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BIO
Jim Andrews does http://vispo.com . He is a poet-programmer and audio guy. His work explores the new media possibilities of poetry, and seeks to synthesize the poetical with other arts and media.
Fortunate Son
Cindy Sheehan and her son Casey.
Fortunate Son
Some folks are born made to wave the flag.
Oh they're red white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief"
they point the cannon at you.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one.
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand.
Lord don't they help themselves.
But when the taxman comes to the door
the house looks like a rummage sale.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one.
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes.
They send you down to war.
And when you ask them how much should we give
they only answer more more more.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no military son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son.
- John Fogerty, 1969
Fortunate Son
Some folks are born made to wave the flag.
Oh they're red white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief"
they point the cannon at you.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one.
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand.
Lord don't they help themselves.
But when the taxman comes to the door
the house looks like a rummage sale.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one.
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes.
They send you down to war.
And when you ask them how much should we give
they only answer more more more.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no military son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one.
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
It ain't me it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son.
- John Fogerty, 1969
Re: print.google.com
> There was an interesting article about these matters in MIT's
> Technology review, available here:
> http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/issue/feature_library.asp
>
> Can't say what i think here, Google's got the copyright.
>
> dv
Thanks.
Millions of walking corpses coming our way?
ja
http://vispo.com
> Technology review, available here:
> http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/issue/feature_library.asp
>
> Can't say what i think here, Google's got the copyright.
>
> dv
Thanks.
Millions of walking corpses coming our way?
ja
http://vispo.com
print.google.com
What do you think of this: http://print.google.com ?
Info about it at http://print.google.com/googleprint/about.html
Certainly one can see the business model very plainly here.
ja
Info about it at http://print.google.com/googleprint/about.html
Certainly one can see the business model very plainly here.
ja
Re: Conceptual Art
> But why be so concerned about the amount of time something takes to
> make, or the amount of effort?
I'm not. If a thing is made more or less as easily as pressing a button,
then there are a gazillion just like it made by a gazillion other people.
ja
http://vispo.com
> make, or the amount of effort?
I'm not. If a thing is made more or less as easily as pressing a button,
then there are a gazillion just like it made by a gazillion other people.
ja
http://vispo.com
Re: Conceptual Art
if anyone can make [a thing] with the tap of their finger", then it's value
as an artistic form decreases. it becomes a cliche. it becomes like a letter
in the alphabet. neither the concept nor the technique can easily be
distinguished amid a sea of similar objects. there will be a few that stand
out, but not so much by virtue of the concept or technique as by other
things such as whether the author has a television show etc.
also, the net itself is not more interesting than any work of net art. the
net itself is more significant in collective human affairs than any work of
net art, but saying the net itself is more interesting than any work of net
art is a bit like saying that the language itself is more interesting than
any poem written in it. as language, perhaps. as art, no.
ja
http://vispo.com
as an artistic form decreases. it becomes a cliche. it becomes like a letter
in the alphabet. neither the concept nor the technique can easily be
distinguished amid a sea of similar objects. there will be a few that stand
out, but not so much by virtue of the concept or technique as by other
things such as whether the author has a television show etc.
also, the net itself is not more interesting than any work of net art. the
net itself is more significant in collective human affairs than any work of
net art, but saying the net itself is more interesting than any work of net
art is a bit like saying that the language itself is more interesting than
any poem written in it. as language, perhaps. as art, no.
ja
http://vispo.com