GREAT MOMENTS IN MEDIA BUYING (VIA JONCARNERO)
Author: Richard
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That is all.
Alien Hand Syndrome & Involuntary Masturbation
When transferred to the rehabilitation service 4 days later, he was noted to have left upper limb apraxia with involuntary movements. He stated, “my left hand has a mind of his own.” He developed a tonic grasp reflex with inability to release…. The patient’s wife also expressed deep concern when her husband’s left hand would publicly expose his genitals and begin masturbating. This occurred on many occasions when the patient was conversing with his caregivers and was confirmed by the authors on their daily rounds. The behavior was never seen to occur through the action of the right hand. The patient also denies any history of excessive self-stimulation, sexual dysfunction, or exhibitionism. During his hospital stay, the patient expressed frustration and dismay when he realized that he was masturbating publicly and with his inability to voluntarily release his grasp of objects in the left hand. [emphasis mine]
—Plover.com vaguely via BB
TEABAGGING, FOR REALZ
Rest in peace, Donnie Jay. You were a great Liza and a great man.
Matt Tyrnauer: When Bruce Weber [the photographer] heard I was doing a film, he said, “Oh, you’ve never done a film before. I’ll take you out to lunch and we can talk about it.” He said, “Hire male models to work for you. It doesn’t matter if they know how to do anything; you’ll get double the time with Valentino and Giancarlo.” And let me tell you, no better advice has been dispensed. We did hire male models, and eventually the job they ended up doing was putting the mikes on Valentino and Giancarlo before we’d start filming each day. You know, it has to go under the clothes. Well, they loved that. They’d say, “Is it time to get our mikes on yet?”
I know it’s not technically any good, but it’s Jonno to a tee.
Anyway: the point is, I’m making headway on my minimal collection of vacation pics. The boyfriend has made significantly more: he’s completed Venice, Florence, and is well into Rome. But then, he’s obsessive about such things in a way that I am sadly not.
Okay, peeps: I’m working on a project, and I need some help.
In a nutshell, I have to explain to a room full of non-arts people why arts grants are important, and why art isn’t just some highfalutin’ elitist nonsense. To make this happen, I’m looking for a few examples of “art moments” in America–paintings, novels, poems, films, dances, plays–that have led to larger change.
Off the top of my head, I thought of Shepherd Fairey and his iconic “Hope” poster that helped galvanize the Obama campaign. (Which is notable whether or not you supported Obama.) I also thought of Raisin in the Sun and The Laramie Project, both of which helped spread awareness of social injustice and framed discussions of civil rights.
Moments don’t necessarily need to be that big–in fact, a couple of smaller ones would be nice. I’m simply looking for art events that have had an effect outside the art world.
Anyway, if you have any suggestions, please pass them on. I’d greatly appreciate it….
In lieu of hunting for Easter eggs, perhaps you could search for huevos:
The importance of explaining your intentions clearly and concisely to naked people cannot be overstated.
[via Newlin]
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