11/17/2006
Events Via FreeNYC.net - 3
NEW YORK ART BOOK FAIR
Printed Matter, Inc. is presenting this first annual fair of, "contemporary art books, art catalogues, artists' books, art periodicals, and 'zines offered for sale by over 70 international publishers, booksellers, and antiquarian dealers." There will be tons of interesting events and whatnot, with participants like Creative Time and Performa. I just read in the Times Style section that "Black is Back," so dust off that black turtleneck and head down.
Date: November 17th - 19th
Time: Fri. & Sat. 11am-7pm, Sun. 11am-5pm
Location: 548 W. 22nd St. (btwn. 10th & 11th Ave.)
Cost: Free
(Ok guys, Creative Time is also responsible for some of the best raves I ever went to. Anyone remember the parties at The Anchorage?)
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06/26/2006
Troubled Times
Deep down, we're all retards - spazzing out, waiting for someone to come along who understands. -Kat Walker in Girlquake!
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06/19/2006
Good Word Courtesy of Fishback
The bright-minded Dan Fishback has given me a good new word: ZAFTI. Zafti is Swahili for Everything is clean, and no one has died. Sometimes good enough is good enough.
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06/18/2006
A Reason To Let Go of the Past
Memory is the enemy of wonder. -Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire
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06/14/2006
The Belly of the Beast
Infinite players understand the inescapable likelihood of evil. They therefore do not attempt to eliminate evil in others, for to do so is the very impulse of evil itself... - James Carse, Finite and Infinite Games
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06/09/2006
Stand Up
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix quote, posted in a classroom in Henry Street Middle School
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06/06/2006
Happy Functioning
It is a mistake to think that pleasure isn't functional. We don't take pleasure seriously enough. -Charles Eames
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06/02/2006
Sometimes It Feels Like
"I have been out in the world," Bobby Shaftoe says, "getting butt-fucked by Fortune." -Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
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06/01/2006
Words From A Childhood Classic
Commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obey them, the more power they have over you. -Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
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05/31/2006
Play or Prey
In the wilderness, only the most terrible beasts cavort and gambol. Deer and rabbits play no games. -Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver
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