Separate from and prior to all that Mircea Eliade stuff about sacred naming and names nobody’s allowed to say, I’ve conceived a new theory about the function, significance, and ubiquity of nicknames
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“A genius is the one most like himself”: Thelonious Monk’s notes to self
From Lists of Note, this amazing list of credos from Thelonious Monk: Transcript T.MONK’S ADVICE (1960) JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT A DRUMMER, DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T HAVE TO KEEP TIME. PAT YOUR FOOT & SING THE MELODY IN YOUR HEAD, WHEN YOU PLAY. STOP PLAYING ALL THOSE WEIRD NOTES (THAT BULLSHIT), PLAY THE MELODY! MAKE […]
memetrade.org
I’m working on a project that I hope you will find interesting and maybe even help out with: memetrade.org is (will be) a site for investing in and shorting viral phrases, or memes. Like a stock market for memes. A game. But maybe with real money. Like: “I’m shorting ‘In da club’ and putting money […]