Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Meersburg.
norms of leisure,
tents two-by-two,
two by sea,
who can see,
she can be,
when it's time,
relaxed in line.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Diverses am Dienstag is nich mehr.
Screw that.
Ich halte es eh nicht durch. Falls jemand doch auf meine Empfehlungne Wert legt, so bekomme er/sie den quick fix auf meinem Twitter Profil/Microblog/Whatever. Hab mich von Pascal @ nocheinblog.info davon anstecken lassen... und finde es inzwischen echt gut.
See you at the new sensation.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
World of World of Warcraft.
'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft'
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Foxy Fist Confusion
Von HuffPost
Mehr zu der lächerlichen "fist bump" Diskussion, der Geste zwischen Barack und Michelle Obama und der irrwitzigen Anmoderation durch obige FOX-Moderatorin gibt's auf YouTube und HuffPost..
Monday, June 9, 2008
Times: They Are A-Changing
"'Well, you know right now America is in a state of upheaval,' he says. 'Poverty is demoralising. You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor. But we've got this guy out there now who is redefining the nature of politics from the ground up... Barack Obama. He's redefining what a politician is, so we'll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I'm hopeful that things might change."
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Militär? Heimat? Herzen?
In wilder Assoziation zur Stadt Klagenfurt möchte ich hier Naked Lunch's "Military of the Heart" ans Herz legen. Nicht nur ist das großartiger Song, toller als jedes Fussballplatzgeschehen - der Song hat auch den Naked Lunch Frontman bei einem Festival zur Aussage bewegt, man solle doch Begriffe wie "Heimat" nicht nur dem rechten Rand des Spektrum überlassen. Die Assoziation ist zu Beginn der EM und eine Tag nach dem NPD-Parteitag in Günzburg doch gar nicht so wild.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Fussball is gar nich so dolle...oder?
Dass es auch anders geht, zeigen Fettes Brot feat. Marcus Wiebusch, Carsten Friedrichs und Bela B. mit "Fussball ist immernoch wichtig". Schon zur WM jenseits des Oli-Pocher-Radars und daran wird sich so schnell auch nix ändern. Zum Glück. Und auch obwohl ich nicht der allergrößte Kritiker des "modernen Fussballs" bin (mag daran liegen, dass ich in den USA sportfansozialisiert wurde)- sie haben ja irgendwie schon recht.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Der wahrgenommene Krieg der Eliten.
America's 40 Years War at an End von Robert S. McElvaine (via huffpost)
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Frage des Monats Mai.
Mir fällt zur Zeit keine ansatzweise auch nur interessante Frage ein, die ich euch stellen könnte - daher gibt es erstmal keinen Nachfolger - außer ihr habt eine gute Idee?
Looks like it's over.
In wilder Assoziation dazu: Frou Frou's Let Go..
Naja, vorbei ist es nicht wirklich. Jetzt geht der Spaß erst richtig los. It ain't over til the fat lady sings...or votes.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
The Gangster We Are All Looking For.
I thought that it was interesting how lê thi diem thúy's novel The Gangster We Are All Looking For takes up the discussion of the blend of fiction and auto-biography we had when reading Kingston. The book is classified as fiction, and that is correct and true, but I still can't get around the striking similarities between the narrator and the author. Both came form Vietnam by boat, both lost a sibling through drowning. Normally, I don't like to take the autobiographical approach to a text. But in this case, it is so interesting, especially since lê herself made some decisions that pint towards this interpretation.
First, the autobiographical information is given in the book itself. And not only by the publishing company, in which case one could have argued that they tried to force a autobiographical connection between author and work to raise public interest i the book. But lê also includes the autobiographical in her author's note.
Further, lê decides to keep the author nameless, which has two results. The narrator is of a more general, floating character, the reader can give the narrator more identity. But in this case it is very likely that the reader simply takes the name for the narrator closest available – the author's voice. Of course, it is quite common for authors to use a lot autobiographical background as inspiration, but still I would argue that in this case, the border between author and fictional narrator is exceptionally blurred.
I rarely read a novel in which case the comments on the back fit so well with my own perception of the book as in this case. The Vogue quote says: “Breathtaking [..] Flows in luminous paragraphs that mingle past and present, creating a fluid sense of time”. I couldn't say it differently. I especially liked how the quite short paragraphs were so divided from each other. Sometimes the paragraphs felt just like a little shot, a little glimpse of time, in some cases the book was almost impressionistic. I was fascinated how the narrative pace suddenly changed halfway through the book, and a more or less external account of immigration turned into a quite emotional family story. I felt like being in a narrative swirl. And what especially fascinated me was that although all three family members were struggling in their own way, I never saw them a completely detached from each other. Somehow there always seem a loving connection between them. The way it was narrated, for example, the makeup process between mother and father after drunken rage and arguments never seemed like a bad idea to me, as in other cases. Despite all the strangeness and problems, this family still seemed to belong to each other.