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Ravens Go Into the Panthers Den in Week 11
Posted on 21 Nov 2010 by Lea Anderson.
After a few days of rest to lick their wounds from the deflating loss in Atlanta, the Ravens head south again to face the lowly Carolina Panthers. Maybe this games comes at a good time for the Ravens to correct their woes in the secondary and the ineffective pass rush, but this game may have a "trap" feeling of sorts as did their contest against the Buffalo Bills. Playing agains...
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Week 11 Preview: Ravens vs. Panthers
Posted on 18 Nov 2010 by Frisco Fahs.
The Ravens suffered a hard loss to the Atlanta Falcons last Thursday night. Now they travel to Carolina to play the 1-8 Panthers. This week will show if the mini bye week helped the Ravens propel them to the playoffs or are they going to dwell over the tough loss. Offense: Edge Ravens The Panthers lost running back DeAngelo Williams for the season. The Panthers' other outstanding running bac...
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Exposed in the ATL, Ravens Lose 26-21
Posted on 13 Nov 2010 by Lea Anderson.
At some point during every football season, you become exposed. Your team is no longer riding high in statistical categories. You team is essentially the product that is on the field. No more, no less. What we witnessed on the field last night was by no means a team destined for a Super Bowl. It was team who couldn't stop Matt Ryan and the Falcons, and got "Dougie"-d out of ...
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Ravens Blow Late Fourth Quarter Lead to the Falcons
Posted on 12 Nov 2010 by Frisco Fahs.
The Falcons drove 80 yards with 1:05 left on the clock and only one timeout to score the game winning 33 yard touchdown by Roddy White. The Flacons win, 26-21. On that pass, it appeared that Roddy White created separation from Josh Wilson by extending his arm with a clear offensive pass interference. There was no flag on the play. Ravens were down 14-20 with 2:57 left in the fourth quarter. T...
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Ravens Fly to Falcons on Short Rest
Posted on 10 Nov 2010 by Lea Anderson.
Short rest. Quick turnaround. Short time to heal from and celebrate their week 9 victory. The Ravens fly south to flock against the Falcons at the Georgia Dome on Thursday night. With both teams standing at 6-2 and some saying this could be a Super Bowl preview, it will be question of who can handle the short week, short rest and a battle of two similar birds for this AFC-NFC showdown. Pete...
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Week 10 Preview: Ravens vs. Falcons
Posted on 10 Nov 2010 by Frisco Fahs.
The Baltimore Ravens travel to Atlanta to play the Falcons on Thursday night. Both teams are 6-2 and came of victories. Atlanta had a big game against Tampa Bay Buccaneers and increased their lead in the NFC South. Offense: Edge Falcons Atlanta seems to be clicking a little bit more than the Ravens are on offense. It's not that the Ravens have a bad offense, it's just the Matt Ryan to Roddy ...
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Ravens dominate Dolphins, 26-10
Posted on 8 Nov 2010 by Frisco Fahs.
The Baltimore Ravens are proving to the nation that they're the best football team in the NFL. They beat the Miami Dolphins easily at home, 26-10. The Ravens improve to 6-2 and remain unbeaten at home, 4-0. The Dolphins fall to 4-4. Ravens outplayed the Dolphins in all three phases in the game; offense, defense and special teams. Ray Rice is playing like he did last year not only rushing the ...
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Cundiff Kicks Ravens to Victory Over 'Phins
Posted on 8 Nov 2010 by Lea Anderson.
K Billy Cundiff likes to kick. Kick is what Billy does well. Billy kicked plenty and scored 12 points for the Ravens victory over the Miami Dolphins, 26-10, improving to a record of 6-2. Now about all of those red zone appearances with no touchdowns. With a total of 7 opportunities in the red zone, the Ravens only capitalized once. One in seven is not a good look for a team with that ma...
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'Phins Visit the Ravens in Week 9
Posted on 6 Nov 2010 by Lea Anderson.
After a week of rest to hopefully to adjust some worrisome spots on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball, the Ravens come back from a bye week at 5-2 to face a formidable Miami Dolphins (4-3) who loves winning on the road. What will the birds do to stave off the fish? If the Ravens did anything over the bye week, they had to fix the pass rush. The Ravens are ranked near the ...
