under the cobblestones…
by jebni on June 29, 2004
I’m stuck in a whacky occupation of Worley Corporation, a war profiteering company that has an $800 million contract with the US Army to “reconstruct” oil infrastructure in Iraq. About thirty of us arrived at their office and started supergluing (…)
boys
by jebni on June 23, 2004
The most awful thing in the world is waiting for the train on a platform with lots of boys who’ve just been to an Offspring concert. Just the right mix of idiocy, smugness and overwhelming Aryanness. Fuck. Off.
gellarisation
by jebni on June 23, 2004
The cutest moment in film history occurs in Stanley Donen’s Charade: “I bet you don’t really need those,” says Audrey Hepburn as she snatches Cary Grant’s glasses and tries them on. Her eyes widen. “You need them,” she intones gravely. (…)
money changes everything
by jebni on June 21, 2004
Fly’s on the money. Here’s where I admit that I bit the bullet and bought Cyndi Lauper tickets. But to do so, I’m probably not going to Kelis. True! Lena was outraged when Caro and I discussed this last night, (…)
all we want is life beyond thunderdome
by jebni on June 18, 2004
Okay, so I saw Troy the other day, and while it was infuriatingly pat — the whole Trojan war happens in like, three weeks (bah!) — it did prompt me to think more about how heroes figure in the battles (…)
love bang crash wakka wakka
by jebni on June 18, 2004
Is it just me, or does the Pixies’ “Bam Thwok” sound more like an Amps tune? I always thought the best thing about the Pixies was the space between Frank’s hyperbole and Joey’s tributes to Queen. A fragile relationship, and (…)
i ain’t afraid o’ no ghost
by jebni on June 17, 2004
Dr. Raymond Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here. Walter Peck: They caused an explosion! Mayor: Is this true? Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes, it’s true. This man has no dick. (…)
torture, and a beheading
by jebni on June 12, 2004
Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Slaying Holofernes”, c. 1612-1613. Gentileschi painted this stunning work shortly after she endured both (a) being raped by a fellow artist, and (b) the public torture she was subjected to in order to extract her testimony during (…)
post-it notes from palestine
by jebni on June 9, 2004
The toast of Cannes, and barred from the Oscars because “Palestine is not a country”, Elia Suleiman’s Yadon Ilaheyya (Divine Intervention) lives its status as a medium — in the occult sense. It brings the sterility and absurdity of occupation (…)
ch-ch-ch-ch-changez
by jebni on June 8, 2004
Some evocative commentary from Plums about Hanif Kureishi and migrant identity crisis. “Suddenly there was this book about people like me.” Funny you should say this, Plums, because last night on the train I noticed that practically all the kids (…)