I have been on a Thomas Jefferson kick lately. Given this, I was really excited to read Peter Rock’s recent post “Jefferson, ideas, property, and the constitution”, which discusses the fallacious logic that ideas can be treated as property.
So, this got me thinking about Jefferson’s idea of permanent revolution, or that “every generation needs [...]
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Jefferson’s Permanent Revolution
Published by October 10th, 2008 in philosophy, politics and television. 1 CommentHere is a wild moment in film/TV history via the ever entertaining Classic Television Showbiz blog. The two video clips below are from a 1977 episode of “The Mike Douglas Show,” featuring interviews with Star Wars cast members Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and Harrison Ford. The film is still in theaters at the time of [...]
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Published by September 3rd, 2008 in TV, art, television and video. 4 CommentsProduced in 1973 [by Richard Serra and Carlota Ray Schoolman], “Television Delivers People” is a seminal work in the now well-established critique of popular media as an instrument of social control that asserts itself subtly on the populace through “entertainments,” for the benefit of those in power-the corporations that maintain and profit from the status [...]
36 Hours in NYC
Published by April 13th, 2008 in WordPress, fun, general, insructional technology, maps, movies, music, television and video. 4 CommentsI just got back this morning from a 36 hour marathon trip to NYC. This uncharacteristically short trip was instigated by a workshop I got invited to do at Brooklyn College (which was a lot of fun), but the larger reason for this post is, of course, the wonderful, beautiful city of New York. [...]
Carosello: An Italian TV Tradition
Published by January 27th, 2008 in Italy, TV, Uncategorized, YouTube, pop culture and television. 0 CommentsOne of things I have noticed is that when hanging with a group of friends sooner or later the conversation turns to our mediated lives through television. Without fail, if the company is worth its salt, memories of Larry from Three’s Company, Rerun from What’s happening!!, or even Tootie from The Facts of Life [...]
Comprehensive List of US Network TV Schedules on Wikipedia
Published by January 27th, 2008 in TV, Uncategorized, poll, pop culture and television. 0 CommentsI was searching for information about 1980s sitcoms for another post I plan on writing when I came across a pretty phenomenal resource on Wikipedia for anyone interested in the history of U.S. television: a List of United States Network Television Schedules. An article which, by the way, is considered an orphan given the lack [...]
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