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Week 9 Preview: Ravens vs. Dolphins
Posted on 4 Nov 2010 by Frisco Fahs.
The 5-2 Baltimore Ravens host the 4-3 Miami Dolphins. The Ravens are coming of bye looking for a win. The Dolphins are desperate for a win to stay in reach for the AFC East division. Offense: Edge Ravens Both of these offenses resemble each other in certain ways. They both have a young up in coming quarterback, Joe Flacco and Chad Henne. They both like to use two runnin...
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Ravens beat Bills in OT, 37-34
Posted on 25 Oct 2010 by Frisco Fahs.
The Ravens escape the upset against the Bills and improve to 5-2 on the season. The Ravens won, 37-34. The Bills are still winless on the season, 0-6. The Ravens played their second straight overtime game but this time they won. In overtime, the Ravens won the coin toss and received the ball. They go three-and-out and punted the ball to the Bills. Three plays later, Fitzpatrick throws a four ya...
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Week 7 Preview: Buffalo Bills vs. Baltimore Ravens
Posted on 21 Oct 2010 by Frisco Fahs.
The 0-5 Bills travel to Baltimore to play the 4-2 Ravens. After losing to the New England Patriots, the Ravens are looking for revenge in next week's game. It just happens to be to the 0-5 Bills. Offense: Edge Ravens On all phases of offense, the Ravens are superior. The Bills recently waived quarterback Trent Edwards, who was picked up by Jacksonville Jaguars. They're left with Ryan Fitzpat...


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Stephen Duncombe
Gallatin School, New York University
1 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003USA
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City University of New York, Graduate Center, M.Phil. 1993, Ph.D. 1996 with Distinction, Program in Sociology.
State University of New York, College at Purchase, B.A. Cum Laude, Sociology, 1988.
Professor, New York University, Gallatin School & Department of Media, Culture and Communications, Steinhardt School, 2015–present.
Associate Professor, New York University, Gallatin School, 2002-2015; Department of Media, Culture and Communications, Steinhardt School, 2011-2015.
Assistant Professor, New York University, Gallatin School, 1999-2002
Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, American Studies/Media & Communications. 1994-1999.
Instructor, New School for Social Research, Master of Arts in Media Studies. 1992-94.
Co-Creator and Instructor, Center for Artistic Activism training programs, 2011-present
Visiting Professor, Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University, Denmark, May 2014
Lead Instructor, Fulbright Summer School in the Humanities, Moscow State University, Russia, June 2009
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Center for Artistic Activism, 501c3 not-for-profit training and research organization, 2010-present.
Author or Coauthor:
Dream: Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy, New York: The New Press, 2007 (pdf)
The Bobbed Haired Bandit: A True Story of Crime and Celebrity in 1920s New York, with Andrew Mattson, New York: New York University Press, 2006. Paperback with new afterword: New York: Mortalis/Random House, 2007.
Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture, London and New York: Verso, 1997. Second edition with a new afterword: Bloomington, IN: Microcosm, 2008.
Editor or Coeditor:
(open) Utopia, by Thomas More, editor and introduction, Wivenhoe/New York/Port Watson: Minor Compositions/Autonomedia, 2012.
White Riot: Punk Rock and the Politics of Race, co-editor with Maxwell Tremblay, London and New York: Verso, 2011.
Cultural Resistance Reader, editor, London and New York: Verso, 2002.
Actipedia, actipedia.org, with Jacques Servin/Yes Labs, 2013.
Open Utopia, theopenutopia.org, Free Speech production, Social Book in collaboration with Institute for the Future of the Book, 2012.
"Protest Sign," as part of the Political Objects series, HiLoBrow, posted January 21, 2017. http://hilobrow.com/2017/01/21/political-objects-8-2/
"Can Art Save Us from Bullshit? The Practice of Making Political Art that Works," with Silas Harrebye, in Public Seminar, New School for Social Research, posted December 8, 2016. www.publicseminar.org/2016/12/can-art-save-us-from-bullshit/
"Does it Work? The Æffect of Art Activism," Social Research, Volume 83, Number 1 Spring 2016.
"It Happened and Somebody Noticed," catalog essay for Museum of Urban Reclaimed Space, New York, December, 2013.
