October 2011
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1Q84 is proof that literature matters | Douglas... →
Haruki Murakami’s new book, a global event in itself, passionately defends the power of the novel
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: the music dried up - Telegraph →
As his country recovers from disaster, Japanese electronic music pioneer Ryuichi Sakamoto explains why he’s going acoustic.
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H&M brings ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ look... →
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“Does the world have to have meaning, then? That is the real problem. If we could...”
– IJBS / Jean Baudrillard. Impossible Exchange. New York: Verso, 2001:128.
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Unkle (Feat. Ian Astbury) - When Things Explode
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Ballard Geocoded →
maybeandroid:
A map of the locations in JG Ballard’s fiction. If you click on any location you get the relevant excerpt of text. I’m not the biggest Ballard fan (I like what I’ve read, but I haven’t read much) but this is incredibly cool, for any author.
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laughterandinsanity:
The expression of his physiognomy betrayed extreme insecurity and, at the same time, insolence and some ceaseless irritation. He was terribly scared, one could see that, but his vanity also suffered, and one could guess that out of irritated vanity, despite his fear, he might venture any sort of insolence if the occasion arose. He apparently feared for every movement of his...
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On the moment Haruki Murakami knew he could write... →
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When a young Dave Hilton strode to the batter’s box at Jingu Stadium on Opening Day in 1978, little did he know that his actions over the next few minutes would set in motion a chain of events that would ultimately help create a Japanese literary giant.
(via murakamistuff:)
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L’espace strié de la vie, l’espace lisse de la mélancolie. Plus de projet, ni d’aimer ni d’écrire. Reste celui de vivre, comme un espace superficiel où passent des objets hétéroclites et volages, toutes formes sans lendemain. — Baudrillard, Cool Memories 1980-1985, p. 32 Toute vie a deux trajectoires : l’une linéaire et irréversible, celle du vieillissement et de la mort — l’autre, elliptique...
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“What a wee little part of a person’s life his acts and his words!
His real...”
– Mark Twain in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume I (via curiositycounts)
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“When Murakami sat down to write his first novel, he struggled until he came up...”
– The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami - NYTimes.com
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Jean Baudrillard - la société de consommation...
souvenirsdelectures:
Le Fun-System, ou la contrainte de jouissance.
Une des meilleures preuves que le principe et la finalité de la consommation n’est pas la jouissance est que celle-ci est aujourd’hui contrainte et institutionnalisée non pas comme droit ou comme plaisir, mais comme devoir du citoyen.
Le puritain se considérait lui-même, considérait sa propre personne comme une entreprise à...
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William Gibson Interview – Boing Boing →
Author William Gibson discusses Victorians, John Shirley and the early days of his career. A longer version of this interview appeared in the 197th issue of Paris Review
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“Au lieu de cela, toute la classe politique devrait se féliciter d’avoir...”
– Jean Baudrillard - Au royaume des aveugles
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Extrait - Cool Memories : les références
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Rien de pire que cette obligation de recherche, de référence et de documentation qui s’est installée dans le domaine de la pensée, et qui est l’équivalent mental et obsessionnel de l’hygiène. Dans le « champ intellectuel » comme on dit si bien, il faut labourer le concept. Il est vrai que nous n’avons plus de culture oisive, celle où penser et écrire étaient une...
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“Contre l’indifférence universelle, que faire ? Le terrorisme. Vengeance...”
– Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories, octobre 1983 (via souvenirsdelectures)
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“Security is quietly taking hold as a ‘white terror’ draining the system of its...”
– Jean Baudrillard, The Agony of Power (Semiotext(e), original 2005 / translated 2010, p. 97)
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“True, art is on the periphery for me. I don’t really identify with it. I would...”
– Jean Baudrillard, “The Conspiracy of Art” (via thelazylazarus)
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“Nous n’avons pas plus de raison d’exister que les pierres, et si une part de...”
– Jean BAUDRILLARD, Cool Memories 1, GALILÉE, 1985 (via guitzzz)
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Haruki Murakami
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His parents expected him to get a job with Mitsubishi. Instead Haruki Murakami married young, bought a jazz bar and began to write. As his new novel 1Q84 is published, Emma Brockes goes to Hawaii to meet the enigmatic author
Read the full interview with Murakami
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theformofbeauty:
Nine Inch Nails | Piggy
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Down In June - But what ends when the symbols...
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Bad Religion - Better Off Dead
from Stranger Than...
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Genesis: I'm Charles Manson of the information age!
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laughterandinsanity:
Unhappy Girl - The Doors
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clonepa:
Song and a picture.
Listening to...
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asitsizzkola:
Better Off Dead
Bad Religion...
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“I got nobody on my side,
And surely that ain’t right,
Surely that...”
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