Tag Archives: Richard and Cosima Wagner

I’m O.K you’re not O.K: Death wish

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dave

Self-destruction as aesthetic pleasure? The Aryan myth was born as a minor issue in comparative linguistics at the end of the eighteenth-century. From there it assumed proportions of a full-fledged racial theory in the Romantic age that welded sentimentality, blood, … Continue reading →

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SWEET DREAMS & FLYING MACHINES

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Dave

Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus You’ve got to help me make a stand You’ve just got to see me through another day My body’s aching and my time is at hand And I won’t make it any other … Continue reading →