THING: Prometheus QUESTION: Are people missing the point when they criticise films?

CONTAINS: The Extensive Notes of Ian, some anti-Lovecraftian word changes, a fat formalist, and the map guy who cannot remember his map

LINKS: Film Crit Hulk Smash: THE DAMON LINDELOF INTERVENTION / The panic, the vomit, God loves his children / PROMETHEUS: A MODERN FRANKENSTIEN – Why Ridley Scott’s Magnum Opus is a flawed masterpiece / Viktor Shklovsky wants to make you a better writer, part 1: device & defamiliarization / The Problem with Film Criticism

THING: The Naysayers QUESTION: Is pop the ruling party?

CONTAINS: Adorno versus Benjamin, who makes us hate One Direction, and much angry shouting 

LINKS: The Naysayers / The Idea of a Critical Theory / Kitsch in the Work of Milan Kundera / Adorno Letters to Walter Benjamin /Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom: Lars Iyer Interviewed

THING: Her QUESTION: Can works be smarter than their authors?

CONTAINS: Trying out our new radio voices, the law firm of Terrence Malick and Terrence McKenna, and the problem of the concept of truth in art 

LINKS: Alan Moore Interview Part 1 2013 / Art as a means to truth or knowledge / Her: iLove, American Style / Wikipedia Art, Truth and Politics

THING: Jazz QUESTION: Can you judge people for their taste?

CONTAINS: Fat advice on bus tickets, what you’re into vs how you’re into it, and how not to come across as a wanker 

LINKS: Notes On "Camp" / Wikipedia Middlebrow / What your music tastes say about you / Django Reinhardt - Jazz Guitar Genius