2010

Below are some ideas, pieces of art, etc. that impressed me in 2010. Several of these links no longer work.

1. “Anticultural Positions,” Jean Dubuffet: http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_5.2/dubuffet.htm 
2. Law & Contemporary Society with Eben Moglen, e.g.: http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/EvaluationPolicy; http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/twiki/bin/view/LawContempSoc/ClassNotes2008Jan16
3.  Simplicissimus magazine archive: http://www.simplicissimus.info/" 
4. National Gallery of Art, “The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy 1850-1900”: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/darkerinfo.shtm" e.g.: http://www.fulltable.com/r/k.htm; http://www.flickr.com/photos/32357038@N08/4343685376/
5. What Am I Doing Here? by Abner Dean: http://whatthingsdo.com/single-panel/what-am-i-doing-here/
6.  "2802" from We Must Know, We Will Know by Ron Regé Jr.: http://whatthingsdo.com/comic/math-comics/
7. BREAKING THE CYCLE [5.26.10] A Conversation with Emanuel Derman: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/derman10/derman10_index.html
8. “Predatory Habits: How Wall Street Transformed Work in America,” Etay Zwick: http://www.thepointmag.com/archive/predatory-habits/
9. Michel Houellebecq, The Art of Fiction No. 206: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6040/the-art-of-fiction-no-206-michel-houellebecq
10. “The Moral Equivalent of War,” William James: http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/moral.html
11. Staff Sgt. Giunta’s Medal of Honor, 60 Minutes: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7054225n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel
12. Maman, Louis Bourgeois: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24723443@N04/3933746069/
13. The City, Frans Masereel: http://www.nebulous-cargo.com/masereel/
14. “Solo Native,” Thomas Lux: https://books.google.com/books?id=1WaNJXO3J1QC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false
15. “The Un-usable Past,” Walter Benn Michaels
16. Eyeworks Festival
17. The Singing Detective (1986)
18. Fishing With John (1991) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4997760014133291083
19. Twin Peaks (1990-1991)
20. Modern Times (1936)
21. The Thin Red Line (1998)
22. Solaris (1972)
23. Mogambo (1953)
24. “Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics,” Aldous Huxley
25. “Fields of Fire,” James Webb
26. “The Brothers Karamazov,” Dostoyevsky
27. “Tales,” H.P. Lovecraft
28. “The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism,” Jonathan Lethem: http://harpers.org/archive/2007/02/0081387
29.  HYPERLINK "http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2003/03/caring-for-your-introvert/2696/" “Caring for Your Introvert,” Jonathan Rauch
30.  HYPERLINK "http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/51-fra.html" “Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress,” Benjamin Franklin
31.  http://marinaabramovicmademecry.tumblr.com Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present”
32.  Feel It All Around - Washed Out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_G1VPdKQgs 
33.  Voyager Golden Record, esp. Izlel je Dely o Hagdutin - Valy a Balkanska: http://goldenrecord.org/
34.  Walking & Talking (Live at KEXP) - The Rainieros: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Rainieros/The_Rainieros_-_Live__KEXP_9112009/
35.  Movin’ In – Jerry Glenn Brown
36.  A Cold Freezin’ Night - The Books: "http://stereogum.com/424732/the-books-acold-freezin-night-video/video/
37.  A Glorious Dawn - Carl Sagan ft. Stephen Hawking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc