Bunny Rabbit
Lovers and Crypts
I've just recently discovered Bunny Rabbit. Her bizarre brand of art rap is not necessarily my thing, however, this zine-art-inspired music video is right up my alley. Loving it!
I'm giving away one of my biggest secrets here - I just want you to know that. UbuWeb is hands down the best resource for art media on the internet. They make a ludicrous amount of audio and video and text available to download or view for free.
The found image you see to the right is from the incredible Outsiders section, which might be my favorite part of the website. It might also be the favorite of founding editor Kenneth Goldsmith, a poet who has been called "James Joyce for the 21st Century." So far he's contributed most of the visual objets trouvés.
Anyway, the most difficult thing to do is figuring out were to begin. But my advice is, dive right in. My friend Eric Schaefer recently sent me to an amazing documentary, Rock My Religion. Or go to the homepage's featured resources.
By the by, it also seems that you are practically encouraged to appropriate whatever you get from the site into your own art. Because I've already seen several examples of this so far.
Sigh, if only everyone was like these people.
Nuclear Proliferation
Would be nice?
Listen, I am sick and tired of people pretending to know the first thing about global warming. Generally, people seem to think that because they saw An Inconvenient Truth - or more likely, the trailer to it - they've somehow seen it all, and are adequately "educated."
However, most people seem to know almost nothing that is actually true. As Jean de la Bruyère wrote, "The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth."
Granted, scientists aren't even sure how much they know, although there is most definitely a consensus. Anyway, my point is: most people don't know very much about the truly inconvenient truths.
Ethanol is really inefficient. Hydrogen is a pipe dream. The organic food industry is bad for a number of reasons. Global dimming will presumably decrease (that's a bad thing) due to sharp decrease in the number of flights. And, most notably, nuclear energy is fucking awesome.
Thankfully, Wired magazine got all these things right in their June Issue: 16.06. Now, I'm not saying I'm an expert, but I have taken the time to do quite a bit of research, and can tell you - without question - it is the best, most accessible article I've come across. Please read it, and send it to everyone you know.
Pyrite Radio
All the hits, some of the time.
It's been raining. This is rainy weather music. It might not be raining, but we can pretend. Right?
1. Richard Sanderson // Never Let You Go
(mixed w/ audio from Paris, Texas)
2. The Beta Band // Dry the Rain
3. Console // By This River
4. A - Austr // Hawaiian War Chant
5. Bob Dylan // Buckets of Rain
6. Hall and Oates // Sara Smile
7. Broadcast // DDL
8. The Mall // Dusk Magnets
9. Riz Ortolani / Il Ricordo di Serena
10. Tindersticks // Yesterday's Tomorrows
11. Galaxie 500 // Another Day
12. Fireflies // Rain Soaked Shoes
13. Cat Stevens // Wild World
14. Tangerine Dream // Love On A Real Train
15. Allen Ginsberg // Please, Master
16. Cars Can Be Blue // Dirty Song
17. A Certain Ratio // Shack Up
18. Rain and Rain Man (by Reynard)
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