{"id":282,"date":"2005-10-14T22:26:08","date_gmt":"2005-10-14T22:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp\/?p=282"},"modified":"2013-03-07T18:03:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T02:03:42","slug":"current_culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/current_culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music<\/h2>\n

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\nVancouver\/Montreal DJ Kid Koala\u2019s single Skanky Panky (mp3)<\/a> is in constant rotation, and I\u2019m also reading his \u201cpaperback movie\u201d (large comic book) with accompanying CD, Nufonia Must Fall<\/strong>. Architecture in Helsinki\u2019s In Case We Die<\/strong> is overall just excellent. It\u2019s on right now. I also love the opening track from their Fingers Crossed<\/strong> album.
\nThe new Xiu Xiu singles are just what I wanted from him, and the new Books’ Lost and Safe<\/strong> will do just fine. I introduced my Visual Communications professor to The Books with this album and he thinks they are very smart. Fiery Furnaces EP<\/strong> is like, almost prog rock, and I\u2019ve grown to like it quite a bit, too, esp. the first five tracks.
\nAnd on this workstation at school where I write, some fine young student left a couple albums on the harddrive, Massive Attack\u2019s 100th Window<\/strong>, DJ Shadow\u2019s Endtroducing<\/strong> and two albums by an intriguing hip-hop act called Clouddead. I rather like all these albums a lot, as of two<\/del> three listens through. Would this be considered illegal listening? Cover thyne ears?
\nOh almost forgot I saw Dan Bern<\/strong> in concert earlier this month. It was excellent, he is a very good New American Folk Singer with lots of energy and originality and faith.<\/p>\n

Reading<\/h2>\n

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\nThat same professor who digs The Books recommended I read some Umberto Eco fiction after I brought the semiotician up in class. The Name of the Rose<\/strong> was OK, but I bet reading it again would enlighten some of the deeper signs in it. It\u2019s still sinking in, anyways.
\nI read both the Malcolm Galdwell musts, Tipping Point<\/strong> and Blink<\/strong>; the former I thought was rather great, but I find myself thinking about both when discussing a cultural theory or like, why Flickr is so popular, or how we can read a personality indirectly in 15 seconds.
\nThe Moms lent me Joe Simpson\u2019s mountain climbing epic Touching The Void<\/strong> and the actual writing was OK in addition to the compelling true tale of survival. I like how, on the pragmatic end, it all came down to not bringing enough fuel. I am currently reading Siddhartha<\/strong> by Herman Hesse.<\/p>\n

Film<\/h2>\n

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\nGot both the Harry Potter\u2019s<\/strong> under my belt. Significant the time period it\u2019s set in. You know that Jonathan Strange and Dr. Norrell<\/strong> novel? It really is like the adult\u2019s HP. Anyways, the movies were alright. Made me wish I was a kid again.
\nCremaster III The Order<\/strong> was extremely interesting and I\u2019m constantly thinking about it. Esp. the custom resin prosthetics. Listen to the director\u2019s commentary to get more out of it. Hope to watch all the film\u2019s in the series soon.
\nI think I watched Rushmore<\/strong> another couple times. When I feel overwhelmed or under-involved at school I think Max Fischer. On a similar note, have you seen the Intern Documentary on the Criterion release of Life Aquatic<\/strong>? I watched it for a third time the other day and it is a perfect little student film to aspire to. Oh hey, if you buy\/rent Life Aquatic, get the two disc Criterion version. Not the one disc Criterion version. It is hard to tell the two apart.
\nSaw Akira<\/strong> for the first time and I didn\u2019t expect it to be the most epic sci-fi ever. \u201cSo the movie is about a cool motorcycle gang, right? It is, and it\u2019s also about the source of the human soul.”
\nOK so Do the Whirlwind by Architecture in Helsinki just came on and did I mention this is a very good album? Oh, and now, an hour later, The Books are on. No more talking or moving about until tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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