Don’t know how I had missed George Saunders’s website, which pointed me this morning to his American Psyche series for the Guardian, which I had somehow also missed. I was pointed to all of this by a blog post about how his CivilWarLand in Bad Decline had been optioned by Ben Stiller, which first sent me sinking, but on reading further, I saw the author of that post asks the reader to consider what Stiller had done with Tropic Thunder (in a good way). Kelly liked that movie so I suppose I’ll withhold judgment– actually, I’m sure a film version of anything Saunders has written will be super, since his dialogue is always cracking me up. You know, I was re-reading My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable yesterday, as a stalling tactic, and I was reminded that there is something similar about George Saunders and David Rees. Looks like I’m not the only one who has made the connection.
Great random archive at public collectors. Lots of art, design, and punk rock stuff. Many fully scanned works, like the sweet Dome Book below, as well as some more disembodied art projects.
This probably coulda been funnier, but nonetheless. The real question is why I am still subscribed to so many NYC blogs now that I have escaped. I always thought that the MTA PA system was a catch-22: removing your headphones to listen to the message was always equally as painful as unexpectedly ending up wherever you would if you didn’t listen.
Perfect match on the type and layout, though. I also love the absolutely confounding effective times and dates. Usually those were harder to understand than the service changes.
I was shocked to see Seliger’s 1944 work Organic Form in my RSS reader, as it’s a piece I’m well familiar with– it was the basis for my kind of project from 2004.
I need a big long project like this one again– I’m already getting excited about the possibilities for all the new basement space we’ll get in our new house (coming Saturday!).
Anyway, in honor of being reminded of this guy, here’s the final phase of my project, a short video, uploaded to youtube and magnificently degraded. Better versions here.
DANIEL MILLER (THE NORMAL) INTERVIEW. MAYO THOMPSON INTERVIEWED WHILE LOOKING SHARP AS HELL. DAVID THOMAS NO SOCKS. MORRISSEY JUST WALKING DOWN A STREET. MAYBE LIKE HALF A SECOND OF HARRIET WHEELER. SOME JARVIS. AN ENDEARING MOMENT WITH DUFFY. EXCUSE CAPS PLEASE BUT THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS.
Side One:
I Wonder
Are You Real?
My Dying Machine
You Are, You Are
Complex
ME
I’m an Agent
I, Assassin
I Die, You Die
Side Two:
Oh! Didn’t I Say
This Is My Life
Me! I Disconnect from You
Everyday I Die
I Can’t Stop
I Can’t Breathe
This House Is Cold
We Are So Fragile
Glitter and Ash
