Archive for the 'culture' Category

The Legend of Darryl Roy

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Best float in the Inman Park parade. And the best part about it was listening to people wondering aloud “who the hell is Darryl Roy?”

The Agrifolk Art Movement

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Here’s a really funny documentary short I saw last night as part of the AFF done by David Moore of Eyekiss films. Check it out, you will laugh, and if you don’t, it’s definitely your problem. Music by The Georgia Fireflies.
The Agrifolk Art Movement:

Then continue with part 2 and part 3.

You’ve Got Mail

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Why you should check your email frequently.
“A gunman is loose on campus. Stay in buildings until further notice. Stay away from all windows.”
I don’t know if the university was to blame, but the first email came out 2 hrs after the first shooting. Of course, I don’t think they knew they had a rampage at [...]

The Futile Pursuit of Eudaimonia (Research)

Monday, April 16th, 2007

I’m all for studies and research and anything in general that makes sense where there formerly was none, or tosses some long standing, ill-begotten misconception out of the window, but I find all this happiness research stuff kind of silly. Um, The World Database of Happiness…are you kidding me? Now I’m a [...]

Eggers in Atlanta

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and Valentino Achak Deng, Sudanese refugee and subject of Egger’s new quasi-fictional biography What is the What?, spoke tonight at the Margaret Mitchell house. It was one of those typical writerly events, free cheese with $10 admission, annoying introductions (what for?), no drum solos, [...]

Nanny Go Home

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Here at manunderstress global media watchdog sports center, we object to all forms of cultural Nanny Statism, most especially trendy authoritarian legislation designed to keep us from getting fat, having too much fun, or just being as stupid as we want to be. We think nannies are better kept out of government.
In Georgia, our very [...]

Destroy All Art

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Someone is screaming sell-out, by defacing street art in NY. But is it cool? Is it art when you destroy art? Hmmm…I’m thinking of a brigade of nihilist dadas…interesting.
In recent years, some of these young artists have been embraced by galleries, museums and collectors, and there are those who fear that the practice might become [...]

Zombies and Vampires

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Yesterday, browsing through the philosophy section in a bookstore, I noticed some peculiar titles: Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale, The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D’oh! of Homer , and The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless. I knew that these pop-culture philosophy hybrid instructional books had become [...]

Fox Norris

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Chuck Norris, perhaps the biggest GOP celebrity-clown since Ted Nugent, filled in for Hannity on Fox News the other night. Could it be that Fox is forsaking all appearances of responsible journalism for self-parodying performance art? The joke could be on us.
All I can say about Chuck’s website is that all websites are better with [...]

Sneakers

Monday, January 29th, 2007

You know those sneakers that the little kids have that have plastic wheels hidden in them? And why don’t they make those for adults? After all, I’m still the guy that exits the grocery store riding my shopping cart like a chariot through the parking lot.