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Even in space, where none of us live, some of what we’ve left is space junk: stuff orbiting the earth that nobody particularly intended to leave anywhere. But much of what we’ve left in space is intentional. Some of it is symbolic artifacts intended for an audience of people here on Earth - the fallen astronaut, the American flag on the moon, a CD containing a list of over half a million people who wanted to send their names to a comet, courtesy of a NASA… ]]> Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:32:57 -0700 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/08/07/traces_of_humanity/ All Programs Considered by Bill McKibben http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/11/all-programs-considered/?pagination=false Radio receives little critical attention. Of the various methods for communicating ideas and emotions—books, newspapers, visual art, music, film, television, the Web—radio may be the least discussed, debated, understood. This is likely because it serves largely as a transmission device, a way to take other art forms (songs, sermons) and spread them out into the world. Its other uses can be fairly pedestrian too: ball games and repetitive, if remarkably effective, right-wing commercial talk radio. Rush Limbaugh is the radio ratings champ; according to the industry’s trade journal he reaches 14.25 million listeners in an average week. Sean Hannity, working… ]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:50:00 -0700 http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/11/all-programs-considered/?pagination=false The Endpoint of All Gravity Is the Grave (Triple Canopy podcast) http://canopycanopycanopy.com/static/0000/2985/The_Endpoint_of_All_Gravity_Is_the_Grave.mp3 On July 29, as part of its Sender, Carrier, Receiver program, Triple Canopy presented a briefing on the activities of the International Necronautical Society's Berlin Inspectorate at Program. As heard in this unofficial recording, Provan, Triple Canopy's editor, and Yamamoto-Masson disputed the INS's claim that Berlin is the World Capital of Death, and discussed attempts by its members—chief among them writer Tom McCarthy, artist Anthony Auerbach, and philosopher Simon Critchley—to surreptitiously recruit agents and take over major cultural landmarks. Click here to read the draft copy of their internal report, and here to listen to a file of covert INS… ]]> Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:35:00 -0700 http://canopycanopycanopy.com/static/0000/2985/The_Endpoint_of_All_Gravity_Is_the_Grave.mp3 audio essay : On Pharaohs, Cults and Parasitism (The Condition of Division) http://machinemachine.net/text/out-loud/audio-essay-on-pharaohs-cults-and-parasitism

On Pharoahs, Cults and Parasitism (The Condition of Division)

audio essay : On Pharaohs, Cults and Parasitism (The Condition of Division)

Originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM as part of Antepress’ Digestives series, Monday 24th May 2010

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