"Citizen Saul"

 Writer, literary activist, public intellectual, John Ralston Saul is, not accidentally, both a man of the world and an articulate proponent of values he thinks are quintessentially Canadian writers.
The Walrus | April 2010 | "Citizen Saul" by Stephen Henighan

Tactile Maps of Coastlines and Buildings

Two years ago, Colleen Morgan of Middle Savagery pointed out these amazing tactile maps of the Inuit, "3D wood carvings of the East Greenland coastline, with the details of inlets and islands in sculptural relief. These could be employed by [travelers] at night in conjunction with the stars, feeling your way along the coastline, navigating at an intimate scale."


BLDGBLOG: Tactile Maps of Coastlines and Buildings

Burroughs: The Movie

Some fresh Burroughs loot was just added to the mountain of treasure that is Ubu: the entirety of Howard Brookner’s Burroughs: The Movie. Previously available on VHS only (a used copy on Amazon runs you 40 bucks), Burroughs: The Movie was released in ‘85 by poet, Warhol associate, and dial-a-poem instigator, John Giorno, through his Giorno Poetry Systems.


Dangerous Minds | Burroughs: The Movie

Dangerous Minds | You Never Give Me Your Money: Metzger on the Beatles Remasters

The Beatles remasters have finally hit the street and all across the world, music fans are gorging themselves on the most fabled and revered repertoire in pop music history. This may well prove to be the last hurrah of the CD age and certainly the marketing gurus at Capital have been working overtime to make sure we’ve all very aware of the Beatles as we approach this holiday season. It’s highly likely that the Fab Four will prove to be the best selling artists of this decade,


Dangerous Minds | You Never Give Me Your Money: Metzger on the Beatles Remasters

Charles Darwin film 'too controversial for religious America' - Telegraph

Image by Colin Purrington via Flickr

so it seems that time IS plastic. the US is seemingly living circa: 1850. evolution is to controversial there for a film on that subject to be shown.

The film was chosen to open the Toronto Film Festival and has its British premiere on Sunday. It has been sold in almost every territory around the world, from Australia to Scandinavia.

However, US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 per cent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution.

Charles Darwin film 'too controversial for religious America' - Telegraph