{"id":52,"date":"2007-11-02T18:35:57","date_gmt":"2007-11-03T01:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=52"},"modified":"2007-11-02T18:38:01","modified_gmt":"2007-11-03T01:38:01","slug":"alright-out-with-it-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Alright, out with it then"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, I think that this <\/a> . . . well, frankly I don\u2019t know what to think. I\u2019ve been looking at it on amazon for the better part of a week now and just can\u2019t decide how to feel about it. Obviously this is a giant leap in the advancement of human development. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I am completely repulsed by this, but its sheer existence says something. I\u2019m not sure what. I\u2019m tempted to click \u201cbuy\u201d out of spite but don\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to watch it to make a more formative analysis. This really is a case for someone like Chuck Klosterman (and I grew out of my need to ape his writing quirks a couple years ago\u2026 at least I hope I did).<\/p>\n

Next, as I mentioned yesterday, this week\u2019s book club was of the usual mind blowing variety. A smaller crowd than usual, but I have a feeling the book<\/a> pushed back against many of our usual attendees. If anything, I\u2019m now left with a feeling of envy that us western folk are relegated to kick around phrases \u201cmagic\u201d and \u201cspirits\u201d simply because we need to label that which isn\u2019t natural to us. That is, concepts of spirituality and spells and magic are foreign to commofidied, \u201cproper\u201d Yanks. We give these concepts fancy terms to show we don\u2019t believe they happen, even though Taussig argues they not only happen but they essentially help run or propel the happenings of the ever ubiquitous and undefined \u201cstate.\u201d I\u2019d have more to say on this except for the fact that I\u2019m reluctant to say I fully understood the text\u2026which I also suspect was intentional on the author\u2019s part.<\/p>\n

Spent a good deal of my afternoon watching this<\/a> and the other linked exhibits. Just great.<\/p>\n

Spent a good deal of the morning subjecting my students to the new Saul Williams album. While I\u2019m not as smitten with it as Ms. Rogers<\/a>, it is a remarkable album. Wish the album had more Thavius and less Trent\u2026sacrilegious? Probably.<\/p>\n

Tell people this is awesome:<\/h3>