Meet Akbar the Great, grandson of Babur, the Muslim prince who conquered Northern India and began the Mughal dynasty (a line of Islamic kings who ruled over the largely Hindu Indian subcontinent for three hundred years), who in turn descended from Tamerlane (the founder of the Timurid dynasty) and Genghis Khan. Akbar was an […]
Another demo complete: Lyrics and MP3 download here. This one a little more exuberant. Enjoy!
My old comrade-in-art M. Titus has written a delicious review of a Gauguin show in Dallas. Never one to mince words, Titus manages to both celebrate and smackdown the show’s ambitions: “the most fascinating exhibition of middle-of-the-road art I’ve ever seen” while summarily dissing the unworthies: “Camille Pissarro, a least favorite painter of a […]
Some really smart and talented friends have started a really smart and talented company built around the idea of sharing collectively annotated maps (based on the Google Maps API). The implications of such a system are stunning It unlocks a whole layer of reality–the meta-narrative of human memory–and infuses it into the physical […]
Take a look at this portrait of Elizabeth I. What do you see?
Then read this brilliant article by Daniel Fischlin. Are you scandalized yet? Or on your feet cheering the empowered expression of femininity? Do you believe Elizabeth not capable of such polymorphous perversity? Take a look at […]
Noble Iowans, we must rise to protect our queen! Heretics have demanded an end to our glorious monarchy in favor of a populist system of ambassadors. Sure, ambassadors can write insightful essays extolling the glory of our state’s chief commodity, but is such a system as rigorous and methodical as our time-tested manner […]
One of the things I loved about living in NYC was being constantly surrounded by other people’s conversations on the subways, standing in line, etc. Now I have a place to get my fix.
Mr. Bush, eavesdropping is not only un-American, but it is dangerous. Yes, even among close friends, one can eavesdrop with the best of intentions, only to unknowingly uncover a horror more dangerous than the threat of terror to an old and tested friendship. And you, like me, Mr. Bush, will one day find […]
Another knife-twister from my hitherto unnamed proto-chamber-goth band: Where Will Love Go?. Forgive the technical sloppiness. Know any cellists? I’m buying a tympani this weekend.
Cecil Kleakins is an eccentric academic known for appreciating noise, researching invisible topics, and taking long baths. When he is not feeding grapes to his leopards, he adores a finely crafted claret and, like the Duke of Burgundy, Philiip the Bold, disdains the ignoble Gamay.
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