There are certain things in this world that just don’t seem to go together. Each is so distinct an entity that we cannot imagine one ever sharing common ground with the other. For instance, garlic and ice cream (though there actually is garlic ice cream). Or Rush Limbaugh in a yarn shop. Well, what about [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Rush Limbaugh in a yarn shop
Posted in Audio work, music, tagged Rush Limbaugh on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you, Samsung…er, Father.
Posted in Corporate Media, tagged Kim Jong-chul, Lee Hak-Soo, Lee Kun-Hee, Samsung, South Korea on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Korean student in the Intergrated Media Arts MFA Program at Hunter College, recently clued his classmates into the national pride that Koreans take in their family-owned “father,” Samsung Group. According to Wikipedia, Samsung is, “one of the largest super-multinationals in the world.” Not surprisingly, many Koreans are proud of Samsung’s presence at the heart [...]
Reza Abedini: Bi-cultural design
Posted in Design, tagged Design, graphic design, Iranian design, Milton Glaser, Persia, Reza Abedini, Saul Bass on April 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Iranian graphic designer Reza Abedini may not be as familiar to Americans as, say, Milton Glaser (designer of the “I Love New York” logo) or Saul Bass (designer of Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” title sequence, as well as the famous title sequences for “James Bond” movies). But in the international arena, Abedini is well-known for his contemporary [...]
where dat border?
Posted in Beyond Borders on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
is there a border to be? the past 8 years of compassionate conservatism and the four years to be with st mccain? they have buried their war hatchet and unite their border to keep that unitary executive. the green zone is an isolated doughnut hole a round border.
A short short story based on Alexander Sokurov’s film “Alexandra”
Posted in Films, tagged Alexandra, Chechnya, film, Kalashnikov, movie, Russia, soldiers, Sukoruv, war on April 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Alexandra travels south on a military train. She sits apart from the young soldiers. Surely each of the men deserves a hug from this proud Russian woman, but Alexandra is also surly and resists social niceties. At times she mumbles to herself. Her body is in pain, especially when the soldiers have to help her [...]
La Frontera
Posted in Mapping, tagged Absolut Vodka ad, commerce, history, Mexican border, treaty on April 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
absolut b.s.
Border talks continue….
Posted in Border Violations, tagged Al Jazeera, border talks, Chinese, France, Hamas, Myanmar, Palestinians, Surinam, Thailand on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Surinam, France to resume Guiana border talks Border Talks on Tap as ‘NAFTA’ Leaders Meet in Mexico Thai, Myanmar border talks end on positive note Palestinians Agree To Border Talks OSCE holds border talks in Tajikistan Hamas Delegation in Egypt for Gaza Border Talks Eritrea says Ethiopia scuppers border talks Soviet-Chinese Border Talks China-India talks [...]
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