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...programmed to function.”There are, of course, songs less successful than others—for instance, “Chinese” tries to celebrate the comfortable and mundane in a relationship but comes off as a little monotonous, and the self-congratulation of “He Wasn’t There,” despite the song’s inspired beginning reminiscent of an old Billie Holiday record, feels a little flat. Still, Allen’s bittersweet lyrics echo long after the record has finished playing, and it’s a challenge...
...hold, it’s evident that Vargalas’ hand is not strong enough to win.Of the four narrators, Vargalas has the most interesting hand at the table. His narrative spans the majority of the book, and trains the reader to see Vilnius with Vargalas’ self-purported “second sight,” which pays no heed to physical realities, but is acutely aware of the ethereal presence of “Them.” “I had never known the ordinary world that everyone sees,” he says...
...pepsi. Soon the innumerable Photoshopped “O”bama logos that now grace a legion of Facebook profiles will be replaced. “O”bama lawn signs will be plucked, stickers will peel, and all the while pepsi will remain its newly diminutive self. But as a recently revealed internal branding document entitled “Breathtaking Design Strategy” claims, the new Pepsi logo is in fact based on the tried-and-true, God-given Golden Ratio; they call it “aesthetic geometry.” Or in AdSpeak...
...that happening upon a curly-haired baby spewing obscenities or a fourteen year-old version of yourself are as routine as a couple discussing opera or a phone call to a sick friend. In “Writ,” Smith’s protagonist confronts her childhood self at the dinner table, and struggles with the question of whether or not to divulge the details of her future. “I want to tell her who to trust and who not to trust; who her real good friends are and who’s going to fuck...
...else, Fani-Kayode used photography to defend his individuality. “Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)”, which catalogues Fani-Kayode’s photography from 1983 until his AIDS-related death in 1989, serves as a testament to that struggle. In embracing himself through photographic self-portraits, Fani-Kayode bares himself—everything from his homosexuality to his Yoruba tribal heritage to his life in the West.Fani-Kayode’s artwork was inspired by “techniques of ecstasy,” a material and ceremonial form of inspiration used by Yoruba tribesmen...