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Alameda County Sheriff

09/11/2011

And here is the Daily Cal‘s report. Axé.

Occupy Your Mind: An Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky from DANGEROUS MINDS on Vimeo. My class took a sharp turn because they became Jodorowsky fans, not prompted by me. I am trying to figure him out … neosurrealist sleaze, hippie charlatanry, or interesting – or all of these? Here he is being interviewed in New York … More Cult Movies

Continuing with Walker in Nicaragua

09/11/2011

Rivas was left filled with shouts and blood and fires burning in the sun’s glare and we returned to that blue port nestled in hills with their curved yellow coconut palms swaying and a small Costa Rican ship in the harbor. There were high winds that night with the moon swift among the silvery dark … More Continuing with Walker in Nicaragua

Red Hot + Rio 2

09/11/2011

This is the CD I want, but I am not yet sure where to buy it. Axé.

Reminder and footnote

09/11/2011

One thing abusive people often do is find something which is not a problem and try to say it is, or find a small problem and say it is much worse than you realize. Below I give some ridiculous examples of this, but I notice that people try it all the time in more subtle … More Reminder and footnote

Hattie

09/11/2011

The OWS movement does not need a leader, nor does it need a point by point agenda. The demand for specifics is an authoritarian ploy with the aim of framing the need for vast social change in narrow ways. The idea is to frame everything as demands that the powerful can’t or won’t meet. Such a framework makes … More Hattie

Footnotes on advice to new faculty

08/11/2011

1. Just because I at one point worked where you went to graduate school, do not assume I have the same impression of it as you. To speak ill of people there is not a good way to initiate bonding with me, if bond you must, because these may be people I like. 2. Just … More Footnotes on advice to new faculty