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– WEATHER – Yeah, it’s either hot and scorching or a riot of thunderstorms. Pretty much everywhere. Except here in New York. Where it’s nice. We had a weekend of rain, but I wasn’t complaining.

– TIGERS – Last Monday I predicted that the Tigers would have to starting beating ace team or their best-records-so-far wouldn’t amount to much.

Disclaimer: There are spoilers.

Okay. So I’m essentially willing to throw in the towel and give my opinion a vote of no confidence with regard to The Squid and the Whale. That is, I’m unmoved: I still hate the film.

This project is an informal discussion of modernism and postmodernism, ultimately to be applied to the larger Gothic Funk debate. A more detailed description of the project is available here. PLEASE ADD YOUR COMMENTS AND JOIN THE DEBATE:

Paragraph 5, Sentence 4:

Each in its own way took literally claims that were intended metaphorically and thereby managed simultaneously to parody modernist idealism and to open new imaginative territories in which formal energies were inseparable from unrepresentable forces in dizzying contradiction with one another.

– YESTERDAY – I indulged a lovefest for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and a hatefest for the Squid and the Whale. I’m interested to hear what you think.

– JULY – Is Culinary arts month.
– TODAY – Is World Kissing Day.

There are spoilers.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest may just about be the most important and wonderful film I’ve ever seen. In order to say that I’d have to split some hairs amazingly fine, but I still find it difficult to be too superlative in my praise.

A surprising number of people have asked me to back up my opinion on The Squid and the Whale and now, knowing that I’m somewhat in the minority, I’ll plead my case.

There are a few spoilers here…

I’m going to be a bit of a traditionalist for a moment.

This project is an informal discussion of modernism and postmodernism, ultimately to be applied to the larger Gothic Funk debate. A more detailed description of the project is available here. PLEASE ADD YOUR COMMENTS AND JOIN THE DEBATE:

Paragraph 5, Sentence 3:

First, there occurred the astonishing interpretation of modernism provided by surrealism and dada.

– WHAT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES OF THE DECADE, HINTING AT A TRANSCENDENCE OF GOTHIC FUNK – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.

– WHAT IS A GOOD MOVIE – Mean Girls.

– WEATHER – When will Al Gore finally get his apology?

This project is an informal discussion of modernism and postmodernism, ultimately to be applied to the larger Gothic Funk debate. A more detailed description of the project is available here. PLEASE ADD YOUR COMMENTS AND JOIN THE DEBATE:

Paragraph 5, Sentence 2:

And those politics would combine with two other factors to undermine high modernism and create a cultural stage for a variety of postmodernisms.

Today: Pretty scary.

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