Entries Tagged as ‘art’

19 March 2007

Our ever-shrinking pool of usable (stealable) culture

I’ve been reading and hearing a lot–a surprisingly big lot given that I’m not really seeking it out–about copyright and how it’s fussing up appropriation and collage in artists’ creation of art–you know, how our modern laws are making art harder to make or at least more fraught with threat of legal action. [...]

28 January 2007

in defense of NPR

I am aware of my bias, and I am aware of other folks’ bias, but here I sit (as per usual – weekend-wise) in our kitchen, rocking the radio, tuned to WNYC. I (and I speak for Sarah, too) love NPR. There are those that argue that NPR is old, boring, staid and completely MOR, [...]

21 January 2007

e proibido proibir

Illegal Photo of Jeff!
Currently playing : Angel, Season 1, Disk 2
Leaving the house isn’t the problem, it’s the getting to and from where we’re going that’s the deal. We went here and saw this. It was really cool, and once again, I realized that I don’t go to museums enough. Art. Damn. It just reminds [...]