With Sam Gould, "On Pedagogy, Countercultures, and the Theory of Utopia," The Third Rail, #1, Fall 2013.
With Steve Lambert, "Activist Art: Does it Work?" Open: Platform for Art, Culture and the Public Domain (web) Fall, 2013.
"Protest Scenography," in Performance Research, 18 (3) Summer 2013.
"It Stands On Its Head: Commodity Fetishism, Consumer Activism, and the Strategic Use of Fantasy," in Culture and Organization, 18 (5) Winter 2012.
"Adam Curtis: Dystopian Dialectics," Photoworks, 18, Spring-Summer 2012.
"Imagining No-place," Symposium, Transformative Works and Cultures, 10, Summer 2012.
"The Fantastic Form of a Relation Between Things," catalog essay, Savage, Bristol, UK: Spike Island, 2012.
"Political Faith" in freq.uenci.es, on-line, posted October 5, 2011.
"Dreampolitik in the United States: Obama, the Tea Party, and the Future," in Open: Cahier on Art and the Public Domain, Rotterdam, Winter 2010, in Dutch and English.
"When Truth is Not a Casualty: The Performative Protest of the Iraq Veterans Against the War," catalog essay for Intrusive Thoughts art show at the National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, November 2010.
"Power of Appearance," catalog essay for Ritratti del Potere/Portraits and Power, art exhibit in Palazzo Strozzi, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Florence, Italy; Book: Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2010, in Italian and English.
"Imagination Nation: The Tea Party," in Playboy magazine, September 2010.
with Sam Gould, "Utopian Theory," edited dialogue, Journal of Radical Shimming, #10, Summer 2010
"Times of the Future," in "Noted" section in The Nation, December 8, 2008
With Benjamin Shepard and L.M. Bogad, "Performing vs. The Insurmountable: Theatrics, Activism and Social Movements," Liminalities: Journal of Performance Studies, 4 (3) October 2008
"They Believe, Can I ?" Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, 36 (1) July/August 2008
With Henry Jenkins, "Politics in the Age of YouTube," edited dialogue, Electronic Journal of Communication, double issue on "Irony and Politics: User-Producers, Parody, and Digital Politics," 18 (2&3) 2008
"FDR's Democratic Propaganda," The Nation, special issue on "The New Deal Turns 75," April 7, 2008
"The Art of the Impossible," catalog essay for Packard Jennings and Steve Lambert's Wish You Were Here! Postcards from our Awesome Future, San Francisco Arts Commission, April 2008.
"(From) Cultural Resistance to Community Development," Community Development Journal, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 42 (4), Fall 2007
"Why Don't Liberals Dream?" political essay in Playboy magazine, November 2007
"Do Zines Still Matter?" catalog essay for The Art of Zines, exhibit at ABC No Rio gallery space, NYC, October 2007
"Taking Celebrity Seriously," The Nation, October 29, 2007
"Politics Past Reason: Walter Lippmann and the Manufacture of Dissent," Radical Society, 32, Summer 2006
with Andrew Mattson, "Armed and Adorable," New York Times, The City, February 12, 2006
"Impossible Dreams," The Brooklyn Rail, December 2005 – January 2006
"Think Different: Lessons for the Left from Madison Avenue," in Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, on-line, 1(4), Fall 2005
"Tale of Two Cities: Bush in New York" in Anandabazar Patrika, Sunday supplement, September 12, 2004, in Bengali
"Carnivals Against Capitalism: Culture and Politics in Contemporary Activism" in Pugwash Mexico Magazine, (1)1, 2004, in English and Spanish
with Andrew Boyd, "Manufacturing Dissent: What the Left Can Learn from Las Vegas," in Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, 1(3), 2004.
"The Poverty of Theory: Anti-Intellectualism and the Value of Action" in Radical Society, 30 (1), 2003
"Reclaim the Suits" in Other Magazine, 1, June 2003
"What's Alternative?" in Passages/Passagen, Journal of the Arts Council of Switzerland, Zurich, Winter 2002, in English, French and German.
"D.I.Y. Nike Style," in Z Magazine, December 1999.
"The Penalty of Leadership: Cadillac and Class Consciousness" in The Baffler, #12, 1999.
"Not Included, Assembly Required: Anti-Identity Politics in American Punk Rock" in Request, October, 1998.
