Archive for May, 2008
IN THE WRITER’S WORLD
Due to a scheduling issue, the next “In the Writer’s World” column will be published Thursday, June 12.
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Tags: column, In the Writer's World, Perry Brass, Urban Molecule
Henry Darger’s Transexual Heroes
The Andrew Edlin Gallery in Manhattan is hosting a spectacular exhibition of Henry Darger’s works through Saturday, June 7. As the poster child for “outsider” art (in which brilliant artists are discovered post mortem), this Einstein of the art world was a recluse between the ages of 19 and 81, developing in his Chicago apartment a truly fascinating response [...]
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Tags: 1973, american folk art museum, andrew edlin gallery, chicago, child slave rebellion, childhood torment, death, family betrayal, henry darger, in the realms of the unreal, jessica yu, kiyoko lerner, manhattan, michael bonesteel, nathan lerner, New York, outsider art, pbs, republic of norman, skyler chen, the frightful storm, think tank interview, Urban Molecule, vivian girls
LONG STORY SHORT | Memes
TV Screen a Mirror to Our Soul
by Josh Livingston
I can have entire conversations entirely in Strangers with Candy quotes. It’s true. I never meant to memorize the scripts but TV shows I love have a way of embedding quietly but firmly into my long term memory.
Because television viewers connect so powerfully to what to they [...]
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Tags: Urban Molecule, Josh Livingston, Long Story Short, tuesday, column, deconstruction, television, shows, family guy, the simpsons, meme, extreme makeover, home edition, survivor, desperate housewives, csi, law and order, ncis, without a trace, cold case, prime time, dancing with the stars, micronesia, american idol, the selfish gene, seinfeld, strangers with candy, tv screen
Scofield: A Man Greater Than the Sum of His Parts
by Christopher de la Torre, UM Editor
I hadn’t known Stewart for long, but by the second email exchange I had already found him to be exquisitely open-minded and creative to the bone. According to his own words, he didn’t tolerate stupidity very well, nor superficiality, nor [...]
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Tags: New York, Urban Molecule, stewart scofield, flickr, urinalia, urinal, think tank, interview, RFD, weehawken street, christopher street, san francisco, sonoma county, food for thought, neptune society of northern california, obituary, cultural anthropologist
