Comments on: Book Selection: “The Great Rock ’N’ Roll Swindle” by Michael Moorcock (Who Is Not Exactly a Proponent of “Conservatism for Punks”)

By: Todd Seavey

Todd Seavey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:36:09 +0000

And Moorcock himself wrote songs for the band Hawkmoon — but tomorrow (6/25), an excursion into the _economic_ wasteland…

By: Brain

Brain — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:02:27 +0000

speaking of prog rock and Elric:

Black Blade by Blue Oyster Cult

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCxL3-Fl7bM

By: Todd Seavey

Todd Seavey — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:52:56 +0000

Hey, the Argentina/Appalachia switcheroo could have worked: two places that begin and end with an “a” and are filled with mountains and poor people. People almost bought it.

Now we wait for the lightning-like Fred Thompson comeback. And we drink.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:48:50 +0000

Well, his political career is done. How fucking stupid could the guy be to think that he would get away with GOING TO ARGENTINA AS PART OF AN AFFAIR???

By: Todd Seavey

Todd Seavey — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:27:08 +0000

Meanwhile: Argentina, Appalachia, whatever — nothing fishy here, I’m sure:

http://www.thestate.com/local/story/838823.html

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:58:28 +0000

Further Seavey citations appear in Digital Culture: Understanding New Media (according to which you and Ray Kurzweil “interrogate some similar projections”) and, oddly, What to Do When You Don’t Want to Call the Cops: A Non-Adversarial Approach to Sexual Harrassment.

By: Todd Seavey

Todd Seavey — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:15:04 +0000

Resistance to oppressive regimes everywhere, all the time. The more the people of the world begin to see that we all stand together in that against all states, the more optimistic I’ll be about someday being optimistic again.

By: Byrne

Byrne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:12:17 +0000

I’m opposed to the Iranian protestors. Or, to be more accurate: I think any decent American should loudly claim to be opposed to them, because 1) it’s unlikely that they will topple the regime, 2) they know this, and suspect that they can only do it with US assistance, so 3) whenever Americans say they support Iran, it encourages innocent Iranians to go out in the street and get shot by snipers. Also, those protestors are using the riots to demand some fairly socialistic stuff, so it’s likely that Ahmadinejad’s otherwise indistinguishable opponent could end up leading a lefty vanguard instead of being a generic establishment politician.

Anyway, violent revolutions never solved anything. Why not support them by buying Persian rugs you’re sure they didn’t pay export duties on?