Archive for June, 2008
the black parade
The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets successfully through many a bad night. Or so says German philosopher Nietzche. It is a romantic notion that allows the depressed person to wallow in his own misery. But I feel as if the majority of self-destruction is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )optical illusion
Warren Beatty: She doesn’t want to live off-camera, much less talk. There’s nothing to say off-camera. Why would you say something if it’s off-camera? What point is there existing?
A good photographer captures his subject. But a good subject also captivates her photographer. I have always been fascinated by the [...]
romper stomper
It is funny how a cryptic lyric can cause you to project your own issues into a song’s message. Perhaps that is why I prefer the words in a pop song to be somewhat oblique. In my mind’s eye, the singer is providing a soundtrack to my own personal biopic. I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )material boy
When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. That has certainly been my experience as a compulsive shopper. There is a strange satisfaction when you are in the process of a purchase. But the fleeting feeling of personal reward doesn’t last very long. You will soon hear the siren song [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )urban blight
I remember when The Real World used to deal with serious social issues. The first season touched upon a variety of “hot button” topics, such as prejudice, politics, religion and sexuality. In one memorable episode, Julie makes a connection with a young woman living in a “Reagan-Ville” filled with homeless people. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )electric dreams
Leave it to China to to launch an experimental program to cure web addicts. The youngsters at the summer camp would be treated for depression, fear, unwillingness to interact with others, panic and agitation. For a condition that was originally conceived as an elaborate hoax, Internet Addiction has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )pleasure junkie
“Every day I was taking Prozac, Valium, Rohypnol and various painkillers. The drugs were making me do things completely out of character. I had shoplifted as a kid, but now I had started again for no apparent reason. I could work out in my head why I was doing it, but there [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )cognitive dissonance
“A gay republican is like a vegetarian butcher”. But I seem to attract them like flies on the windscreen. I was not always a politically motivated person. I used to abstain from the whole election process because I found civic debate boring and unglamorous. But I have since discovered that politics [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )little girl lost
“I was happy never to work in music again. I had got to the point where I’d look in the mirror and not know who I was. I felt like I didn’t have a personality. I had lost my identity. I felt like a zombie. A dead person.”
I truly believe that [...]
dark horse
I have always had a fascination with pop music from the UK. I don’t know why, but I have always found the American version to be a pale imitation. I used to follow the British singles chart like a sport fan tracking his football scores. Back in the day, I used to [...]
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