm not so sure where I'm going with this.

It can also be argued that newer groups like Of Montreal (who are just fabulous) are actually successfully reviving and revitalizing glam, imbuing the genre with new meaning for a digitized and fragmented 21st century. It only takes a few tracks of "Skeletal Lamping" to recognize the overt sexuality mixed with hyperliterate attention to identity construction on a bed of whiteboy electro avant-noise funk invading your eardrums and your loins.

I'm totally digging the direction you're taking these pieces. Keep it up man.

b) I feel your pain in bringing up Pokémon in a group setting.

c) I remember you cooking those brown noodles in grade 11. I had completely forgot about them before now. They were like pudding, you could eat them with a spoon.

d) Of course haymaker + Wiggly decks were always the best.

e) I believe infantilism is things like diapering, etc.

I think in order to fully understand the cultural impact of the Beatles artistically, it's important to recognize that their success was a product of mass media. I fully support your argument that "Savoy Truffle" is a self-relfexive nod towards "a reaction against the mass-produced music machine that made the Beatles the biggest band in the world," however one must consider whether or not they would have had the means if it weren't for their overwhelming success. The band was positively ubiquitous in North America even before their records were for sale here; they signed 99 merchandising contracts and stores were flooded with Beatlemania memorobilia before anyone had heard a note.

The Beach Boys, arguably the most significant pop band of ther period other than the Beatles, weren't as heavily marketed and didn't have the same overwhelming success - which, among other things, led to Brian Wilson's breakdown and the fragmented (but brilliant) late period of the group. I'd like to present the argument that late period Beach Boys records like Smiley Smile and Surf's Up are actually stronger postmodern statements than the White Album because they are self-reflexive in reaction to the changing world around them (see the abominable "Student Demonstration Time" from Surf's Up, easily the worst song in their catalogue). The Beatles never struggled to stay relevent, they simply were relevant by virtue of their ubiquity; the masses were tricked by a band that had been normalized for consumption and then slowly "poisoned" with the avant-garde. The Beach Boys, on the other hand, unwittingly embodied postmodern angst in their attempts to reconcile their failure with the self-awareness that comes from being trapped in the fame machine.

Sorry to vamp on that for so long. It just came to mind while reading the article. Great work, I love this zine.

Jason Collett just came in to my work yesterday, I had the pleasure of serving him.

As for Jake, after Donnie Darko, who wouldn't want him? And have you seen that SNL opener where he belts out a Dreamgirls tune?! Amazing. Amazing...

yah, really...but she's a liberal it seems:

"a critique of social Darwinism as it is expressed in contemporary capitalist systems and in the poverty I see on city streets, became one of the themes of this series."

All the best.

Glad you liked it and welcome to SB!

He even has a website I believe.

Solid burger info, but I'd rather make my own.

Well done, sir.

For more on topics discussed above, see Peter Brooks' 'The Empty Space'

The Dragonball movie looks awful but goddamnit, I will be there opening day.

Great article.

Thanks and regards.

ie. to serve the master/creator, be it an individual, organization, or government. being born with presupposed tasks and duties

therefore IMHO let's not!

But I just might tune in to "The Watchmen"...

I would have to say that my man crush is Barack Obama, with Coldplay's Chris Martin, a close second.

as a non-bollywood indian-oriented film, it was nice to have that sequence at the end to potentially attract views to give bollywood a try.

however, i found neither the cinematography nor the choreography appealing, which is unfortunate because i thought having that sequence altogether was a fantastic idea. if only they spent a bit more time on it, perhaps hire an actual bollywood crew. sorely missed opportunity in my opinion.

nice article btw

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight/article5581118.ece

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ib8Y2H_TYLw55r-og5DwGDJ-W87g

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5575817.ece

I never thought of Post-PoMo this way, but I definitely think it's a good step towards disambiguation. Very intelligent, thought provoking and well written.

Wonderful movie, and definitely worth the watch!