when all the world turns into hospitals and jailsand my very first thought was, "It's a Foucauldian love song!"
i can always count on your love to be my bail
25 July 2006
A Sign
Every now and then I get (or, rather, interpret) a sign that I've been reading too much academic writing. Today's was when I heard the following lyrics from a song by Mason Jennings:
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For posting this you deserve discipline and punishment.
ReplyDeletejeff ford
...although there are always songs that are literally about academic matters, as Scritti Politti's immortal "Jacques Derrida": "I'm in love with Jacques Derrida/Read a page and I know I needta [er...]/take apart my baby's heart...I'm in love with a militant/Reads Nietzche, reads Avanti...I'm in love with a heart of steel". This was before Derrida's liberal turn, of course.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your Philip Dick post and plan on responding to it.
ReplyDelete-Doug
Reminds me of the poor graduate student and his take-out menu.
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