“Ya Taiba” is the song by the band Birds of Heaven. They are featured on a television network of the same name, which advocates a pan-Arab, Muslim vision aimed at making children pure with righteous programming. Aside from the creepiness that this description entails, the video’s heavenly dance routines are good enough to convert even the most hardened Satan-worshipper. Wouldn’t you want to be wearing a floor-length dress with matching hijab in pink satin, dancing… [read more »]
As my existence becomes increasingly polarized between real and virtual worlds, I find it necessary to distinguish, in certain conversations, between real actions in the real world and contextually-equivalent virtual actions in a virtual world. For instance, I might go to a party at a friend’s house, with whom I also play an MMORPG, and also have a virtual event scheduled the next day at which both of us had planned to be virtually present.… [read more »]
There aren’t many artists who have been interviewed both by TateShots and Star Wars Insider Magazine, but that’s what happened to Michael Rakowitz as he put the finishing touches to his Tate Modern exhibition. Star Wars fans, it seems, were as eager as us to find out the links between science fiction fantasy and the reality of war, with Darth Vader’s iconic helmet playing an unexpected role. Rakowitz’s exhibition explores seemingly implausible connections between objects… [read more »]
The sensory connection that we have to [fur] cannot be adequately expressed in language Anne Hamlyn, “Freud, Fabric, Fetish”
Play and repeat. Learn from the children (on mute). Grab your ►◚◚◚◚◚◚◚◚◚◚◚◚◚◚ #vuvuzela and bounce over to Ghe2o Gothik tonight. Special LA guests and sickening resident DJ’s (not to be missed).
Feels like 94° F and it’s as if A.I. has tapped into my banks and cooked up this mighty dub. Listen at maximum volume.
