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Kansas Barbed Wire Museum
La Crosse, Kansas
'Names like Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, or “Wild” Bill Hickock instantly conjure up images of a wild West. Alongside these men, there is another name, perhaps not as familiar, but important just the same. So important, in fact, that without him, the wild West may never have been tamed. He was a banker, a businessman, and a farmer. He even served as the Sheriff of his community. However, is it for one of his first inventions that he is most well remembered. His name was Joseph Glidden and his invention changed the lifestyle of midwestern settlers.
'The Spilger Barbed Wire Collection: Now on permanent exhibit, this collection of 2140 unique samples of barbed wire is one of the largest of its kind in existence. Although only slightly over 500 wires were actually patented, this collection includes numerous similar, but unique variations of patented wires along with many home-made designs. Nearly all known types of barbed wire from the most common to the most unusual are displayed.
'The Fence Mender: A life-size diorama depicts a cowboy repairing his broken fence line by light of the moon. Under the starry skies, viewers can almost hear the cattle lowing on the hillside behind the thin strands of wire that protect a freshly planted crop. Visitors will learn that farming and ranching work does not stop when the sun goes down.
'The Goedert Gallery of Rare Wires: Now under construction, this gallery will feature a magnificent collection of rare and unusual wires not currently on display in this or other museums. It will include some of the most beautiful examples of actual fence wires ever made. The gallery's innovative design will present the collection in a new and attractive way.' -- KBWM
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Ryan Riddington 'I Can't Go to Sleep' (excerpt)
Ryan Riddington: Work
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Hunter Hunt-Hendrix 'Transcendental Black Metal: A Vision of Apocalyptic Humanism' (excerpt)
from lacan.com
PROLEGOMENON
One could propose a new meaning for black metal along with a new array of techniques to activate that meaning. The meaning of Transcendental Black Metal is Affirmation, and its new technique is the Burst Beat.
The will to power has two stages. The first may be called Fortification; the establishment of a paradigm or set of rules and the ensuing exploration of potential that lies within those constraints. The second stage may be termed Sacrifice; an auto-destruction, a self-overcoming whereby the initial rules, having been fully digested and satisfied, are thereby mutilated. They are transformed into the basis for something new and unprecedented.
Transcendental Black Metal is black metal in the mode of Sacrifice. It is a clearing aside of contingent features and a fresh exploration of the essence of black metal. As such it is solar, hypertrophic, courageous, finite and penultimate. Its tone is Affirmation and its key technique is the Burst Beat.
The black metal that was born in Scandinavia in the mode of Fortification can be termed Hyperborean Black Metal. Hyperborean Black Metal is lunar, atrophic, depraved, infinite and pure. The symbol of its birth is the Death of Dead. Its tone is Nihilism and its key technique is the Blast Beat.
Today USBM stands in the shadow of Hyperborean Black Metal. The time has come for a decisive break with the European tradition and the establishment of a truly American black metal. And we should say “American” rather than “US”: the US is a declining empire; America is an eternal ideal representing human dignity, hybridization and creative evolution.
The act of renihilation is the betrayal of Hyperborean Black Metal and an affirmation of Transcendental Black Metal. And it is at the same time the constitution of an apocalyptic humanism to be termed Aesthetics. As such, the question of Transcendental Black Metal is only the tip of an iceberg at the base of which is hidden a new relationship between art, politics, ethics and religion.
