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Subversive language and the role of philosophy

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

“I am writing a book.” This is not as creative, interesting, or impressive as it actually sounds, so in my day-to-day interactions I like to just leave it at that. “I am writing a book.” If pressed for details, I’ll reveal that it’s a Korean history book. The rights to this [...]

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In defense of quirk

Friday, August 31, 2007

The latest rash of criticism from the literati has been targeted at quirk, or quirkiness, or whatever you’d like to call it. Manifesting itself in things like Dave Egger’s McSweeney’s, Ira Glass’s This American Life, and the films of Wes Anderson, quirk is defined as such by Michael Hirschorn in The Atlantic:
As an aesthetic [...]

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The woes of a “true” music fan

Monday, June 18, 2007

Quite some time ago, I stumbled upon an article posted on an MP3 blog that decried the “Garden State effect”. For those of you not wanting to wade through an angst-ridden, quasi-philosophical diatribe against popular culture and all of its “evils”, I’ll paraphrase for you:
The Garden State effect originates from the blossoming popularity that [...]

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