check out: www.scourtos.com (that's where videos and large art stuff that I did from 08'-10') Also, I have naturally straight hair.
branding being bigger in america makes sense - we are some self-intersted kids.
so I was reading about the chinese brands, how they are fewer and weaker than the american branding system. I can't decide if I think that it makes more sense that they should be more into or less into hierarchal corporate instituions or not - probably not since a strong sense of national community would undercut the need for smaller grouped ties? who knows.
the best thing I have seen in awhile
I know this may be goofy to talk about but I saw the best thing that I have ever seen today - compressed paper and resin to make counter tops out of. Think about it, the company produces paper waste and that in turn becomes the counter tops they install. Holy crap - superficial equivalent to solving world hunger - actually incredible material.
I may feel for the bankers caught in the crisis more than I let on...
Honestly, when you need to make money and you are a small piece of a large ponzi scheme - and there are stolenm identies, false credit ratings, and fictional accounts, names, and or transactions, how can you be sure what to do? It is a state sanctioned mafia and honestly, unless we return to the fife system, I have to idea how it oculd be avoided.
why twitter is geniusly funny
anything out of context is funny and the format is 140 characters, the challenge is making it seem coherent which is almost impossible since the context of twitter is no context - you are being set up to produce memes that, in a sea of memes, seem out of context. it is genius
why you can argue that fashion and pornography are the same thing...
so here is an awesome quote from albini, real thought piece:
“I think fashion is repulsive. The whole idea that someone else can make clothing that is supposed to be in style and make other people look good is ridiculous. It sickens me to think that there is an industry that plays to the low self-esteem of the general public. I would like the fashion industry to collapse. I think it plays to the most superficial, most insecure parts of human nature. I hope GQ as a magazine fails. I hope that all of these people who make a living by looking pretty are eventually made destitute or forced to do something of substance. At least pornography has a function.”
that is accurate. But, fashion can make people look better, slimmer, more hour glassed, causing boners, the same way pornography does, and so it also facilitates sex. what he really did was explain to women why men resent the fact that they spend money on clothing - that may or may not be for them but pornography always is.
“I think fashion is repulsive. The whole idea that someone else can make clothing that is supposed to be in style and make other people look good is ridiculous. It sickens me to think that there is an industry that plays to the low self-esteem of the general public. I would like the fashion industry to collapse. I think it plays to the most superficial, most insecure parts of human nature. I hope GQ as a magazine fails. I hope that all of these people who make a living by looking pretty are eventually made destitute or forced to do something of substance. At least pornography has a function.”
that is accurate. But, fashion can make people look better, slimmer, more hour glassed, causing boners, the same way pornography does, and so it also facilitates sex. what he really did was explain to women why men resent the fact that they spend money on clothing - that may or may not be for them but pornography always is.
why art and comedy are the same thing
or at least, why there usefulness springs from the same spot - they take life, which is intense, and re-present it, otherize it so you can deal with it. they also both seem massively superfluous in their own absence.
why rano pano is good
ok - so I know that orchestral sounds are an immediate signifier for classy, good, tasteful, etc., but what is awesome about this is that it is using a sweeter my bloody valentine tone for a phrase that is longer and more sweeping than most riffs that use similar tones. It is awesome.
so I finally decided to overlook hail to the thief and check out in rainbows
15 step is the best shoegaze/stoner version of that song lipgloss ever. then it turns into a meek waltz. I dig this record.
1/100 of income tax goes towards science/technology - this is what makes me sick to my stomache re:myself and life choices.
except that - why bother furthering civilization if you aren;t going to be decadent?
on that note, why not make fun of me:
does that thing come out of a beatles song?
yeah. that's the way it works when you stick to music theory. not blowing any minds, scourtos.
Why Rapid Realty is the biggest scam in the universe:
They are focusing on cheap rentals in areas that will be drowned in the flood once global warming swallows New York. They are making tons of money putting people into buildings with slum lords, apts that the tenants will soon leave, and the damage is negligible to them since, as I said, in a few years, most of these areas will be under water. I live in greenpoint. I am a victim idiot myself, can't wait to get back to the stuy! Except that I love it here... awesome landlord and tree lined block.
I understand valerie solonz more and more each day
we need machine labor. asap. I really should have gotten on computer stuff earlier in life, I am so behind when it comes to electronics. Art life.
rock-it.
another project in the works - construct a rock out of rocket ships titled "rock-it."
it's a really good idea. get excited.
it's about what you want to do. it just is. intelligent self interest rules the world.
my stepdad, who is a super conservative, says it's not about what you want to do, it's about what you COULD do. disagree. strongly. under the right circumstances with the right training, anyone could do anything, barring severe retardation so could and would become the same thing.
intelligent self interest guides the world. period.
best goth engagement idea
and by best I may mean worst - use one of each other's teeth as the stone for the engagement ring. HARSH.
A way to market non-archival "garbage"
SO let's say you have this amazing image, but it is comprised of really poor materials that are obviously not going to stand the test of time - it's an inverse investment, a conceptual piece that way you have something that is nice to look at and kind of smart too.
My mom always said there will be someone better than you
not so much... There isn't always something better, there is always something between two points that is the newer thing. It isn't absolute, it's a matter of infinitely halving things, finding the difference between the two.
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