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Jan-Holger Mauss
Unofficial Requiem for Bernard Welt's 'Golden Boys'
'For his own ongoing series begun in 2003 and titled “ONS” (short for one-night stand), artist Jan-Holger Mauss collects black-and-white images from post-1945 gay porn magazines. Using a special eraser, he then delicately effaces the nude model on each page while leaving the background. The result is a scene emptied of figures, with traces of an intervention detected in vaguely metamorphosing organic forms emerging from rockscapes and waterfalls, or as halations appearing among props or furniture. To hijack John Russell’s interpretation of Bacon’s "Sand Dune" (1983), the rocks and trees in Mauss’s works are “turning into a human anatomy that has not yet defined itself.”' -- Art in America
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At home with Emo porn superstar Roxy Red
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'Cotton candy was first recorded around the 1900's. At that time, spun sugar was an expensive, labor-intensive endeavor and was not generally available to the average person. Machine-spun cotton candy was invented in 1897 by William Morrison and John C. Wharton and first introduced to a wide audience at the 1904 World's Fair as "Fairy Floss" with great success, selling 68,655 boxes at the then-high 25¢, half the cost of admission to the fair. Fairy floss was renamed to "cotton candy" in the 1920s. Typical machines used to make cotton candy include a spinning head enclosing a small "sugar reserve" bowl into which a charge of granulated, colored sugar (or separate sugar and food coloring) is poured. Heaters near the rim of the head melt the sugar, which is squeezed out through tiny holes by centrifugal force. Precolored sugar packaged specially for the process is milled with melting characteristics and a crystal size optimized for the head and heated holes. The molten sugar solidifies in the air and is caught in a larger bowl which totally surrounds the spinning head. Left to operate for a period, the cottonlike product builds up on the inside walls of the larger bowl, at which point the machine operator twirls a stick, cone, or their hands around the rim of the large catching bowl, gathering the sugar strands into portions which are served on stick or cone, or in plastic bags.' -- rainbowcottoncandy.com
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Caleb Allen 'Chevalier, un reduction de Perceval le gallois'
'comme on le sait pas de cheval, pas de chevalier. mais ce qui passe quand le chevalier n'a pas de château? il simplement chevauche.'
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Rise and Fall of Michael Jackson – Numerology Reading
'Michael Jackson was born as Michael Joseph Jackson on August 29th 1958, which makes him 2 born with lifepath as 6 in numerology. This is a very indication of fertile and creative mind, with both number 2 and 6 strongly signifies abundance of creativity in arts and entertainment. But number 29 as we have already discussed is a very emotional and unstable number which needs a strong name for that person to remain in a normal state. Its very evident that Michael Jackson had a series of health problems throughout his life, he undergone multiple cosmetic surgery and severely jeopardized his health, later he had skin related diseases which forced him to wear a mask on his nose. ...
'Michael Jackson comes to number 44 in numerology destiny, which comes 8 as a whole, this number 44 signifies heights of fame, success in initial stage of life but it throws one into valley of darkness in later part of life. Also i have explained you in many posts that with number 8,17,26,35,44,53 as a name one can never lead a happy and peaceful life, and their life will be full of controversies and scandals. Their marital life will be a great tragedy for name number as 8 in numerology. This is evident as even though Michael Jackson is the king of Pop, his personal life was a mess. He undergone divorce, painful accusations on molestation, and serious damage of reputation in his career. These things took over the peace within him, and the status of king of pop only made him uncomfortable and weak as a person. These are the traits of number 8 when used as a name, as it will give the glory and takes away the happiness. ...
'As far as the sexual allegations are concerned, Michael Jackson should have had a sexual weakness, its no wonder that his lifepath as 6 is the number which creates tremendous sexual urge for a person compared to person with other lifepath numbers. And its also prone to make a person explore things in these areas which makes Michael Jackson very likely to be involved in those scandalous cases. The online numerology analysis we have seen are pretty much suggestive. ...
'The death of Michael Jackson occurred on June 25th 2009, which comes 6 as lifepath in numerology. His lifepath is also number 6. And there is a strange thing that has to be noted here, as the death is not natural, or it cannot be natural. A person’s death on his same lifepath has something to do with sudden death or unnatural death. There are chances it may be suicide or poisoning as both elements are possible due to the influence of number 8 in his name and his birth date as 29, which sometimes can be suicidal.' -- astronlogia.com
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Grouper 'Untitled' (Live in Seoul @ Ssamzie Space 10-30-10)
Grouper Website
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'A lifelong fisherman who studied ichthyology as an undergrad, the Japanese artist Iori Tomita uses marine life he receives from fellow fishermen to create what he calls New World Transparent Specimens—sea creatures that have been transformed into DayGlo shells of their former selves. He first saw a sample of a fish that had been turned transparent at a university lecture six years ago, and since then he has used the same preservation technique to make thousands of hypercolored cadavers, which he sells at the Tokyu Hands department store.
