There were some illustrations from last months Believer that made me stumble upon two things I thought were really cool.
First, a firefox add-on that turns all the adds in your internet browser into 'art.': Ad-art
Second was Packard Jennings website, who does sort of political public disruption performance pieces. His work kind of varies, but the above picture is from a series of cards he made to insert into business reply envelopes that show an office being transformed into a romanticist anarchist utopia. Bakunin would be proud. He also made a stereotyped 'anarchist' doll with packaging, put it into Target, then tried to buy it. The video is pretty funny: The manager keeps saying Target is a pro-family store and wouldn't carry anything like that: Packard Jennings
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Despite the fact that twitter as a communication technology is tantamount to signing up for micro-surveillance, at least we are only subjecting ourselves to being observed by everyone, and no one in particular. Let's just not fall into the trap of broadcasting spatial data concerning our every coordinate and purpose over time, through acculturation. With that said, find me on twitter to see which hobo trash barrel I am drinking beside at any given time: my twitter page
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After leaving the jet lag study I did for money, not science, I stumbled upon a signing of Rafael Grampá's Mesmo Delivery (see art above) at Desert Island (an indie comic store in Liz's neighborhood). Then, I headed over to a house show where The Vivian Girls were playing with a new cometbus/jawbreaker band. I got to see the Vivian Girls, but was five minutes too late for the other band.
Ever get the feeling you are always five minutes too late? yeah.
Yesterday, Corey and I played chess to another draw (4 in a row now) at a Mexican diner. I spent the afternoon writing my new book review for MRR (you can see the last one in November's issue #306). After Liz got out of her master depositions course, we went to Upright Citizens Brigade for 'let's have a ball', which was no 'i eat pandas/we classy', but I think i eat pandas ruined improv for me because I find myself wanting a piano to appear and the performers to burst into song. Is that wrong? Ended up at Blue Stockings for another book signing/discussion for the new book 'Labor Law for the Rank and Filer'.
I was just going to go back to DC and sit at my house, since my jet lag study flight was moved back, but I'm glad I got to stay.
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