Comments for Voyou Desoeuvre http://blog.voyou.org Lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:32:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on In which I psy­chol­o­gize people who dis­agree with my taste in pop music by Anthony Paul Smith http://blog.voyou.org/2010/01/31/957/comment-page-1/#comment-39661 Anthony Paul Smith Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:05:40 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=957#comment-39661 Actually Tik Tok is a rip off of tthhee ppaarrttyy by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. Actually Tik Tok is a rip off of tthhee ppaarrttyy by J.U.S.T.I.C.E.

]]> Comment on Storming heaven with Lady GaGa by J.R. http://blog.voyou.org/2010/01/14/storming-heaven-with-lady-gaga/comment-page-1/#comment-39522 J.R. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:28:09 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=934#comment-39522 I was just thinking about this (excellent) post partly because of the Grammy performance set in the heavy-industrial "Fame Factory" (!) and partly because of the Westboro Baptist Church's recent anti-Gaga video, a note-for-note (even reverent!) parody of "Poker Face," which you may have heard about, where the emphasis is shifted, at least in theory, from "the pain involved in the production of pleasure" to the pleasure involved in the contemplation of (Lady Gaga's) suffering. It is such a bizarre artifact. On the one hand it's obviously horrible and probably doesn't deserve any attention. On the other hand, it's just sort of stunning how completely Gaga wins in this battle--in the sense that even the WBC desire liberation through Gaga-Glamor-Fame, they just don't want to admit it?--or something like that. I was just thinking about this (excellent) post partly because of the Grammy performance set in the heavy-industrial “Fame Factory” (!) and partly because of the Westboro Baptist Church’s recent anti-Gaga video, a note-for-note (even reverent!) parody of “Poker Face,” which you may have heard about, where the emphasis is shifted, at least in theory, from “the pain involved in the production of pleasure” to the pleasure involved in the contemplation of (Lady Gaga’s) suffering. It is such a bizarre artifact. On the one hand it’s obviously horrible and probably doesn’t deserve any attention. On the other hand, it’s just sort of stunning how completely Gaga wins in this battle–in the sense that even the WBC desire liberation through Gaga-Glamor-Fame, they just don’t want to admit it?–or something like that.

]]> Comment on New year, same ter­rible Guardian jour­nal­ists by Daimler http://blog.voyou.org/2009/01/10/new-year-same-terrible-guardian-journalists/comment-page-1/#comment-39309 Daimler Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:37:47 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=509#comment-39309 I think the price for terrible new Guardian journalist has to go to Mercedes Bunz. Never in my life would I have dreamt that a person like her would get work at a somewhat respectable newspaper. She should spent her life writing about hipster fashions and Berlin. The world indeed is coming at an end. I think the price for terrible new Guardian journalist has to go to Mercedes Bunz. Never in my life would I have dreamt that a person like her would get work at a somewhat respectable newspaper. She should spent her life writing about hipster fashions and Berlin. The world indeed is coming at an end.

]]> Comment on Storming heaven with Lady GaGa by Ben http://blog.voyou.org/2010/01/14/storming-heaven-with-lady-gaga/comment-page-1/#comment-39253 Ben Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:06:29 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=934#comment-39253 Interesting post - here's two posts on Gaga http://naughtthought.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/monstrous-futurity/ http://naughtthought.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/the-splendid-rot-of-fame/ Interesting post – here’s two posts on Gaga

http://naughtthought.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/monstrous-futurity/

http://naughtthought.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/the-splendid-rot-of-fame/

]]> Comment on Zombies of Marx by Tristram Hunt http://blog.voyou.org/2009/11/29/zombies-of-marx/comment-page-1/#comment-38919 Tristram Hunt Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:54:36 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=861#comment-38919 Berkeley Berkeley

]]> Comment on Pro­to­cols of the elders of Zeta Reti­culi by Marcellus Hall http://blog.voyou.org/2009/11/16/protocols-of-the-elders-of-zeta-reticuli/comment-page-1/#comment-38329 Marcellus Hall Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:39:28 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=854#comment-38329 "Beautiful city of the Gondarvas"? ANY FOOL KNO THAT “Beautiful city of the Gondarvas”?
ANY FOOL KNO THAT

]]> Comment on Pro­to­cols of the elders of Zeta Reti­culi by wedge http://blog.voyou.org/2009/11/16/protocols-of-the-elders-of-zeta-reticuli/comment-page-1/#comment-38255 wedge Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:10:34 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=854#comment-38255 Well purveyors/rehashers of geek sci-fi know that much of their audience are at home in the paranoid right. Even Star Trek's various spin-offs runs from the Clintonian Next gen to the neocon Enterprise. Why the hell don't they make a series of 'They Live'? Surely a cult hit in the offing there - and it would safelty cater to the paranoid right, paranoid left and 'new age' suckers all at once. Well purveyors/rehashers of geek sci-fi know that much of their audience are at home in the paranoid right. Even Star Trek’s various spin-offs runs from the Clintonian Next gen to the neocon Enterprise. Why the hell don’t they make a series of ‘They Live’? Surely a cult hit in the offing there – and it would safelty cater to the paranoid right, paranoid left and ‘new age’ suckers all at once.

]]> Comment on Recipes for the delica­tes­sens of the future by Jeff Rubard http://blog.voyou.org/2009/03/31/recipes-for-the-delicatessens-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-38007 Jeff Rubard Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:18:45 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=600#comment-38007 An interesting thought, this: they now have a "generic" <em>Konditorei</em> 'round heaaare, but even the cheapest and most tawdry Rachel costs money so I haven't given the problems of delicatessens much thought *recently*. An interesting thought, this: they now have a “generic” Konditorei ’round heaaare, but even the cheapest and most tawdry Rachel costs money so I haven’t given the problems of delicatessens much thought *recently*.

]]> Comment on The dis­ap­pearing pro­le­tariat by Derrin Zikks http://blog.voyou.org/2009/09/20/the-disappearing-proletariat/comment-page-1/#comment-37937 Derrin Zikks Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:54:40 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=813#comment-37937 the proletariat has played an active part in shaping (its) history. it is not a 'structuring absence'. read e p thompson's 'the making of the english working class'. it is an empirical category; or, at least, no more abstract than (say) 'capitalism'. its formation was consciously experienced and contested. the proletariat has played an active part in shaping (its) history. it is not a ’structuring absence’. read e p thompson’s ‘the making of the english working class’.

it is an empirical category; or, at least, no more abstract than (say) ‘capitalism’. its formation was consciously experienced and contested.

]]> Comment on The dis­ap­pearing pro­le­tariat by Ben http://blog.voyou.org/2009/09/20/the-disappearing-proletariat/comment-page-1/#comment-37922 Ben Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:25 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=813#comment-37922 Nice post. I think you might get something from Geoff Boucher's book, The Charmed Circle of Ideology out through re.press. It's available as a PDF on their website or fairly cheaply via mail order. http://www.re-press.org/content/view/54/38/ He is very critical of Laclau on grounds that are very similar to what you have said here. Nice post. I think you might get something from Geoff Boucher’s book, The Charmed Circle of Ideology out through re.press. It’s available as a PDF on their website or fairly cheaply via mail order.

http://www.re-press.org/content/view/54/38/

He is very critical of Laclau on grounds that are very similar to what you have said here.

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