Friday, 18 July, 2003

semi-detached This was passed along to me by a friend, Rob B. 'Print n play' Hipster Bingo. I especially like the 'rules for playing' at the bottom. I was trying to remember If there was a particular point when ironic affection for pop culture was born. I think Rob's position was, yes, there probably was a genesis moment. My feeling is: Abe Doubleday could just sit down and write out the rules for baseball, granted. Irony is a much more difficult and complex game - you have the double and treble gambits, and french spin to master. Ironic detachment is more likely to have had a more evolutionary incorporation. Could there have been a Simpsons without wait til your father gets home. Cry not for Punchatello 1 for he will go upside your head. 1. You search punch and Judy in Everything2, you find yourself looking at an Elliot Smith Song. 9:34:36 AM    comment []; Mailer at high rpm I note that the Norman Mailer link I have up from last week Is no longer his most recent observation on the subject. He has an featured column White Man Unburdened in a recent NYRB. I pass it along without further comment. 8:58:26 AM    comment [];

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