Double Flee A

I found a good audio stream and don't know if it consitutes a repost, but here's WEVL, which not only almost spells evil, but even more closely almost spells weevil, which IS evil, at least in Memphis, which is where the stream originates, because of the havoc weevils historically wreak on cotton fields. Not sure how much of the economy is still propped up by big cotton, but surely the villagers will be bringing torches to burn down the station next time there's a plague of exfoliating pests. It would really take a right wing media outlet though, to spell it out for the villagers who probably wouldn't make the quantum leap from the call letters to their near pronunciation, but those aren't exactly in short supply. See "Terrist", my favorite news story of the last month. You know they have power, but you hardly ever get to see it.

Last night I went down to creative electric studios to see the art opening, which I enjoyed. It's graphic art, cleanly rendered, with messages pivoting on uneasiness, but instead of the usual concentric culture griping, this art tends to move in the direction of the absurd. If there's a lesson in it for me, it's that post-post-modernism might consist of an un-bemused detachment, but it can still resemble something familiar. I will have to inhabit an apathy that includes some activism on some level, but my current level of emotional involvement in society in general is unsustainable, much like society itself.

posted by dale @ 8:32 AM