Hanoi, la nonchalante
I had the opportunity to visit Northern Vietnam in 1996. Too dumb to keep a travel journal, all I have to show for my trip is
some email I sent my friend Dave on my return.
How To Succeed In Art
"While modern art began as an assault on the academy, post-modern art might be described as a return to the academy. Instead of the old academy of rules, now we have the Academy of Cool, schools that treat avant-garde rebellion as a learned occupation."
Chaos theory can help with crowd control
"The principle behind the software is that, by using chaos theory, the way large groups of people move is both predictable and open to subtle steering." I don't know about you, but I've felt a real lack of 'subtle steering' in my life lately.
Jill Cunniff on women in rock
Discussing the way the image of women musicians has changed, she cited Salt'N'Pepa. They could appear in a video in just bras and shorts, Cunniff pointed out, but they certainly didn't come across as a couple of babes in their undies. "They have," Cunniff said, "transcended their bras."
The Patron Saint of the Internet
"But we are not permitted to believe whatever we choose, nor to choose whatever someone else has believed."