There were phrases of Beethoven’s 9th symphony that still made Coe cry. He always thought it had to do with the circumstances of the composition itself. He imagined Beethoven, deaf and soul-sick, his heart broken, scribbling furiously while Death stood in the doorway, clipping his nails. Still, Coe thought, it might have been living in the country that was making him cry; it was killing him with its silence and loneliness, making everything ordinary too beautiful to bear.
“By all accounts, the group could not reach a majority on any of the three titles recommended by the jury. It’s certainly unlikely that enough of them read fiction widely enough to agree on an alternate choice. In that, they truly are representative of American readers, and that bodes worse for our national literature than a year without a Pulitzer winner.”
Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art? | Idea Channel | PBS (by pbsideachannel)
The connection to Warhol I think is the most apt, but you could certainly add Koons to that list too, no? And I guess not surprisingly, the closer to now the historical references are, the more they connect, given that - assuming, as I do - memes (thinking about this now thought, I’m not sure that “meme” is right word. Meme’s aren’t really a new thing - some would suggest, and I would agree, that memes are part and parcel to humanity and have always existed - but specific tactics (like, say, image macros) seem too small so I guess I’ll just keep the video’s definition of “internet meme” as a catch all) are art, they’re art about society right that is also constructed in a way that reflects society right now.
I spent the weekend enjoying four good internet video apps on my Xbox: Netflix, HBO GO, Xfinity, and Hulu.
When I watch video on my Xbox from three of these four apps, it counts against my Comcast internet cap. When I watch through Comcast’s Xfinity app, however, it does not count against my Comcast internet cap.
For example, if I watch last night’s SNL episode on my Xbox through the Hulu app, it eats up about one gigabyte of my cap, but if I watch that same episode through the Xfinity Xbox app, it doesn’t use up my cap at all.
The same device, the same IP address, the same wifi, the same internet connection, but totally different cap treatment.
In what way is this neutral?
Hastings’ point: Comcast favors its own Xfinity services against those of video-on-demand competitors, including Hastings’ own Netflix. Knowing this, would you be less likely to use Comcast, or does it matter to you?
Facetti was so inspired by Marber’s design that he also used it for Penguin’s fiction range, and would later apply it again, practically unchanged, to the blue Pelican books. Eventually Marber’s layout became the standard layout for the entire range of Penguin paperbacks.
“His soul is a Kierkegaardian shattered mirror upon which he casts a reflection into the world. Yet, he is so distracted by his fucking phone that he fails to realize that he has no core, no center, no hook upon which to hang his essential being. He must continue in this sad, frenzied activity until he dies utterly alone, fingering his touch screen in some dark alley somewhere, crying out to the universe that he never got a chance to take the first step inside himself because he chose to bide his time on Earth in a Google hangout rather than exploring the gorgeous tapestry of life that sped around him, unnoticed.”
If you haven’t already watched this you need to. As someone who spent their childhood building castles and spaceships out of cardboard boxes, I feel fully qualified in saying it’s the best thing you’ll see on the internet this week.
“The study door suddenly swings open and Daisy, wearing a red and gold dress, barges in and begins tugging on her father’s sleeve.
“Come play with me Daddy.”
Navidson lifts his daughter onto his lap.
“Okay. What do you want to play?”
“I don’t know,” she shrugs. “Always.”
“What’s always?”
But before she can answer, he starts tickling her around the neck and Daisy dissolves into bursts of delight.
Despite the tremendous amount of material generated by Exploration A, no one has ever commented on the game Daisy wants to play with her father, perhaps because everyone assumes it is either a request “to play always” or just a childish neologism.
Then again, “always” slight mispronounces “hallways.”
It also echoes it.”
