Generation Bubble
Archive for March 27th, 2009
Shopping is better than sex.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a Jersey mall decree? Perhaps. The purveyors of America’s malls have not been daunted by the current economic crisis. Dubbed the “Xanadu Project,” the 5-story retail and entertainment complex built recently in East Rutherford, New Jersey, is slated to open summer 2010. It contains 4,500,000 square feet of retail, sports [...]
The Confidence-Man
I just chased a door-to-door, magazine-subs-for-charity huckster from my threshold. He somehow circumvented the tenant-controlled front door, knocking instead at my kitchen door, which leads to the fire escape! I remember my neighborhood in Tucson being lousy with such garrulous, darting fiends. They’d flagrantly ignore “No Solicitors” signs to pay me calls that, no matter [...]
"We All Float Down Here, Georgie!"
If you’re familiar with the work of Giorgio Agamben (he’s all the rage in lit-crit circles these days), particularly his concept of Homo sacer, you know that Homo sacer is a juridical designation that has its root in Roman law and applies to individuals who for legal reasons cannot be sacrificed. That is, they’ve been [...]
Anton Steinpilz
Rob Horning
Ylajali Hansen
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