Monday, June 20, 2011

Society of the Spectacle: Et, Tu, Zizek? But Maybe Not

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According to the New York Post , Lady Gaga and another recent fave of DITHOB, Slovenian cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek, are buds. Since it i...
Friday, June 17, 2011

The Interpersonal Circumplex and the Papers of Dr. Timothy Leary

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Before he became synonomous with the psychedelic drug culture of the 1960s, Dr. Timothy Leary was a former West Point cadet and a trained ps...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

By the Way --Happy Bloomsday

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Ulysses is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 19...

CODA:NY Assembly Passes Gay Marriage Bill 80-63; Legislation Moves to GOP-controlled State Senate

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NY Times reports that the GOP conference in State Senate stalled on NYS Gay Marriage Bill, although Dean Skelos, Senate Majority Leader, rep...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Passage of Marriage Equality in New York State: At the Tipping Point

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Governor Andrew Cuomo isn't walking on water, yet, but his strong mandate, coupled with his administration's exercise of remarkable ...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" -- The Dark(er) Side of the Old, Weird America

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Destroy the Brain offers an exciting and very very interesting script review by Michael Haffner of Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINE...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Weinerville: Why DC Colleagues Want Anthony to Hit the Road

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Interesting article by Steve Kornacki in Salon.com on why Congressional Dems are not supporting Congressman Weiner when his misstep -- while...

Film Culture: Adolfas Mekas 1925-2011

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Excerpt from Hallelujah The Hills byAdolfas Mekas Adolfas Mekas, Hallelujah the Hills, 1963 (excerpt) from RE:VOIR on Vimeo . Adolfa...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Did You See the Google Home Page?

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A bit hectic at the office, so I didn't get a look at this until now. In honor of Les Paul who would have been 96 today, Google offers a...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Bay Ridge Comes Out in Support of Marriage Equality

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Photo by Henry Stewart LMagazine Nice coverage in The L magazine of Monday's rally outside the office of NY State Senator Marty Golden...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

And Now, a Word About America's Real Crisis: It's Still the Economy, Stupid

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Obviously, the issue with NY Congressman Anthony Weiner is a political and ethical issue, but once again, it serves as a distraction from th...
Monday, June 6, 2011

US Representative Anthony Weiner Schedules Press Conference for 4 PM

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US Representative Anthony Weiner has scheduled a Press Conference for 4 pm following the website http://www.biggovernment.com/ 's posti...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

GET HAPPY! Make NYC Your Gym: The BeFitNYC Initiative

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After a summer road trip to Pittsburgh of all places, we found a new path and began going to the gym regularly for intensive and relaxing ca...
Friday, June 3, 2011

Bob Dylan Fist Bumps-- Who Knew?

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Funny little video vignette of Chumlee from the show Pawn Star wandering around Vegas trying to get Bob Dylan's autograph -- and succeed...

CODA: Yo, Whose Got the Best Pizza in Bay Ridge? The Bay Ridge Democrats' Dough Raiser Gives the Answer

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Madonn' ! Talk about the slice heard 'round the world ...(or at least in Brooklyn south)... Bay Ridge Pizza (7704 5th Avenue), a ...