'To produce the specimens, like the lumpfish shown here, Tomita first removes the scales and skin of fish that have been preserved in formaldehyde. Next he soaks the creatures in a stain that dyes the cartilage blue. Tomita uses a digestive enzyme called trypsin, along with a host of other chemicals, to break down the proteins and muscles, halting the process just at the moment they become transparent but before they lose their form. The bones are then stained with red dye, and the brilliant beast is preserved in a jar of glycerin. The extensive production takes five months to a year.' -- Wired
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p.s. Hey. It's raining, so I'm not at Disneyland Paris after all, so hi. ** Will Decker, Hi, Will. Interesting about the second thoughts on Chicago, and I'm happy to hear about the reason. Take care. ** David Ehrenstein, It's realer than real. ** Michael_karo, How does one convey a message to someone who is sleeping on top of one? Wait, never mind, I think I figured it out, ha ha. ** Bernard Welt, We have to move on with our lives? But ... how? Screencaps would help. You have the luckiest students ever. And, yes, you're absolutely right that this place could use some post-shaped shit from the folks around here. it can get a little stuffy in here. Especially now that the Golden Boys are hiding in the archives. Thanks, B. Hey, are you officially on for the Recollets this summer now? ** Sypha, Hey. Cool, about the emails. Thank you, dear James! Oh, I just went over to check my mailbox, and there's only one email from you with a pdf in it? Were there others? The address that's best to send stuff to is dcooperweb@ gmail.com. If there were other emails, do you mind resending them to that address? I'm really sorry for the hassle. Thank you again so much, man! * Tomkendall, Hi, Tom! But I think you're on your way to Peru by now. Will you see this? Is that a rhetorical question? Wait, you just got your passport, so you must still be here watching the Wedding. I'm going to turn on my French TV in, uh, 17 minutes at the stroke of 11 am and find out if the French have succumbed to William & Kate mania. I really liked that chunk of your thesis too. If this 'ecole de DC', as it has been called, had PhDs to divvy out, you'd get one. After you paid back your student loans. In guest-posts. ** Math, Got yours, and you got mine, I think. I knew that Robert thing was a set-up. I'm too easy. I'll have to amuse-moi at the big D another day, sadly. ** Schoolboyerrors, Hey. Oh, she's not baroque. The only one that's kind of baroque is 'The Changeling', and that's my least favorite of hers. Bathrobes are cool. Terrycloth bathrobes. Are all bathrobes made of terrycloth? I don't have one. But I like when hotels have one laid out on your bed for you. Not that I often stay in hotels that provide such luxurious temporary gifts. ** Wolf, Well, I didn't say I was doing the research. Thing is, Gisele has never been a single theme park in her entire life, much less ridden elaborate dark rides like Disney puts together. So, she was going to do the research vis-a-vis our 'dark ride'/maze, and I was going to sit or stand or walk beside her and say all kind of pretentious things to her about physics and space as a narration while we rode through the rides and waited in the rides' long lines. But, alas, none of this happened due to the inclement weather. So, here I am, counting the minutes until the Wedding starts. 4 minutes, to be precise. What do you think? Do you think French TV will broadcasting it live? Don't move your eyes south until you answer because I'm going to reveal the answer in a few sentences. ** Hyrule Dungeon, Yeah, '1984' and 'Animal Farm' were the 'edgy' assigned books back when I was a wee, studying lad. Oh, no, I got so close to getting that cannibalism in Fallout 3 post, damn. But if it will have a better life in your novel-related stuff, and I have no doubt that it will, I salute you anyway. ** Okay, it's 11 am, and I am now going to turn on my TV and find out if France has succumbed to that bizarre UK fetish ritual known as a Royal Wedding. Hold on a minute. And the answer is ... yes, France has succumbed. I can see the couple's fancy guests arriving in the corner of my eye -- there's David Cameron and his lovely wife! -- and there are French talking heads in little boxes in each corner of the screen blathering on about wedding-related stuff. Damn. And there's Elton John! I really thought the French would turn up their famously easily turned up noses. Okay, well, on we go. If anything exciting happens, I'll interrupt our normal p.s.ing and let you know. ** Creative Massacre, Hey, pal! Awesome to see you! Awesome that your NYC trip was/is moments away! Have an amazing time, and I know you will. Oh, you bet, I'll help out with that contest. And I'll do my best to get the others here to help too. Everyone, may I have your