The current vogue for “ruin porn” – the sensationalized and aestheticized images of dereliction and decay – was on our minds when Salome Oggenfuss and I visited the Uranian Phalanstery on a hot and humid day last September. Salome had heard from a colleague about two decrepit old interconnected brownstones on East 4th St, between [...]
Author Archives: Jeff Kinkle
Earthquake in Haiti
January 13, 2010 – 10:32 am
Tens of thousands are feared dead after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, with its epicenter just outside Port-au-Prince, rocked Haiti last night. Anyone interested in donating money to the relief effort might look into Partners in Health, a smaller organization based primarily in Haiti that has been highly recommended by Peter Hallward, author of the excellent [...]
Behind Closed Doors at the Climate Summit
December 22, 2009 – 8:57 pm
The Guardian website today posted a must-read article by the climate-change activist and journalist Mark Lynas on the behind the scenes wrangling over the climate deal, or lack thereof, in Copenhagen – How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room. Highly recommended.
John Cassavetes, Hollywood, 1965
December 18, 2009 – 10:48 am
From the 1968 documentary Cineaste de notre temps. Thanks Lucy for the link.
Going Rogue Digested
December 9, 2009 – 7:21 am
Yesterday the John Crace’s weekly Digested Read section in the Guardian featured Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue: An American Life. It’s perfect for those who neither want to pay for the book or actually go through the ordeal of reading it.
Washington Post Fail
December 7, 2009 – 6:19 am
On Thursday the Washington Post was forced to print a correction after an article claimed Public Enemy had claimed 9/11 was a joke.
Best Films of the Noughties
November 27, 2009 – 4:17 am
They might be a month too early but the Toronto International Film Festival Cinematheque has just released a list of the best films of the 2000s as chosen by a survey of film curators, festival programers, and historians. Top of the list is the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century, followed by two films [...]
New Salem mix
November 26, 2009 – 6:31 am
We Make It Good and The FADER present the latest installment of their We Make It Good Mix Series with a mix by Salem. It features their Gucci Mane remix, which has been floating around, oOoOoo, Twista, The Beach Boys and more. Thanks Oscar Carlson.
