As the world kept him thinking in turns so would the blank, empty, undiluted space in the upper right corner of his unimaginative American blog. It left itself for last - as if it knew it was much too smart for him - as if the search bar that had once been there was an overture to another space in time - as if that corner meant more than it really did.
telestraction
What were they talking about in the corner store in 1907? It wasn’t American Idol or The Apprentice or Fear Factor or Top Chef or Deal or no Deal or The Bachelor or The Girls Next Door or The Hills or The Real OC or Survivor or The Real World. It wasn’t Anna Nicole Smith or Lindsay Lohan or Tom Cruise or Paris Hilton or Tyra Banks or OJ Simpson. It wasn’t shark attacks or killer bees or hurricanes or TB or runaway brides… or runaway TB. What could they have been talking about? The weather I’m sure …BUT… Could they have been talking about issues? Could they have been talking about things that had a direct effect on them and their lives? Could they have been engaging in something approaching a civic dialogue? Could they possibly have been, free from the burden of electronic distraction, tending to their democracy? I don’t know… what happened on TV last night?
Listening To
- Live – Lightning Crashes
- Raisinhill – Wendy
- Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead – Knockin' On Heaven's Door
- Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds – Stay Or Leave
- The Police – Walking On The Moon
- Cornershop – Good Shit
- Snow Patrol – NYC
- Gomez – Tijuana Lady
- Graham Parker – Obsessed With Aretha
- Fountains of Wayne – New Routine
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