mvcorvus
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should all laws be repealed, we shall go on living as we do now
Sunrise (1927) is a pernicious film in that it isolates the true object of cinema only to the extent that this object can be used to pull at the audience's strings, rather than allowing that object to reveal itself on the level of an encounter.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Sunrise (1927) is a pernicious film in that it isolates the true object of cinema only to the extent that this object can be used to pull at the audience's strings, rather than allowing that object to reveal itself on the level of an encounter.
these things are always futile to protest but 'underrated' is taking on a new and unsuitable meaning. something 'underrated' is not 'unknown'
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
these things are always futile to protest but 'underrated' is taking on a new and unsuitable meaning. something 'underrated' is not 'unknown'
firmly in a cultural moment that exactly reproduces earlier artists' work in less and less daring versions
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
firmly in a cultural moment that exactly reproduces earlier artists' work in less and less daring versions
I need an S/Z-style book-length analysis of the Devo album Duty Now for the Future. or Radio-activity by Kraftwerk
September 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I need an S/Z-style book-length analysis of the Devo album Duty Now for the Future. or Radio-activity by Kraftwerk
I dreamed I was walking naked through a French resort town at night. It was the off-season, more or less deserted. I snuck aboard a clipper ship and was surprised at how narrow it was.
August 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I dreamed I was walking naked through a French resort town at night. It was the off-season, more or less deserted. I snuck aboard a clipper ship and was surprised at how narrow it was.
I dreamed that I was playing a video game in which I was a crayfish or insect that had to creep through a green tube full of other disgusting creatures without disturbing them. I knew that I had gone so far that I, too, could turn into these creatures.
August 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I dreamed that I was playing a video game in which I was a crayfish or insect that had to creep through a green tube full of other disgusting creatures without disturbing them. I knew that I had gone so far that I, too, could turn into these creatures.
the first rule of Ambient Music Club is no samples of running water that play over the entire track
January 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
the first rule of Ambient Music Club is no samples of running water that play over the entire track
I dreamed I was the guest of a group of famous writers. I told them I had grown up in a neighborhood that was eighty-five per cent working class, so any food they served was all the same to me. they were silently impressed
January 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I dreamed I was the guest of a group of famous writers. I told them I had grown up in a neighborhood that was eighty-five per cent working class, so any food they served was all the same to me. they were silently impressed
no video clip filmed in a car has ever been worth it
December 30, 2024 at 12:07 AM
no video clip filmed in a car has ever been worth it
the musical saw has never really come into its own as an instrument
December 27, 2024 at 5:43 PM
the musical saw has never really come into its own as an instrument
Adorno band names: Wrong Life, The Rhythm of the Iron System, The Splendid Underdogs
December 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Adorno band names: Wrong Life, The Rhythm of the Iron System, The Splendid Underdogs
when you become a supreme court judge they suture the robes to your skin and they become part of your body
December 27, 2024 at 5:36 PM
when you become a supreme court judge they suture the robes to your skin and they become part of your body
band name: Anna O. and the Hysterics
September 25, 2024 at 2:33 PM
band name: Anna O. and the Hysterics
texting 'all good here' moments before a catastrophic implosion is like an emblem of the whole twenty-first century thus far
September 16, 2024 at 9:45 PM
texting 'all good here' moments before a catastrophic implosion is like an emblem of the whole twenty-first century thus far
I dreamed that I attended the olympics but it turned out that to earn a spot as a spectator you had to compete in a set of games yourself
August 22, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I dreamed that I attended the olympics but it turned out that to earn a spot as a spectator you had to compete in a set of games yourself
dinosaurs are a good interest for children to take up because to conceive them properly one must bracket human existence; in fact, human existence becomes contingent on the arrival and then the departure of dinosaurs
August 22, 2024 at 3:21 PM
dinosaurs are a good interest for children to take up because to conceive them properly one must bracket human existence; in fact, human existence becomes contingent on the arrival and then the departure of dinosaurs
when I visited blenheim palace I concluded that after the revolution all such sites should be dynamited into rubble amidst big public orgies
August 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
when I visited blenheim palace I concluded that after the revolution all such sites should be dynamited into rubble amidst big public orgies
dreading the moment when I hear someone use the expression 'cooked' in a real life conversation
June 11, 2024 at 3:34 PM
dreading the moment when I hear someone use the expression 'cooked' in a real life conversation
I think the reason I dislike Gary Larson, even going back to childhood, is that it is impossible to imagine him drawing anything beautiful
April 26, 2024 at 2:37 PM
I think the reason I dislike Gary Larson, even going back to childhood, is that it is impossible to imagine him drawing anything beautiful
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I dreamed that a contestant on The Price is Right ruined a game by accidentally revealing all the prices, and Bob Barker was so disgusted he knelt down, took a small white tablet, and instantly changed into a large dog
April 12, 2024 at 4:20 PM
I dreamed that a contestant on The Price is Right ruined a game by accidentally revealing all the prices, and Bob Barker was so disgusted he knelt down, took a small white tablet, and instantly changed into a large dog
no other show disguises with such light and cheerful affirmation a cosmic shriek of violent rage, a resentment at all existence, as Sex and the City
April 12, 2024 at 4:16 PM
no other show disguises with such light and cheerful affirmation a cosmic shriek of violent rage, a resentment at all existence, as Sex and the City
sudden visceral memory of the taste of string cheese
March 12, 2024 at 1:11 PM
sudden visceral memory of the taste of string cheese
Night of the Hunter is, in essence, a cartoon. like the worst-spirited of silent films it is so enchanted by the image that it does violence to the story it is ostensibly trying to tell, or it eventually drops the pretence that it had anything to show but fine trickery anyways.
March 9, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Night of the Hunter is, in essence, a cartoon. like the worst-spirited of silent films it is so enchanted by the image that it does violence to the story it is ostensibly trying to tell, or it eventually drops the pretence that it had anything to show but fine trickery anyways.