Fantastic Spaztic

In which I post another thing I did for a class here.  Because I need to.  I've kept this to my prof & a few friends for too long - the world must know my feelings on this "celebrated" film. WARNING: IF YOU SWEAR BY THE "CLASSIC" FILM ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST , PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR LOVE CHALLENGED.  BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE FILM YOU THINK IT IS.  THE AWARDS WON ARE IRRELEVANT IN MY EYES.  ITS PLACE IN FILM HISTORY IS IRRELEVANT.  MY STANDARDS ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN YOURS. Cuckoo for Cuckoo’s Nest : A Now and Then Response If you know me, then you know that Miloš Forman’s rendition of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) is far from my favorite film.  The first time I read Ken Kesey’s novel, I was in 7 th grade.  I probably wasn’t old enough to absorb every nuance, but I adored it and all of its characters.  I feared Big Nurse; I cheered for Chief Bromden; and I wept for McMurphy.  The book is very dear to me....

TH E O K ID is a collection of sounds made in the New Temple of Planetary Transcendence from May 2012 - April 2013. NoFace Prophet Ollie Kaufmann pens poetry guised as rap over psychedelic jazz influenced electronic beats produced by either NoFace Prophet and BLQ MJK head producer QABALA th LOK, or close NoFace associates and electronic producers from the Allston underground including: LiL TExAS and CZ from M|O|D, MODULOKTOPUS, Atwell Baker, Avila Santo, Pon(d)Scum, Victory Garden, Cameron Steele, and Shaky Lion. Ex-classmate from James Logan High School in Union City has been working on tracks in Boston.  Give it a listen.  If you're into the sounds the above blurb describes, this is for you.  Kaufmann references to pop culture & "intellectual themes" fast, faster than your mind can race awake in the morning, staring up into the ceiling with insomnia.  Stay with his flow, weaving in & out of the excellent meticulously crafted beats, cons...

With hockey comes a lot of sacrifice playing.  Actually with ALL sports comes sacrifice playing.  & tumblr has finally begun some quality discourse on it.  The thought process bellow started with this post: i know we all worship players who continue to play through injuries but there are so many players who, for example, have played through mild concussions and then ended up making them a lot worse there’s a line between toughness and stupidity and i don’t think enough sports fans realize that It’s liteweight & it only dances on the surface of the issue, but it got a lot of face time.  & it used the term “worship” which was the perfect word to describe what happens irl & on the interwebs. Next came the POV of a sportstrainer & a person that I personally follow on  tumblr This take focuses a lot more of the medical sides of things & gives detailed examples of known cases of playing through injuries.  She give...

Fringe is a bundle of ethical problems.  Just one after the other.  The entire series rests on how Walter Bishop suspends the ethical & sacrifices EVERYTHING for his son.  It’s quite similar to Abraham & Isaac, actually.  Walter wants to save his son, & yet he knows that the “right” thing is not interfering with this other universe & plucking him from where he really belongs, & yet this is what he needs to do.  Saving his son, loving his son before all else, is his subjective truth that he lives by.  & yet this starts a domino effect of negative consequences.  Walter Bishop is NOT thinking in terms of utilitarianism.  He places two universes in danger for one boy & nearly dies himself because of it.  The show deals a lot with utilitarian thinking versus the suspension of the ethical.  Should these individuals put the entire world in danger for their one subjective truth, or factor in the greater good?...

I am by no means a Tiger’s Jaw fan.  Up until maybe 6-7 months ago, I didn’t even know such a band existed.  & I’m still unfamiliar with them.  & I still only know them for this one song.  It’s not a jab; it is what it is.  But a person I follow posted the song however long ago & I thought I would listen to it.  Because I had an immediate reaction to the title. Because even if I’m not a Tiger’s Jaw fan, I AM a SF Giants fan.  & the only Noah Lowry of merit I know of was a pitcher for a short time for the Giants.  & it’s almost fitting that the song is so painfully short , ending almost abruptly.  Because that’s how Noah’s career was.  It happened.  & then it was gone. I’m not sure if Tiger’s Jaw is made of Giants fans or people who even know how to play baseball, but Noah Lowry… his name isn’t just used as a simple name drop.  & it’s not even a simple tip of the cap homage thing.  Noah...