Science as Enchantment: “…the new enchantment had its advantages, but it also has had tremendous costs, and the bills are still coming due.” The Crisis of 2025: “… it’s factually indisputable that Americans are a demoralized populace. You can see it in polls and the way people talk about their own country.” The Meta-Crises and…
Tag: music
ШԐЄҠԐИD LЇЙԞS: Waiting for the Barbarians, Strange Gods, Death Masks
COUNTER-CURRENTS: “[Robert E. Lee]’s bronze head was ripped from his body, his face was peeled from his head in the form of a death mask, and then it was super-heated to the point where it glowed…” HOW TO MAKE ART in NORTH KOREA: “[Laibach] are very, very unashamedly flirting with totalitarian aesthetics and the philosopher…
w҇e҇e҇k҇e҇n҇d҇ ҇l҇i҇n҇k҇s҇: the violence of heaven, history’s new surprises, the chthonic swamp
Jupiter Rising: “It is not that the public is in some deep slumber or guided hypnosis, but that they are so deeply humiliated and abused that they don’t even know who they are anymore. Many Americans don’t even know their own fathers, let alone contemplate or internalize the triumphs of their ancestors.” The Cionci Thesis:…
ẅ̶̩̺̻̦̗͙̰͔̬̜̱̬̮͈̝̰̩̤́͋̎̈́̓͋͆̅̄̀̐̓̀̑͊͊̓̌̌́̃̓̀͊̈̇͑͛̑̈́̕̕͝͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅë̶̡̧̢̼̰̙̫̦͚͈̩̟̙͙͎͚̯̗͚͉̦͔̘̘̯͖̬̲̰͇̭͇̩͉̠͈͍̳̯̗͖̻͍́̆̊́̈́̿̂̅͜ͅȩ̴̳̼̲̱̤̰̯̰̞̗͉̮̘̼̣̫̩͎̲̗̦̤͎̱̭̣̼̳̯̙̲̲̒͗͌͜͜ͅk̴̨̢̻͓̯̼̺̺̰̹͔̣̞̖̬̳͉̗͉̝̝͇̻̖̖̜̪̣̖͓̮̥̬̣̻͈͓̳̤͔̯̟̯͙̰͙̉̇̅̋e̵̢̡̺̻̲̯̻̰̼̘̲͉̯̓̐̓͂̆̀͛̉̆̑̐̇̌͆̊͜ņ̵͖̥͓̞̳̩̯̩̙̝̬̘͚̺̗̪͉̙̱̟̥̜̼̪͓̞̼̰͛̉͐̽͛̃̔̂̔̒͗́̐̏̔̉͊̚̕͘͠͝ͅḑ̸̨̧̦͖̱̥̦̫͖̝͙̗̘̫̞͓̩̠̝̤̟̪̜̟̠̤͓̰͓͕͇̮͙̜̙̤͍̖̱̻̥͓̊̐̌̌̓̒̌̍̓͑́̏̑̽̈̓̇͑̾̃̉͒̒͋̀̄̿͗̆̽͌͘̕̕̚͜͠ͅͅ ̷̨̡̢̛̰̝̠̠̻̩̩͉͍̺̲̞͔̤͔̪͓̮̙͉̲͚͎̟͉̖̹͓̬̭͉́̓̽̑̑͛̐̉̃̈́̆̀̌̏̀̄͗̇̈̆̐͐̂͑̏̆̄̄̔̄̂͐̏̾͋̀̊͘̚̚̕͘͜͝ͅͅͅl̵̡̢̥̩̖̖̗͓͓̦̜̙̰̩̜̮̘̠̈͗́͛̀́̉̾̇̈́̽̈͂̔̋̂͑́͒̿̒̄́̓̀͌̍̈́͒̃̌̋́͂̓̈̈̀͐̏̇̚̕͜͝͝ì̷̢̡̞̮̫̯̣͕͎̹̯̤̥̩͎̤̪̠̰̝̪̰͕̻̥̰̮̪͕͊̿̑̎̂̈́͌͒̊͒͒̏̋̊͌̆͋͌̄̽̾̌͂͑̉̉̈̐̈́̉̎͂̈̈́͐͘̕͠͝͠ͅn̶̡̧̧̨̧̛̘̬̤̦̩̼̣̭͍͎̯̼̹̞̤̣͖̼̣̩̮͈͚̺̫̯̟͈͓̺͓̠̝͖͙̖̤̯͎̘̗̻̳̺̿̔̉̆̌͊́̓̃͋̄̈́͌͐̈́͆̑̍͆̒͗̅͊̍̎͐͗͆̄͋͐͐̇͆̚̕̕͘̚͝k̵͓̯̹̘̦̞͔̟̫̺̦̘͓͈͕͚̦͈̪̥̓s̵̛͍̞͉̱̱̺̟̋͗͒͒͊̐͐́̇̀͋͗̐͋̈́̿̑̃̕͝: Arctic War, Murder, Ancient Realities
An Arctic War is Coming: “Beneath the ice, the Arctic possesses untold riches. The region is estimated to contain a fifth of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas reserves and rare earth elements such as gold, nickel and zinc. While most of these are present within the largely undisputed land borders of the Arctic…
weekend links: warzone conditions, spiritual cannon fodder, 2 hours in the dark
A National Divorce From Reality: “Douglas MacArthur famously stated ‘It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.’ Conservatives still have not grappled with the fact that their political will has been consistently shown to be much smaller than that of liberals. The Floyd Riots showed just how primed for derangement…
Mid-Week Links: Shatter Zones, Cultures of Refusal, Glory
A Far Away Planet to Which I Would Never Return — The vanishing horizon line of Terrence Malick‘s BADLANDS: “Kit is a trash collector by trade, Batailling against the solar surpluses reclaimable in the culturubble, throwing away items of no-to-low utility, revealing how even The Outsider can only seek emancipation from materialism in refuse materials,…
Rest in Peace, Mark Lanegan (1964-2022)
Nick Cave has a nice tribute to Mark Lanegan at the Red Hand Files: As a frontman, I move around a lot on stage, I can’t help it, it is a habitual nervous thing, a kind of neurotic compensation for a voice I have never felt that comfortable with. But watch Mark, watch how he…
weekend links
Are You Ready for the Great Reset? “The world’s nations are drowning in debt and economies and private enterprise is crumbling under COVID-19 as populations scramble toward left and right populism in attempted response. Those who hold institutional and economic power from Big Tech to Big Business and Big Politics are increasingly calling for what will…
Station: Tundra
I’ve slowly started accumulating some of my a/v ephemera and glitch art on YouTube. Feel free to stop by. Most of the music is by lifelong creative co-conspirator Brett V but some of it is from me.
WEEKEND LINKS
A GUIDE to IANNIS XENAKIS’S MUSIC: “When you hear Xenakis’s music – any piece of what we recognise as his mature work, starting with 1954’s Metastasis, onwards – you’re confronted with an aesthetic that seems unprecedented according to any of the frames of reference that musical works usually relate to. You won’t hear vestiges of things…