] Given the state of world affairs in March 2003, we have
] made this place for war murals and other graffiti artist
] war reactions.

In response to Rattles recommendation of Grafarc, I offer this: 8 pages of war related murals.

Art Crimes: War Art

] The Supreme Court refused Monday to intervene in a
] lawsuit over the hit song "Rosa Parks" by the
] Grammy-winning musical group OutKast.
]
] The action, taken without comment from the justices,
] means the 90-year-old civil rights figure can go ahead
] with her lawsuit against the band.

I think this case is a telling example of misuse of IP law. See the thread for my comments.

CNN.com - Supreme Court allows Rosa Parks to sue OutKast - Dec. 8, 2003

] Like the babbling psychics who predict future crimes in
] Minority Report, Dick was a precog. Lurking within his
] amphetamine-fueled fictions are truths that have only to
] be found and decoded. In a 1978 essay he wrote: "We live
] in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured
] by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by
] religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing,
] What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with
] pseudorealities manufactured by very sophisticated people
] using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not
] distrust their motives. I distrust their power. It is an
] astonishing power: that of creating whole universes,
] universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same
] thing."

The Second Coming of Philip K. Dick

Some drawings are as much as 10 feet wide, rather lightly marked in pencil with arrows and names: delicate spider webs of scandal.

Lombardi's work has been called "conspiracy art". It's a kind of global MemeStreams, elegantly visualized with a purpose, as Art.

(Unfortunately, it appears impossible to obtain large prints of these drawings (some of which are absolutely fascinating). There is a book available, but the only poster/print I've found was in "Cabinet Magazine" in 2001. They've sold out of back issues and want $250 for a copy. I can buy the originals at pierogi2000.com, but I'm not Bill Gates.)

'Global Networks': Webs Connecting the Power Brokers, the Money and the World

With the multidimensional twists that bind his music to his narrative, he's stitched the novel into a whole new set of clothes.

I must confess that I'm not a big Neil Young fan, but this does sound interesting...

Have You Heard the New Neil Young Novel?

Mr. Steele-Perkins captures this collision of time -- the past rushing full force into the future -- from a careful outsider's view of Japanese society.

This is short and interesting. I wonder what personal non-motorized water craft consisted of in Japan before the British brought canoes from America.

Fuji: Images of Contemporary Japan

Jeremy wrote:
] Quentin Tarantino and Neal Stephenson are birds of a feather.
]
] Each of these works is so large, so grand, so packed with
] detail, that the marketplace is unable to accommodate it all
] at one time. And so a story is broken into pieces, with the
] releases spaced apart in time, that the audience might take
] advantage of the intermission to savor the tasty bits of the
] first course while waiting in eager anticipation of the next.

So you recommend Stephenson's book?

I just saw Kill Bill. Two thumbs up. WAY better then I thought it was going to be. For those of you who haven't seen it, expect an anime made into a video game made into a movie.

On an unrelated note, I also saw school of rock recently and I was pleasantly surprised. Something I'll keep in the file for later in life when I need to corrupt my kids.

RE: Channeling Propellerheads on Kill Bill and Quicksilver

Showcase of Nashville electronic music at The End Oct. 11th 9PM. Link goes to this week's Nashville Scene write-up about the local electronic musicians.

...

In short, Area 615 is a fine survey of what gets called electronic music these days. Contributors like Satellite City and Callisto (both side projects featuring members of local band Venus Hum) bring an appreciation for recent trends and ideas--e.g., the "glitch" style of clicking and popping noises promulgated by the German label Mille Plateaux. Notably different, but hardly out of place here, is Mr. Natural, who uses contact microphones, guitar pickups and the surfaces of objects to create what could appropriately be called sound explorations. His approach shares a kinship with a totally different group of musicians, among them San Francisco's Loren Chasse and the UK's Jonathan Coleclough, who electronically process field recordings to create pieces that can be at once gentle and disorienting.

Props to all the people on this CD....this is a truely great thing, and I can't wait to buy my copy (aKa, sell some at PN and reserve one for me damnit:))

New compilation CD and upcoming live show survey Nashville's electronic musical underground

"In 1946, Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí, in one of cinema's oddest collaborations, teamed up on a short film called Destino. But Disney's studio ran into financial trouble and put the unfinished film on the shelf.

Now, 57 years later, a team of Disney animators has finished what Dalí started. The six-minute film, spearheaded by Walt's nephew Roy E. Disney and producer Baker Bloodworth (Dinosaur), premiered at the Annecy Animation Festival in June and is currently touring festivals worldwide. Recent stops include the Telluride, Montreal and Venice festivals, along with the Melbourne International Film Festival, where it won the grand prize for best short film. "

Disney Animates Dalí's Flick

This is a weblog on street art. (Random flyers and stickers that people post outdoors for no reason...) Some interesting pics here...

Wooster Collective : Stickers / Posters / Graf / Culture Jamming