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6 Nov 2015

On the Metaphysics of the Soul Contra the Aesthetics of Existence

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In the end, as a philosopher, one has a choice to make: to concern oneself either with inner being, or outer beauty; the metaphysics of...
5 Nov 2015

Margaret Nolan: Artist, Actress, Object

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Margaret Nolan (IMDB) Photo © 2011 Silver Screen Collection  Courtesy of gettyimages.com  The case of Margaret Nolan, the Lond...
31 Oct 2015

On the Art of Speaking Without Speaking

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A speaker presenting work in an approved manner; i.e.,  staying resolutely   with  the script  and making no  attempt  to engage or int...
30 Oct 2015

On Owing a Cock to Asclepius (The Death of Socrates)

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The Death of Socrates  - Jacques Louis David (1787) The Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY) I have long accepted Nietzsche’s interpre...
25 Oct 2015

I Wanna Be Your Dog (On Cynicism and Modern Art)

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Statue of Diogenes the Cynic (Sinop, Turkey) I don't want to live in a barrel, carry a lamp, masturbate in the market place, o...
23 Oct 2015

Halloween

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Cover of the Dead Kennedys single Halloween   (Alternative Tentacles, 1982) Another Halloween approaches ...  And the groanin...

After the Orgy: Rise of the Herbivores

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Édouard Manet: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe  (1862-3)*  When asked, twenty-five years ago, to characterize the present, Baudrillard de...
22 Oct 2015

Simon Schama Versus Rod Liddle

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A furious Simon Schama finger-points at Rod Liddle on  BBC's  Question Time  (15 Oct 2015) and tells  him to stick to writing  his...
16 Oct 2015

Oh Bondage Up Yours! (A Slice of Punk Nostalgia)

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A model for Vivienne Westwood wearing an Exhibition Tartan Bondage jacket  and Lyon Tartan Bondage trousers (Anglomania, A/W 2015) viviennew...

Sing if You're Glad to be Grey (On the Desire for the Neutral)

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Last night, at dinner, a woman told me I was a colourful character . She meant it as a compliment (I assume), but if there's one ...