Tag Archives: Caril Fugate

happy days: manufacture of innocence

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Dave

Halfway through the 1950′s , in the summer of 1955, Life ran an article entitled Nobody is Mad With Nobody.” In the text, in which, next to photographs of things like two car suburban garages marked “his” and “hers”, the … Continue reading →

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UNTHINKING WITH THE SUBTERRANEANS: “WE DIG IT ALL”

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Dave

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in … Continue reading →

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WRESTLING WITH THE AESTHETIC OF VIOLENCE

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Dave

Masculinity in crisis as a black or absurd comedy. Society’s always seems to rejoice in a misplaced misplaced judgment that portrays violence as a reality principle, perhaps reflecting the influence of Quentin Tarantino. A video of a Halifax, Canada area … Continue reading →