David and I took a pie-baking class at the Brooklyn Kitchen. It was pretty much totally awesome. Today I thought I’d lost my pie on the subway, which would have sucked, but then I found it in my apartment. I tried to get some ice cream to go with it, and had agreed with myself [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Racism without Race
16-Oct-08The chains of signification being mobilized in this last leg of the presidential race — Obama – Hussein – Anti-American/Other (“doesn’t see America like you and me”) -Terrorist – Muslim – Arab — is almost too stunning to catch. By never having to say “Black,” McCain’s campaign and followers are able to disavow race and [...]
Happy Birthday, Michel Foucault
15-Oct-08Foucault would be 82 today. It is hard not to regret all the pages he never got to write, but I also think his early departure lucked the rest of us into a special task — to keep revising his work in relation to the world of today, without him doing all the thinking for [...]
That’s Morning Time, Before We Got There
14-Oct-08For people in New York, I have been meaning to say: Make sure you go see my friend Matt Wolf’s documentary about musician Arthur Russell, Wild Combination. It has been held over again at the IFC Center so you still have time. It is a beautiful and moving and sweet and smart look at Russell’s [...]
So Bored I Can’t Even Think of a Header
08-Oct-08We kept joking about live-blogging the debate last night, and for a moment I thought I really would, but then I died of boredom, making live-blogging no longer feasible. Yawn! Town Hall? Town Lull is more like it. (Sorry, that’s the best I could do.) My favorite part, as per usual, was the commentary after. [...]
Reality as Parody
06-Oct-08I’m very enthused about Tina Fey’s return to SNL to play Sarah Palin for what will hopefully be just a few weeks more, after which time she can retire the role, as Sarah Palin fades from memory and American politics resume a normal level of absurdity just below the current level of absolute and utter [...]