Category Archives: Madame Pickwick Weekend

confusion as intent

Dada. They brought to a sharp focus the dilemma in which making choices between so-called alternatives was a lost cause. Tristan Tzara ( of chess with Lenin fame ) saw opposites as essentially equivalent. Order=disroder. affirmation=negation. The efforts to incite … Continue reading

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private language

Contacts Secrets et Horaires de Madame Pickwick… Madame Pickwick entretient d’excellentes relations avec les correspondents à l’étranger, les clavencinistes,les promeneurs solitaires,l’idiot de Dostoievski, les porteurs de chapeau melon, le Five O’Clock Tea, la rapidité d’esprit, le Taj Mahal,le gâteau des … Continue reading

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marat: santa’s advance scout

Charlotte Corday and Marat Sade as Christmas decorations. Peace and Goodwill to All but only after some necessary business is taken care of. Even those crazy Jacobins had gift giving on their mind. A painting as political cinema noir or … Continue reading

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to give and retrieve

The idea, in the popular conception o made be in need of a total makeover. Despite all the campaigns to fight poverty and wars for the poor which often appear more like war on the poor, he chasm between haves … Continue reading

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renting to ancient muses

Hey can you follow, Now that the trace is fainter in the sand Try turning your face to the wall Can you still read me Now that the chase is wilder in your hand Try losing your place in the … Continue reading

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glamour bust

Ere fashions, Glitz, ching-ching and “Pensez Pickwick”

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john walker: humming the traitor song

…The problem of villains and spies and is one of the more bedevilling issues within the broader context of evil and villainy. In fact, for many the existence of evil in a world under divine supervision is quite disconcerting. In … Continue reading

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catherine: her and thou

The occasion was Catherine the Great’s triumphal tour of the Crimea, the longest, most lavish, most expensive boating party in world history. The Empress showed off the wonders of her realm, and they were many indeed. But were they real … Continue reading

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fanon: grasping the hoax

Frantz Fanon. A Prophet scorned… … It was while a medical student that Frantz Fanon began to grasp the hoax of his upbringing. The Martinican, he realized, was a Frenchman as long as he was underpaid or unemployed, as long … Continue reading

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catherine: search for golden pheasants

Catherine’s boat ride. It was 1787 and the Empress was showing off the wonders of her realm, which were many indeed. Question was, were they real,or fake? Only General Potemkin, the one-eyed giant, knew for sure. And he wasn’t saying… … Continue reading

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