Treasure: ‘Canada’
Jamie Hartly writes: “This is a video I’ve made for a band called Treasure. I wanted to make something sweet and romantic with the footage from the Pam and Tommy sextape.”
Jamie Hartly writes: “This is a video I’ve made for a band called Treasure. I wanted to make something sweet and romantic with the footage from the Pam and Tommy sextape.”
Australia’s 21.C, edited by Ashley Crawford, was probably the best magazine of the ‘90s—it was my favorite at least—and to be profiled in its pages and later to contribute to it, was an lot of fun for me.
21.C was the most unabashedly intellectual and forward-thinking journal that I have ever seen, anywhere. And it was a striking and beautifully designed product to hold in your hands. Each issue was finely crafted, I must say. To have my own writing published alongside the likes of Erik Davis, Mark Dery, Greil Marcus, Hakim Bey, Rudy Rucker, Bruce Sterling, R.U. Sirius and Kathy Acker was an honor. I also met Alex Burns via Ashley and Alex, of course, went on to edit the Disinformation website for many years.(I wrote about art for 21.C’s sister publication—also edited by Ashley Crawford—the quarterly glossy World Art. I know that I wrote an article about the product design of the Japanese pop combo Pizzicato 5, but I can’t remember what else.)
Now 21.C is back as an online magazine. There’s also a lot of still interesting archival pieces on subjects such as William Burroughs, Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna and Robert Anton Wilson that readers of this blog will find very interesting, I’m sure. There’s an interview with me from 1996 conducted by R.U. Sirius where I tell the nutty story of how Disinformation was started. Welcome back 21.C!
Nothing inspires fear and loathing like TV producers. Here’s a 2002 contract that Hunter S. Thompson had a rather poor reaction to…
Via The Live Feed.
“Leave it to a man to figure that one out,” said my lovely wife to the news that a Japanese researcher has discovered that certain sounds—even ringtones—can have a physical effect on the body, even causing women’s breasts to grow larger. From Noise Addicts:
In Japanese cities, people use cell phones. A LOT. It’s not uncommon for people in Tokyo to hear their cell phone ring 20-40 times per day. Hideto Tomabechi, one of the guys who helped deprogram members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan, has embedded a sound in a ringtone that fools your mind into interpreting it as a crying baby.
The hypothesis is that if women’s minds and bodies respond to the ringtone in the same way that they are known to respond to a real crying baby, then they will experience the same physiological effects as if they heard the real thing. If it’s heard often enough, over time their breasts will grow.
If you’re a man and aren’t to thrilled about the idea of getting larger breasts, he also has ringtones in the works that he claims will improve your memory, make you more attractive to the opposite sex, cure baldness, and help you give up smoking. It’s all about the ringtones, baby.
What, now you want a copy of the ringtone to secretly put on your girfriend’s phone (or maybe you just want to hear it)? Here you go
I love how the ringtone is called “Rock Melon”! It’ll rock yer melons all right…
I assume everyone here already recognizes the near-holy genius of late period Talk Talk, right ? O.K., good. Here then are both sides of the I Believe in You single (most certainly the last one they ever promoted with TV appearances) from the mighty Spirit of Eden LP (1988). An exercise in sensual ascetic reticence with brief explosions of un-checked emotion as well as a brave left turn down a dark corner for this one time shiny (but excellent) pop band. I honestly can’t express how much I truly love this music.
Si ! But only if you are fortunate enough to live in Italy.
via Jonathan Gold’s Twitter feed
He has a very persuasive argument don’t cha think? Oh, and I often find myself doing this shit too.
An interview with Dr. Nell Irvin Painter, the eminent American historian and retired Princeton University professor, discussing her fascinating new book The History of White People. The conversation begins with the answer to the question “What does Caucasian really mean?” As some who has been white my entire life, I admit that I didn’t know. Do you? I think many of you will find this conversation quite interesting.
No wonder she left him!.
UPDATE: In the comments, deighv heart says:
this is good, but its nothing compared to the citizen kane of sucking which is roye’l’s “in my world”. its awesome on so many levels.
1. the outfit: vest sans shirt, tacky print shorts, scarf around the neck, mismatched kneepads, timberland hiking boots with white athletiuc socks pulled up high, blond braids, gold dangly earrings.
2. the rapping & singing
3. the dancing.
4. the shrug when he’s finished while the song fades out.
5. the post performance interview when he concedes that he doesn’t have any gigs or dates lined up for the future.
all together one of the best bad things on the net!
Enjoy!
GOOD Magazine on the impact illegal drugs have on the environment. I’ll give you three guesses which one is best for the planet.
A Slate reader recently asked the Green Latern which illegal drug was the least harmful to the environment. If you not only care about your carbon footprint but also enjoy the occasional recreational high, you might find the Lantern’s response enlightening.
Let’s be frank: Most highs for you are kind of a downer for the planet. The conditions under which illegal drugs are produced make it impossible for the government to enforce any sort of clean manufacturing regulations, and the long-standing “War on Drugs” inflicts its own environmental damage. (Think of the RoundUp herbicide sprayed on 120,000 hectares of rural Colombia each year.) There are some ways to measure the eco-credentials of various narcotics, though. To understand how various drugs affect the environment, we need to take a close look at where each one comes from and compare the ways they’re harvested or synthesized.
Ecstasy, which is derived from the sassafras oil of endangered rainforest trees, and crystal meth, which comes from either Asian grasses or the pharmaceutical chemicals ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, are among the most environmentally damaging. Meth’s production is particularly toxic: “In California’s Central Valley, law enforcement estimates between 4 million and 7 million pounds of lab waste were poured into canals and on properties between 2000 and 2004.”
Well played.
thx Jon Charles Newman !
Very interesting looking upcoming doc about the history of South African punk rock. The newer bands look like a snooze but it’s probably worth watching to learn about the once completely illegal apartheid era groups.
Orwellian tax amnesty commercial as seen in Pennsylvania.
Thank you Stephen M. Foland!
