Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Is the murderblog a genre now?


Murderblog from Idaho


Blogging the Fifth Nail is the journal of an accused murderer, Joseph Edward Duncan III.
I wish I could be more honest about my feelings, but those demons made sure I'd never be able to do that. I might not know if it matters, but just in case, I am working on an encrypted journal that is hundreds of times more frank than this blog could ever be (that's why I keep it encrypted). I figure in 30 years or more we will have the technology to easily crack the encryption (currently very un-crackable, PGP) and then the world will know who I really was, and what I really did, and what I really thought.
A post modern version of Capote's "In Cold Blood" narrated in the first person--chilling reflection of our times. HT

Friday, July 8, 2005

Phenomenal Woman--Maya Angelou


"Phenomenal Woman"

Pretty woman wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to fit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies.
I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips The stride of my step, The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please,
And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees. They swarm around me, A hive of honey bees.
I say, It's the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

Men themselves have wondered What they see in me.
They try so much But they can't touch My inner mystery. When I try to show them, They say they still can't see.
I say, It's the arch of my back The sun in my smile, The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style.
I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

Now you understand Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about Or have to talk real loud. When you see me passing, I ought to make you proud I say,
It's the click of my heals, The bend of my hair, The need for my care.
'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.



Monday, June 13, 2005

See the Grammatron


"GRAMMATRON is grappling with the idea of spirituality in the electronic age." The New York Times
"A colosssal hypertext hydrogen bomb dropped on the literary landscape..." Time-Warner's Pathfinder
"A rollercoaster ride through textspace...click to enter GRAMMATRON and you're pulled into a machine eye's view of both storytelling and story theory...intense."MSNBC's The Site
"Amerika's work exemplifies how online literary creations are developing into an entire multi-media experience...hypertext works like GRAMMATRON are far a few between." Wired
"...the first major Internet-published work of fiction to produce an experience unique to the medium."The Village Voice
"The end of postmodernism andthe beginning of Avant-Pop."Die Zeit
"The world's most ambitious cybernovel."The Australian

http://www.grammatron.com/index2.html

Follow the Glass Snail

Follow me.....http://wordcircuits.com/gallery/glasssnail/

Wednesday, June 1, 2005

A. R. Penck at the Artcyclopedia



Good sight to search for artworks:

Link:http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/penck_ar.html

H. P. Lovecraft at the Scriptorium


This is more of an introduction to the Scriptorium site--follow the link below and enjoy.

http://www.themodernword.com/scriptorium/lovecraft.html

Monday, May 16, 2005

Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut


What is literature but an insider's newsletter about affairs relating to molecules, of no importance to anything in the Universe but a few molecules who have the disease called 'thought'."
- Bluebeard p.188

"My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb things."
- Bluebeard p.246

"This is my principal objection to life, I think: It is too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes."
- Deadeye Dick p.6

"Bergeron's epitaph for the planet, I remember, which he said should be carved in big letters in a wall of the Grand Canyon for the flying-saucer people to find, was this:
WE COULD HAVE SAVED IT
BUT WE WERE TOO DOGGONE CHEAPOnly he didn't say 'doggone.'"
- Hocus Pocus

"Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go looking for it, and I think it can often be poisonous."
- Slapstick

"We're not too young for love, just too young for about everything there is that goes with love."

"The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart."
- Sirens of Titan

Links:
http://www.kurt-vonnegut.com/index.shtml