I just picked up a rather old release from Earache Records, a DVD compilation of early 1990s Godflesh videos. Titled, In All Languages, the disk was composed of 5 Songs, all simply crushing. The videos are well choreographed, and the music well mastered. Each piece was visually interesting, while the sonic effect of the music […]
Cyberpunk
Funny how the words we use reflect the realities we do not face.
Remember when you were a kid, and you did something really naughty, your teachers used to always threaten you with: “Now that’s going on your permanent record !” Now here, I am dating myself a bit. I have no idea if teachers still say this, but the generation of schoolmarms, god bless their hearts, who […]
Dreams, Memes, and the movie Inception. Erickson, slipping you a mickey, and dangerous dreams Part 2
I went to see the movie Inception with my buddy Khalid Bey, a veritable master of Memetics. The movie itself can be looked at from a memetic perspective, these are some idle unordered thoughts and musings on the matter. Often, true felicity lies in knowing what is important, when, and where, and to what degree. […]
elites and expert classes in post-Democratic societies
[ed. just correcting some typos. 5/2/2010] I think that the notion of a power elite still has some validity, but in our post-democratic Western societies, it’s of a much different nature than people think when they think of terms like “The Establishment” or “the Elite” Establishments exist, Europeans typically have a more realistic understanding of […]