justin, this is absolutely brilliant, and has actually given me abit of a start because of an occurence, "the usually flickering" between 'series' which is the monstrous process at the heart of most paranoia, among other things..
i had just read an account/explanation of Schlegel's take on the grotesque when the phrase post-9/11 viral surge just leaped out as being really apt, in terms of Schlegel's view let me explain Schlegel spelled out his attitude in his 1798 Athenaum-Fragment 424 in which he connected historical events to the grotesque: It [the French Revolution] could also be seen as the heart and culmination of the French national character, where all its paradoxes are concentrated; as the most terrible grotesquerie of the age, where its.. its seems like 911 might be seen in a similiar way, though perhaps lesser because of the constant barrage of demonism and tragedy at any rate if you read on, you get to some discussion that Schegel no longer viewed history as a political event but as a chaos unleashed by human traits (makes me think of Forbidden Planet of course) anyway i'm thinking more now about the dialectic of the phrase post-9/11 viral surge as in pre-911 viral surge which is in effect a nod to the memics involved in terrorist production, the kinds of teachings which have their lineage in Hassan-I-Sabbah's history and which obviosly still exist though suicide warriors aren't particularly islam specific though the spectacle might have you think so.. another example would be yep, the tamil tigers.. or even the kamikaze' and also the way you bring Kong in as Kong climbed the towers in the 70's remake with the cryptic (and spectacular rejoinder) of Field of Dreams.. I think that's the movie title for the Costner flick.. with the historical avatars field of dreams as an underphrase is really potent.. field as in radiation and also as in games, language games, game-theory, even mostly our politics these days are more like a game.. If this is from a book where can I get one, this is very striking and important stuff I think.. Also the Tamil Tigers mention which is iconically interesting in many ways the Tamil tigers are battling against the Sinhalese as you know.. Buddha died when he allowed a tiger to eat him.. this really directly relates to the the Title (Please Eat Yourself) which is great nod to perhaps Gaian theory or Post-structuralist decenteredness etc.. I don't know if I'm expressing this well, but its terribly evocative.. also it makes me realize just how non-newsworthy the Sri Lankan conflict has been in the west when recently i've seen several articles talking about a new process which involves women terrorists.. The Tamil tigers have had many famous women terrorists but its never mentioned in these stories.. I believe Indira Gandhi herself was taken out by a young lady.. maybe i have my facts wrong here.. but it made me think of this as well at any rate, shadow cabinet is also a fine manifold.. thanks for sending this out.. lq > from Please Eat Yourself > > * > > Tamil tigers w/ nostalgia for th floor > tom spiked by th left, shadow cabinet warped > round th shadow mugs' hold turban jim > havin a go at negotiatin tradecraft brunch > w/ th complete eastern arm a th mujahadeen > givin thumb to th ass a th assholes in front > of em in line for a ribcage to chat over 'n above > o coordinated bump a th grind's daily hum: white > balaclava puddled in the pee of a pentagon janitor > found plans for a hexagonal face: fluid contracting, > post-9/11 viral surge: if we build it, king com cum. >