attention? You could so easily do a big favor for our beloved friend and d.l. Creative Massacre. Please read what she says and take a moment to follow her link and help out, okay? It would be much appreciated by me as well. Here she is: 'I was wondering if you could possibly help me with something. I'm in a contest where I need to get the most impressions on my photo blog, I was wondering if you couldn't pass along the link so maybe I could get more impressions and whatnot. All one has to do is just visit my blog for a minute or so. There's a video on there that tracks the impressions and such. I'd really appreciate it. :) Photos by Mx. Thanks in advance.' Let me know how your trip was when you get back, and lots of love from me. ** The car containing Princes William and Harry, who are both wearing red Sgt. Pepper costumes, just drove out onto a human being-packed road, and the girls on the sidewalks are screaming Bieber-style, and one of the French commentators just said, 'Ooh, la la!' Wait, the other commentator just said, 'Ooh, la la!' too! ** Bollo, I wish I could go to Disneyland as research too :( . ** I don't think it would be possible to be more bald without actually being bald than Prince William is now that he has just taken off his Sgt. Pepper hat. And Harry has a smallish bald spot, which is sort of surprise. ** Andrew, Unfortunately, my eyes are just welled up with tears at the cancellation of my Disneyland research trip. I'm only shifting them to keep the tears from spilling down my cheeks. ** Steevee, Thanks, Steve. Have you thought about eating vegan dishes? Granted, I'm accustomed to their cult deliciousness, but they can be yum and come with fairly few calories and fat and so on in many cases. ** Now it's Kate's car on the thoroughfare making the girls scream, but the windows are too tinted to see her inside. No doubt she looks as lovely as a flower! There's Elton John again looking emotional and beatific. God, I hate Elton John. ** Bill, Joy Williams is top. One of my fave American fiction wielders. Good, good, good about the Recollets contract! What are the June plans you're trying to cement? Oh, yes, a posted demo would be lovely. Not as lovely as I bet Kate looks, of course, but still! ** Oh, it wasn't Kate in the car. It was her mother. Who cares. The French commentators just said she looks 'tres chic', but she doesn't. ** Chris Cochrane, Hey. I did see Ben's email. I was actually meeting with Serge and then hanging out with him last night. Yeah, I'm strategically making a move, carefully but stealthily. Now that Ben has written to him, I'll uprade my approach. Great weekend to you too, pal! ** The Queen and Prince Phillip, very visible in a car. People going crazy. One of the French commentators just said, 'Ooh, la la!' about fifteen times. I'm not kidding. The Queen in all yellow. Prince Phillip in Sgt. Pepper. And there's Prince Charles and what's-her-name, his squeeze. He's less bald than Prince William. He's in navy blue Sgt. Pepper. She's in white and wearing one of those giant flat hats that rich people in the UK wear to dog and horse races. ** Popzeus, Hey, awesome old pal/d.l. with the unimpeachable screenname! Great to see you, man! I did a very modest post on Marie Redonnet about three years ago, but it wasn't that great, so if you want to do a post on her, yeah, I'd be totally into that, grateful, proud, thrilled, and you name it. Yeah, good J. Williams quote, no? Huge respect to you too. What's going on with you? What are you doing and working on of late? I'd love to know. ** Kate just tried to sneak into a car without being seen but the media is creepy so we just got to see her sneak into the car from this weird, kind of aerial viewpoint. She's in white, duh, and has this veil thing on. It either makes her nose look big or she has a big nose. Now the car is driving, and people on the street are going insane and waving British flags. Every person waving a British flag is wearing glasses. That's weird. ** Inthemostpeculiarway, Hi, pal. I'll try to put more pensises in the escort and slave posts from now on. The Love Magazine people are bringing things for me to wear, and we will see. I'm trying not think about that part until I have to deal with it. You would think that by this point in time where technology is so advanced that they would be able to make windows out some kind of eterna-clean glass or glass-like substance. The windows here in the Recollets get one yearly cleaning. Mine needs one. Oh, wait. Kate is walking up the steps of the cathedral now very, very, very slowly. Her dress has a really long, uh, train, I think they're called. And some girl who must be very special is holding it up so she doesn't get stuck. There's her dad, I guess. They're talking to the preacher, I guess. Music is playing. I guess it's going to start now. Sure enough. Walking princes. Altar. Choirboys singing. Kate