Kung fu, two simple words, signifying fall, rise, departing, and succession. A rise and crouch, fall back and scatter, reunion, counter attack, move forward. Originating in Foshan, spreading in the Northeast, to finally reside in Hong Kong. —The Grandmasters
The idea that Superman or any superhero would work for truth and justice is anathema to our capitalist society in a way that borders on un-American. With a skillset like his, Clark Kent should be working in the private sector. As Heath Ledger’s Joker put it, “when you’re good at something, never do it for free.”
Counterpoint: But the key under pinning of a capitalistic society is the freedom to enter into any bargain willingly and sell your product for whatever price you wish / can find a buyer for. Superman is content to sell his service for the low price of personal satisfaction gained through philanthropy.
A two-page handwritten document by iconic artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has sold at Sotheby’s for $50,000 USD (approx. £32,000). Created by Basquiat when he was 20 years old, the document acts as a comical curriculum vitae on which the artist lists his education, published interviews, and a list of references that include notable figures such as Andy Warhol, Tennessee Williams, and Dick Tracy. The “education” title has been purposefully misspelled, crossed out, and then re-written below alongside the word “NIL”. Experience has also been scribbled out and Employment has been thoroughly covered up with a rubber stamp and ink, although you can still make out the name Patricia Fields (an American fashion designer). The piece sold at a Sotheby’s selling exhibition called “Man Made”, which presented over 30 works by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Google Glass is Orwellian, according to famed American philosopher, scientist, and activist Noam Chomsky.
“I feel we’re moving into a world that was described pretty accurately by one of the founders of Google,” Chomsky said. “Some reporter asked Eric Schmidt if this was an invasion of privacy … and he said, ‘If you’re doing anything that you don’t want to be on the Internet, you shouldn’t be doing it.’”
Chomsky, who also calls Google Glass “a way of destroying people” and “ridiculous,” makes at least one pretty significant mistake, however. He said that Google Glass has a camera and a recorder, “which means that everything that’s going on around you goes up on the Internet.”
(Source: deathriders)
Regular Coffee, a coffee subscription. Thank God this wasn’t a Kickstarter project.
“Tokyo Dreams” by Nicholas Barker
Wes Anderson’s original, black & white, 13 minute version of Bottle Rocket.
Anderson’s short film, which he shot in 1992 and distributed two years later, was originally set to star ”real” and established actors but, due to budget issues, the main roles were given to co-screenwriter Owen Wilson and his brother Luke, neither of whom had ever appeared in a film before.
Things worked out okay.
Two years later, with help from early Anderson fan and supporter, James L. Brooks, Bottle Rocket was reworked, reshot, and released as Wes Anderson’s first feature film.
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