Around these parts, we honor the dead by consuming their image and their artifacts.
Just like Biggie, Tupac, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Elvis, his death has led to a massive uptick in record sales. Thus, he has been granted a sort of Spectacular Immortality.
And just like so many celebrity totems, in death all his sins, real [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Michael Jackson Died A Long Time Ago
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, celebrity idolatry, pop culture, religious history on June 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Things You No Longer Believe
Posted in everyday life, late night, provocative filler on June 20, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I’ve been silent for awhile, I admit. Perhaps I’ve been stuck. Or perhaps I’ve just been standing in the middle of the intersection too long, but the lights are changing and I better find my way back on the walkway before I get hit by something completely avoidable.
So I suppose It’s time to clear out [...]
The Other Queen Latifah Loves You
Posted in everyday life, pointing at The Big Something on June 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The sun has set and I’ve all but forgotten the paranoid lady from earlier in the day who accused me of being a minion of Bloomberg and the nefarious THEM (whoever they are). I’ve just gotten off the train in Harlem, a stone’s throw from my old neighborhood of a few New York lifetimes ago. [...]
