Author Archives: Lex Gill

Melissa Gregg interviews McKenzie Wark in the LA Review of Books on the 10 year anniversary of ‘A Hacker Manifesto.’ “MG: Where does the maker movement fit in relation to hacking’s histories and politics? How do the branded interests served by this trend (e.g. MakeMagazine, 3D printing companies, tech manufacturers) reconfigure the battles for power andContinue reading “ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR”

Rafael Varona, Adelante.

From Whales, by Charlene Kwon in > kill author. “There are dead whales in the basement and they’re starting to smell. We know, the neighbor knows, even the neighbor’s cousin from Galveston knows. Everyone knows and no one will do a goddamn thing about it.The cat’s the only one who hasn’t noticed. We envy the cat.Keeping talk radioContinue reading “ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE”

“Contact,” 2012, by Roxy Drew.

David Sedaris, from Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls. “I’ve become like one of those people I hate, the sort who go to the museum and, instead of looking at the magnificent Brueghel, take a picture of it, reducing it from art to proof. It’s not “Look what Brueghel did, painted this masterpiece” but “Look whatContinue reading “ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE”

Lisa Golightly, via The Jealous Curator (as part of GREAT.LY’s #makegood project)

From Masami Tsukishima’s series Life Of A Salesman.

From White Noise, Don DeLillo, 1985: I related the circumstances of my presumed exposure.    “How long were you out there?”    “Two and a half minutes,” I said. “Is that considered long or short?”    “Anything that puts you in contact with actual emissions means we have a situation.”    “Why didn’t the driftingContinue reading “ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE”

I almost always remember a good part of my dreams, but lately they’ve been particularly strange and vivid. Last night I sailed through a cold marsh from mainland China to Korea in a floppy little boat, with the texture of a silicone oven mit, the size of a canoe and full of backpacking tourists (it took about fifteenContinue reading “ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR”

David Cronenberg filming on the set of his early short, In the Drain via Cinephilia and Beyond.

Hiding Among Us, from Richard Seymour: “Hamas, they tell us, is cowardly and cynical. Hiding among civilians. They hid at the el-Wafa hospital.  They hid at the beach, where children played football.  They hid at the yard of 75 year old Muhammad Hamad.  They hid among the residential quarters of Shujaya.  They hid in the home of the poet, Othman Hussein.  They hidContinue reading “ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO”

I love the outdoor work from Jana and JS.

From Tyler Knott Gregson.

Paul Arden, from “It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be.”