Sex with trucks

I stumbled across a hilarious interview between Allen Ginsberg and conservative columnist John Lofton from 1990. Lofton begins the interview aggressively asking if Ginsberg is crazy. Ginsberg talks about seeing a shrink and Lofton is mystified why the poet doesn't know his psychiatrist's religious beliefs. GINSBERG: I know some, through body language and the response to the immediate situation in front of me, which is what I am really interested in, rather than, say, this conversation. I'm dealing with you in terms of how you display yourself here, not the history of your thoughts. I'm trying to deal with the evidence or manifestation of how you present yourself here--your harshness, aggression, and insistency and-- LOFTON: Why not call it my perseverance? Isn't that a nicer word? Or guts? Or tenacity? GINSBERG: I would say there is a little element of S&M in your approach. Power. LOFTON: No. I would say this is more like the kind of sex you like. GINSBERG: And I would say this is the kind of power relationship you like, judging from your behavior. LOFTON: Well, that's certainly what S&M is all about--power.. GINSBERG: And you seem to like that don't you? Have your sexual fantasies...

Your diploma is garbage

They say the only part of the economy that does well during recession is education. So now that I'm jobless, I'm looking forward to the opening of the University of Trash at SculptureCenter this Sunday. The University of Trash is an experiment in alternative architecture, urbanism, and pedagogy taking place in SculptureCenter's main space. Drawing from utopian ideals and radical urban projects undertaken since the 1960s, the artists will create an installation that functions as a temporary, makeshift University - hosting courses, lectures, presentations, and workshops. A Free Skool program will operate within the University, offering the public the opportunity to propose their own courses - open and free for all sign up and attend throughout the duration of the exhibition. Working collaboratively with students, local organizations, activists, and academics, the artists have been gathering and researching material related to activities of the 1960s countercultural Appropriate Technology movement, experimental pedagogy, adventure playgrounds, Non-plan, emergency and low-impact design, the vernacular of informal housing, and historical sites of activism. The LMCC has a good interview with Cataldi....