walking. Smile, smile, smile. Everybody's really happy but in that reserved British way. The commentators are talking about Alexander McQueen, I don't know why. Maybe he's buried in that church?. Sorry about that. Yeah, if my nearly dead laptop had a voice, it would sound heartbreaking or it would be like the way Orson Welles says 'Rosebud' but all the time. Did your friend send you that photo of her guy? Oh, that is a really nice Lykke Li video. Hunh. Yeah, that was cool. Thanks! They're doing the married thing right now. Preacher talking. W&K look bored but I guess they're feeling something so profound that their simple human eyes can't convey the complexity of what they're thinking. He's doing the 'I, William whatever, take this woman Kate whatever ... ' speech. Now she's doing the female equivalent. Ring, finger slide. Hand holding. More preacher talk. He took off his weird hat. He has messy French intellectual hair. His hands are raised up sort of like 'I caught a fish this big'. Hat back on. He talks. W&K say yes. Now they're going over and sitting in these old chairs on the side of the altar. I don't know what's going on. I guess they're married now. They don't look happy or anything. People are singing. The people don't look happy either. Maybe when the preacher said something, he was saying would you rather go sit in those chairs over there than get married? No, I think they're married. Maybe Elton John is going to come up and sing something to them. No. This part is particularly boring. My day: Worked on the interview. Getting close. Gisele and I met with the bigwigs at the Centre Pompidou. It was kind of amazing because they want to do all sorts of stuff with us. We get to curate and perform and do stuff in this big festival there next February where we can do whatever we want within their budget. They want to show the maze, and etc. Pretty cool. The big time. Then Gisele and had a coffee and went whoa and acted excited together. Then I came home and worked some more. I saw on the news that Christophe Honore's new film has been chosen to close the Cannes Festival, which is a really big deal, so I messaged him congratulations, and he messaged back saying yeah, he's really happy about that, and he told me that he saw and loved 'TIHYWD' at the Pompidou last week, and that made me happy. So, yesterday was pretty high on the good news and happiness scale. Plus, I got that box of my galleys, and the galley looks really terrific, so even more happiness. This part in the wedding where everyone is just sitting is going on and on, and all these different preacher guys are taking turns saying stuff about God, and it just seems like a big ego trip thing for the preacher contingent, and Prince William literally keeps nodding off for a second at a time and waking up. Kate just noticed that, and she grimaced. Now the French commentators are talking about how boring this part is and busting William by making a big deal about him nodding out. And now they've decided it's so boring that they've switched to their normal programming. Otherwise, oh, I went to the gallery opening of Gisele's photos with Kiddiepunk and Oscar. It was nice, lots of people there, show looks good, champagne. When we got back here, Kiddiepunk wanted Yury's advice on a cool suit to buy for his big wedding to the Osc, so Yury and I went over to their room, and Yury gave them his expert advice, which was pretty detailed but the gist was that he recommended that Kiddiepunk try Balenciaga, Givenchy, and Dior first then, if that didn't work, try Costume Nation and Surface to Air and a couple of other brands. Then we came back here, and I did something or other and crashed. Okay, give me your Friday, please. ** Misanthrope, Nice poem. You win the niceness contest hands down. So far. ** Paul Curran, Hey, Paul. Oh, you leave on Monday? Have the safest, funnest trip ever! Will I get to see you while you're away? Virtual see, obviously? 75% is great, man. Pat your own back. I mean it. Pat your own back! Right now! ** Tender prey, Shame, shame! Ha ha, no, not really. She's cool though. Yeah, let's talk soon and get the latter stages of you-know-what figured out and etc. Thanks, man! ** Okay, I guess the wedding is over as far the French media is concerned. I've got a Varioso packed with a bunch of stuff that I hope you will peruse and find interesting. I'm going to go find something to do with my Disneyland-free day. Oh, wait, they've started showing the wedding again. It's over. The bride and groom are walking out the front of the church and into this really old fashioned red horse-drawn carriage, and I guess it's going to cruise them around London while millions of British people over the age of fifty stand on the sidewalks going crazy. And that is exactly what is happening. The couple are waving tightly at the crazies. It's all good. See you tomorrow.
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