Category Archives: Modern
San Francisco: Murder by Concrete
The great San Francisco architectural critic Alan Temko on the slow death by construction, as opposed to death by destruction of the great city of San Francisco: …a variety of villains: real estate sharks, the construction industry and its unions, … Continue reading
Filed under Americas, Art, California, Government, Local, Modern, North America, Regional, USA, West
Andre Breton, “Sunflower”
The traveler who crossed Les Halles at summer’s end Walked on tiptoe Despair rolled its great handsome lilies across the sky And in her handbag was my dream that flask of salts That only God’s godmother had breathed Torpors unfurled … Continue reading
Zionism Rots the Brain
Repost from the old site. Once more, via my friend Joachim Martillo, another article, Zionism Rots the Brain. Martillo is a Jewish convert to Islam who lives in Boston. He is active in the Palestine Solidarity Movement. While somewhat monomaniacal, … Continue reading
Filed under Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Art, Christianity, East Indians, Europe, Europeans, Fascism, Germany, Israel, Jews, Left, Literature, Marxism, Middle East, Modern, National Socialism, Nazism, Novel, Palestine, Political Science, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Racism, Religion, Reposts From The Old Site, Roma, South Asians, US Politics, White Racism, Whites, Zionism
Cool Surrealist Art
Now that I think of it, there’s also a lot of Dali here, no? The artist is from Russia.
The Past Was Not Always Worse, and the Future is Not Always Better
There is a thread about Hebrew going in the comments. It started out with a reactionary arguing, in the post against reaction, that the revival of Hebrew was a reactionary act. Well, not really. Revival of ancient, dying, endangered, or … Continue reading
Filed under Afroasiatic, Art, Art History, Hebrew, History, Language Families, Linguistics, Literature, Modern, Music, Philosophy, Semitic
“Girls,” by Alpha Unit
Gil Elvgren was a Minnesota-born painter who is famous for his pinup art. Some think of him as the most important of all the pinup artists. To Elvgren, the ideal model had the face of a 15-year-old and the body … Continue reading
Filed under Alpha Unit, Art, Babes, Feminism, Guest Posts, Heterosexuality, Modern, Sane Pro-Woman, Sex, Women
What’s With This Chick, Anyway?
Repost from the old site. LOL . She’s Jewish, too. You know shit like this just drives the anti-Semites crazy. Continuing a trend exemplified here, here (Hermann Nitsch), here , here, etc., etc. And our very own commenter Whodareswings. I … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Culture, Modern, Pop Culture, Reposts From The Old Site, The Jewish Question
WTF Is the Matter With You? Part 2
Repost from the old site. That question is directed to Thistle Harlequin. I won’t upload the movie, and I think it’s copyrighted anyway. It’s pornographic, and we don’t host porn on the site. Rarely, we link to it, if there … Continue reading
Filed under American, Art, Culture, Depravity, Dope, Gross, Heroin, Intoxicants, Modern, Music, Narcotics, Pop Culture, Punk, Reposts From The Old Site, Rock, Sick, Sick and Evil, Weirdos
Weirdest Book Ever Written
Voynich Manuscript, hands down. Also one of the world’s great mysteries. Nothing about this book seems to make any sense at all, not the bizarre, undeciphered language, code, or cipher, not the weird drawings of plants that don’t exist, not … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Literature, Modern, Music, Outsider, Outsider, Psychedelic, Psychology, Rock, Schizophrenia, Weirdness
