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True Punk: Everything I Say Is a Lie

Steven Taylor

Two broad streams feed into punk. One is the African stream that since the mid 19th century has been a wellspring of American popular musics. The other is the avant-garde stream that since the late 19th century has blurred the boundaries between art and life. Both made art a medium of protest. (more)

11-10-08

Commons

Did Somebody Say Socialism? (No, strangely, nobody said that)

Steven Taylor

The contradictions in capitalism, and the cluelessness of the rulers in its decadent phase, have finally reached the height of absurdity with the current administration, so that now, the free marketeers in the White House are demanding that the congress enact socialism, right now, this week! Only they're not calling it that. (more)

9-26-08

Arts

Travels With My Aunt: Part I

Steven Taylor

When I was 21, I met Allen Ginsberg. We worked and traveled together for 21 years after that. This is the first part of a memoir-in-progress. (more)

8-13-08

Arts

Is That a Real Reality, or Did You Make It Up Yourself?

Steven Taylor

Since ancient times, people have believed that music holds the power of transformation, and that new forms of music tell us about changes in society to come. (more)

7-8-08

Beauty Trouble: Identity and Difference in the Tradition of the Aesthetic

Steven Taylor

When everything is revealed as constructed, we become responsible for it, and we become more compassionate, more careful. There's Matisse's Celestial Jerusalem and suddenly the world looks exquisite and tragic, like it's made out of colored glass, and we'd better take care of it.
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5-21-08

Commons

Evolving the Network: Politics, Culture, and Consciousness

Steven Taylor

At Reality Sandwich's Evolver Equinox in March, we held a panel discussion on the capacity of digital technology to transform our reality. The panelists were Laura Dawn, cultural director of MoveOn; Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, musician, writer, and filmmaker; Daniel Pinchbeck, author and editorial director of Reality Sandwich, and Peter Koechley, formerly of the Onion, now with MoveOn. (more)

5-19-08