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More on “I like big BOOKS and I cannot lie”
Note: this is a continuation of my last post.
Digging into this image:
The joke hinges on a simple substitution of the word “books” for “butts,” but that substitution creates a collision of two opposite sensibilities. Sir Mix-A-Lot’s song is about a public, joyous, Rabelaisian and loudly-proclaimed love of the bodily and sensual– complete with dancing and […]
Harry Potter meets Sir Mix-A-Lot
I recently ran across this funny t-shirt design, which some college friends pointed out in an email list we all share, and it has stuck with me as a wonderful example of where fat old mass culture and our new, more nimble and infinitely more fragmented niche or slice culture intersect.
Take a look:
The t-shirt is […]
Facebook as serendipity engine
I check Facebook several times each day, each time for a minute or two. I have it on my Treo and can check it in bad traffic (yeah, yeah, I know) and enjoy how it keeps me connected or reconnects me with people as young in my acquaintance as today and as old as […]
Tim Wu’s piece on Harry Potter and copyright in Slate…
… is a must-read if you’re interested in the extent to which an author controls the interpretation and discussion of a work. It’s in today’s issue.
Parting shots on how media is changing…
…before I take the rest of the year off from blogging… especially since seem to have already stopped blogging back in November– oy!
So much is going on and I’ve been traveling so much that I’m going to put my lack-of-blogging guilt on hold until the start of January. So, before I exit stage left, some […]
