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shut up, college

Philosophy Class Is Meaningless, Tasty, Deadly

You're a college philosophy student at NYU studying absurdism, the school of thought that says life and the universe have no meaning. What do you do for a class project? That's right: bring in a muffin full of razor blades [NYS]. In a Kierkegaardian effort that would have drawn approving sighs from Albert Camus, a student left the deadly, tasty treats on a table for the next class to find. And in an absurd twist which highlights the ultimate futility of the search for purpose, one kid in the next class started to eat the tempting razor muffin: More »

9:13 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
5,215 views, 62 comments

Latest by famousauthor: @DonPardoCalrissian: Thanks for calling to mind the Treaty of San Stefano. That was a hell of a treaty, wasn't it? more »

graffiti?

Art Vs. Advertising Conundrum Now Too Meta To Grasp

The logo of a street artist in LA named Skullphone started popping up on digital billboards around the city owned by Clear Channel. Awesome! said the collective street art world. The kid has hacked into the big media monster Clear Channel's network! It's digital graffiti! It's culture jamming! It's the new media revolution! But then it came out that Skullphone had just bought time on the billboards, like every other schmoe. Is that even cool? I'm sure Michel Foucault would have something deep to say about this, but I'm not sure what it would be. Money ad street art! [Wired]

1:20 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
939 views, 18 comments

Latest by tweaked: Ja. I'm feeling it. Hétérotopie! What I really, really dug when I was in NY over xmas was Damien Hirst's exhibit in Lever House. Love that guy. He used the space perfectly... just the kind of thing that makes you nearly crap more »

statements

Britney Spears: Philosopher

I know you've been dying to know what Britney Spears has to say on the whole Heath Ledger hullabaloo. Well, she's finally weighed in and her statement is as sad, telling, and oddly beautiful as one could hope. When asked about the young actor's death she says, while sitting in her car and lighting a cigarette, in a strange British-ish accent, "He's still here. No one ever really dies." If you care to, it's about a minute into this TMZ clip. The rest of the video is pretty existential too. Sigh. [TMZ]

2:26 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Richard Lawson
4,335 views, 42 comments

Latest by clickable: @CodePink: I want a video of me, rich enough not to care that my hair is a greasy mess, smoking a cigarette in my baby pink Porsche, with my $8,000 black croc Kelly bag on the passenger seat next to me, more »