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Normism: The Philosophy of Norm Macdonald, a short book I wrote about the late great comedian, is available on Amazon.
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Miniatur Wunderland
After six years and over $4,440,000, the world’s largest model railroad now has the world’s largest model airport. The 1,600-square-foot addition is just the latest to Hamburg, Germany’s Miniatur Wunderland, which has plans to continue expanding until 2020. Very cool. … Continue reading
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Andrew WK & The Party Bible
The great Andrew W.K., whose 2001 album I Get Wet was a masterful reinvention of, and injection of fresh blood into, the fading cock-rock musical genre that few other bands, such as the rock and roll saviors known as The … Continue reading
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Ted Baxter
While I probably agree with the guy on 80% of the ‘issues’, Ted Baxter‘s delivery and the rationales he gives for his positions, are, to put it bluntly, embarrassing lame. (Edmund Gettier, after all, proved that one can believe the … Continue reading
Mods
We are the Mods! We are the Mods! We are! We are! We are the Mods!
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Camus’ Algerian Legacy
From an article on Algeria’s cultural snubbing of Albert Camus’ Algerian legacy is this nice paragraph about the arc of Camus’ oevre: “There is a Camus for every stage of life,” says Kaplan, trying to explain Camus’ staying power and … Continue reading
Posted in Existentialism, History, Literature, Philosophy
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Philosophy as Conversation
Nigel Warburton has a nice article that contrasts the legends of western philosophy being created in extreme solitude with the historical, and necessary, communal dialectic.
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A.J. Ayer vs. Mike Tyson
From an article on burgeoning philosophy clubs (alas, in the U.K. and not so much in the U.S.) is this great, even if apocryphal, tale: AJ Ayer, author of Language, Truth and Logic, was 77 when he took on Mike … Continue reading
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William Gaddis
In the New York Review of Books, Jonathan Raban, in a review on a new book of Gaddis’s letters, provides a nice biography of him. Gaddis, most famous for his 1955 novel The Recognitions, held conservative leanings: Besides Toynbee (“that … Continue reading
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Elastica – Stutter (1995)
As part of my archeological exploration of mid-90s Britpop, the song “Stutter” by the short-lived band Elastica is a fave: Elastica – Stutter by Pzychofreak
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Mexican Cartels & L.A. Gangs
In so many ways (e.g., my previous post), California is a harbinger of the trajectory the rest of the country is ultimately heading: Los Angeles — More than 120 people linked to street gangs that claim allegiance to the Mexican … Continue reading
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