Daily Archives: June 5, 2006

Elliott Smith coated in ivory

From Blogcritics i found out that Christopher O’Riley, who has done these albums of piano interpretations of rock bands like Radiohead, has recently released an album of Elliott Smith covers (or interpretations, it’s hard to call the song a cover … Continue reading

America, Life, Uncategorized, music
Leave a comment

Bush pandering to right, sun rises in the east

This is not surprising to me, since nothing that scumbag does is: banning gay marriage, banning inheritance taxes, and banning flag-burning. An attempt by a ever unpopular usurper to circle the wagons as his ratings plummet. From the Guardian: George … Continue reading

America, Life, Uncategorized, politics
Leave a comment

The internet and the new generosity

From an interview with Richard A. Lanham: Second, how to “make sense of the enormous flow of free information” is another question altogether, at least if I understand you. If you mean, “how do we explain the explosion of free … Continue reading

Uncategorized
Leave a comment

The economy of attention or the world according to Andy Warhol

THis is from chapter 2 of the economics of attention by Richard A. Lanham: Let’s summarize the rules of attention-economy art as Andy practiced them: * Build attention traps. Create value by manipulating the ruling attention structures. Judo, not brute … Continue reading

Life, Uncategorized, books
Leave a comment

winter light tones

winter light tones Originally uploaded by ANNA:poet. This is from Perth Australia. She’s always taking pictures at a slant, sometimes gimmicky, but oftentimes quite effective, but that ‘s part of her talent. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpeijinchen.com%2Fblog%2F2006%2F06%2F05%2Fwinter-light-tones%2F’; addthis_title = ‘winter+light+tones’; addthis_pub = … Continue reading

Uncategorized
Leave a comment

One thumb up for life, one thumb down for the movies

There’s an interesting post here from the 2 blowhards blogs about why one of them, Michael, decided to not pursue a career as a professional film critic.  Food for thought esp. for me: somehow i know that things aren’t all … Continue reading

Uncategorized
Leave a comment

it is empty

it is empty Originally uploaded by stane. i can’t say that this is the type of picture that really strikes an emotional chord but the shadows and the color are real nice, they remind of me some film that i’ve … Continue reading

Uncategorized
Leave a comment