December 2010
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12/1/2010: Philosophy: A Seven Year Old Paper on...
This is the first philosophy paper I ever wrote. I present it to you unedited, it all it’s almost-understanding glory. So be nice. (My Professor was Dr. Christopher Grau at Florida International, he’s one of those professors …)
In this paper, I will compare and contrast the theories of Locke and Hume, two early British empiricists. More specifically their theories on personal...
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12/1/2010: Music: Dance All Night by Julie Doiron
“Unlike some of her less earthbound contemporaries, Doiron is wholly disinterested in investigating either music’s history or its future. Rather, her songs seem solely concerned with capturing the present— the moment of their conception— as accurately as possible.” - Matthew Murphy, Pitchfork Review
(This video is kind of lame)
JagJaguwar Website
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12/1/2010: Book Review: Apollo's Angels: A History...
The tale of the tutu is indeed the story of a bunch of crazy dreamers, dancers, warriors of anatomy who have worked ludicrously hard to formulate, shape and perfect the highest form of the human physique, and the result is a glorious paradox: the manifestation of morality in muscle, truly Whitman’s body electric. What a noble and superb cause! What folly in the face of guaranteed evanescence! -...
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12/1/2010: Birthdays:
Tahar Ben Jelloun - 1944
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It’s not very funny, but it’s sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.