Slavoj Žižek recently gave five talks under the title Masterclass - Notes Towards a Definition of Communist Culture. It sez 'ere, "The master class analyses phenomena of modern thought and culture with the intention to discern elements of possible Communist culture. It moves at two levels: first, it interprets some cultural phenomena (from today’s architecture to classic literary works like Rousseau’s La Nouvelle Heloise) as failures to imagine or enact a Communist culture; second, it explores attempts at imagining how a Communist culture could look, from Wagner’s Ring to Kafka’s and Beckett’s short stories and contemporary science fiction novels." Audio of Zizek's talks and subsequent discussion is now online: Part I Utopias; Part II Architecture as Ideology; Part III Wagner’s Ring as a Communist narrative; Part IV Populism and Democracy; Part V Environment, Identity and Multiculturalism. Those who like to watch the beard in motion will find links to video of some of the talks posted here.
posted by Abiezer on Jun 22, 2009 - 29 comments

Culture Catch is an online "magazine" featuring vid and podcasts of musicians such as Mark Kozelek, American Music Club, Les Paul and Tony Visconti. Plus: Todd McFarlane, Sir Richard Branson, Henry Rollins, Gisele, David Cronenberg and more.
posted by edlundart on Mar 30, 2006 - 7 comments

Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes and the Quest for Transcendence (♫); Solving all the world’s problems with nanotechnology (♫); Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Robot Rebellion (♫); Origins of the Homebrew Computer Club (♫); Philip K. Dick, the robot (♫); Found processes as conceptual art (♫); Hip: The History (♫); Poetry slams, feminist burlesque performance art and the war against the past (♫); Arthur! (♫); BoingBoing co-founder (♫); Evolution Control Committee (♫); Singularitarianism (♫); Burning Man (♫); UFOs, time travel, and making the technology of Star Trek a reality (♫); RE/Search Publications reprints J.G. Ballard (♫); Was 9/11 a Conspiracy? (♫); The last editor of the first great website (♫); Everybody Into The Pool (♫).

Podcasting with RU Sirius and The MondoGlobo Network. (video of the studio)
posted by airguitar on Feb 14, 2006 - 21 comments

Steven Levy and Mark Pesce on the future of television. Oh and Conan O'brien! :D [via]
posted by kliuless on May 23, 2005 - 6 comments