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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Which Candidate is your “Type”

The essay link below explores the various type-fonts being used by Presidential candidates for their campaign signs, etc. Thanks to my former student, Alexis, for bringing this to my attention.
Dr.B.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/01/27/what_font_says_change/

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Monday, January 28th, 2008

Music to suck blood by

Note all the references to symbolic systems (college, campus, punctuation, etc. ) at the outset of this review.
January 28, 2008
Critics’ Choice
New CDs
By JON PARELES
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
“Vampire Weekend” (XL)
Outside of marching bands and glee clubs, hardly a group anywhere is as proudly collegiate as Vampire Weekend, the Brooklyn band of four Columbia graduates that releases its self-titled […]

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Monday, January 28th, 2008

hmmm….

YouTube/Utube = is for the eye (movies)
yet
iTunes/EyeTunes = is for the ear (songs)
hmmm…..
~ Jenny

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Thursday, January 24th, 2008

parent, print, and pop culture

Over the break, I got the chance to catch up on all of the horrible t.v. that I had been missing during school, which was made even more horrible by the fact that there were no new shows! (Hmm, writers are refusing to write? Interesting…) I wish I had remembered to write down what I saw because there were so […]

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Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Global Media

I’m taking a class called Global Media this semester which, obviously, only solidifies everything we’ve ever talked about in class.  One of our text books, called Empire and Communications, traces every monumental change in human history and accredits the latest writing technology as the agent.  I mean, its really crazy how similar it is.  Just […]

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Steve Jobs would get an A in Parenting and Printing

Steve Jobs is the CEO of Pixar Animation and CEO of Apple Inc. It is no coincidence that he has the highest authority in both of these multi million dollar corporations—Steve Jobs understands the Law of the Father. We’ve already discussed why Apple is currently popular and why the icon is universally recognizable. In 1986 […]

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Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Apocalypse Now

The latest Time magazine had an article about the entertainment industry going apocalyptic, which we’ve mentioned plenty, particularly in relation to Iraq being both the birthplace and deathplace of civilization. Here’s the link, then some thoughts:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1704694,00.html
Writer Lev Grossman opens with a discussion of Mary Shelley’s The Last Man, and an exploration of that idea […]

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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

the thirteenth tale

i read the most wonderful book over the break that is the perfect blend of the paternity issues and writing technologies that we discussed in class! its called the Thirteenth Tale by Diane Sutterfield published by Washington Square Press. ere’s a little overview: a young writer named margaret lea is asked by a […]

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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Kafka

I’d like to recommend Franz Kafka’s The Judgement (a short read)– he also wrote The Metamorphosis
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~Johnstoi/kafka/judgment.htm
Picked it up for a quick read and enjoyed the parenting and printing parallels. The son writes letters to an imaginary friend. The dialog is between a father and son, with references to a deceased mother. Questions of authorship over […]

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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Sara Wins. Could Hillary Be Next?

The Cultural Unconscious knows what it needs and wants: MOMMY.
January 15, 2008
Terminator Tops Globes
By BENJAMIN TOFF
NBC’s bare-bones version of the “65th Annual Golden Globes” attracted just 5.8 million viewers on Sunday night, a small fraction of the 20 million who tuned in to the awards show a year ago, according to Nielsen’s estimates. The […]

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