Postings from Northampton, Massachesetts United States
Words Go Here.
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The New Luddites
10/08/05
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It might just be what I happen to read, but the big topic of late on this here internet seems to the Author’s Guild lawsuit against Google. For those that haven’t heard, the Author’s Guild has brought a class action …
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Topics:
Copyright,
Ignorance,
Technology,
Writing
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One Nation Under a Groove
03/25/05
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the need/ these closed-in days/ to move before you/ smooth-draped/ and color-elated/ in a favorable wind — Niedecker The sky is falling again. The man outside the liquor store seems unconcerned. The sky seems to fall a good bit. Perhaps …
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Topics:
Ignorance,
Music,
Paranoia
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Farewell Mr. Hunter H Thompson
02/24/05
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I’m sure everyone has heard by now that Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide this past weekend. Like many I am saddened by Thompson’s decision to take his own life. I don’t for a moment pretend to understand why he did …
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Topics:
Death,
Eulogy,
Writing
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The Art of the Essay
10/10/04
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Topics:
Authors,
Ignorance,
Writing
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David Foster Wallace on Infinity
01/07/04
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I’ve been reading David Foster Wallace’s new book1 Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity for a few days now and I’m happy to report that it’s everything you would expect from the author of Infinite Jest. And I …
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Topics:
Books,
Future,
Mathematics,
Writing
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Take Me To Your Leader II
11/02/03
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In the last article, I made the case that as fans of certain musicians we owe it to them to purchase their records rather than download them. And I made it more rationally than the RIAA will ever do because …
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Topics:
Copyright,
Ignorance,
Insanity,
Music
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Farewell Mr. Cash
09/12/03
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farewell mr. cash. sunday mornings won’t be the same without you.
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Topics:
Eulogy,
Music
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Take Me To Your Leader
08/07/03
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Before I get started, I have several sort of general purpose warnings for the casual reader: first, while I have downloaded some music in my day, I am not regular user of file sharing networks. Second, before you think this …
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Topics:
Authors,
Beauty,
Culture,
Eulogy,
Mysticism,
Philosophy
Recent Writings
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Thursday
July 3, 2008
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Tiny Cities Made of Ash
The bells are a constant cacophony, not the rhythmic ringing out of the hours or tolling from mass that the human mind seems …
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Monday
June 30, 2008
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You Can't Go Home Again
The wind became constant on the second day, changing from the occasional gust that would precede an hour or two of torrential rains, …
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Thursday
June 26, 2008
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Returning Again — Back on Little Corn Island
This is a first — going back to somewhere I’ve already been. Generally speaking, the world seems so huge and so full of …
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Saturday
June 7, 2008
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In Love With a View: Vagabonds,
Responsibilty and Living Well
Tim Patterson, editor of MatadorTrips.com, recently published an article entitled How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously). There are some good tips …
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Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
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My first hands on with Borges... Absolutely amazing. So far beyond what I've been reading lately (mainly non-fiction and some late 20th century authors). As with Faulkner, I find it shocking that I was given an undergraduate degree in English without having read Borges. That simply should not be allowed. Everything I was expecting and so much more. If, like me, you know Borges through his myth rather than his words, this is a fine place to start. And rest assured, the myths are nothing next to the real thing.
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