"Henry Ford Aside, History Isn't Bunk," Op-Ed in New York Newsday, May 20, 1998.
"I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night" in The Baffler, #10, 1997.
"Quality of Whose Life?" in The Baffler, #7, 1995.
"You Say You Want a Generation," in Dollars and Sense, #197, January/February, 1995.
"I've Seen the Future and it's a Sony," in The Baffler, #6, 1994. (Re-published in Commodify Your Dissent, New York: Norton, 1997.)
"We're Marketed, Therefore We Are?" in The Baffler, #5, 1993.
with Andrew Mattson, "Public Space, Private Place: The Contested Terrain of Tompkins Square Park," in Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 37, 1992.
Article Reprints:
"Politics as Art of the Impossible: The Case for a Dreampolitik in the United States," Pavilion: Journal for Politics and Culture, 16, Bucharest Biennale 5, May/July 2012 (reprinted from Open, the Netherlands)
"Politics as Art of the Impossible," in Cafe Society, New Zealand, Fall 2012 (reprinted from Open, the Netherlands)
"Dreampolitik," in Kritiek, theme issue on Populism, Utrecht, Summer 2010, in Dutch. (Editor remix and translation of various previous writings on politics and imagination.)
"Politics in an Age of Fantasy," in Laboratorio Invisibel (web), posted August 5, 2009, in Spanish (edited selections from Dream)
"They Believe, Why Can't I?," in Adbusters, Vol. 17, #2, March/April 2009 (reprinted from Afterimage)
"Politics in an Age of Fantasy," in VOL, Japan, Spring 2008, in Japanese (edited selections from Dream)
"Taking Celebrity Seriously," in La Nacion, Argentina, December 23, 2007, in Spanish (reprinted from The Nation)
"Politics in an Age of Fantasy," in Turbulence, UK, June 2007 (edited selections from Dream)
"Dreaming up New Politics," in In These Times, February 2007 (edited selections from Dream)
"Play the Game: Grand Theft Desire," in The Brooklyn Rail, February 2007 (edited Chapter 3 from Dream)
Review of Radical Theatrics: Put-Ons, Politics, and the Sixties, by Craig J. Peariso, in The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2016.
Review of Benjamin Shepard, Play, Creativity, and Social Movements: If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution in International Journal of Communication, 6, 2012.
Review of Roopali Mukherjee and Sarah Banet-Weiser's Commodity Activism: Cultural Resistance in Neoliberal Times in International Journal of Communication, 6, 2012.
Review of Ennis Carter's Posters for the People: Art of the WPA, Afterimage, January 2009 (short)
Review of Timothy J. Gilfoyl's A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York in Journal of American History, 94 (1) June 2007
Review of Elizabeth and Stuart Ewen's Typecasting: On the Arts And Sciences of Human Inequality in International Journal of Communication, 1, 2007
Review of Thomas Frank's What's The Matter With Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America in WorkingUSA, 8 (2) December 2004
Review of David Brooks' On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense in the San Diego Union-Tribune, May 30, 2004
Review of Thomas Frank's One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy in Working USA, 5(1) Summer 2001
Review of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, in the San Diego Union-Tribune, January 28, 2001
Review of Dan Schiller's Digital Capitalism: Networking the Global Market System in Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 17(3), 2000
Review of E.J. Graff's What is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution in New York Newsday, July 22, 1999.
Review of James B. Twitchell's Lead Us Into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism in the San Diego Union Tribune July 19, 1999.
Review of Larry Tye's The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays and the Birth of Public Relations, in The New England Quarterly, June 1999.
Review of Edwin Schlossberg's Interactive Excellence: Defining and Developing New Standards for the Twenty-first Century, in Beta on-line. March, 1999.
Review of Tricia Rose's Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America, in Journal of Communication, 46(2), 1996.
Review of Camille Bacon-Smith's Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth, in Journal of Communication, 44(3), 1994.
CHAPTERS and BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
"Opening Up Utopia," DIY Utopia, Amber Day, ed. Lanham, MD: Lexington Press/Rowman and Littlefield, 2017.
"Affect and Effect: Artful Activism and Political Impact," in The Democratic Public Sphere, Henrik Kaare Nielsen, ed. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 2016.
"The Art of Activism," with Steve Lambert, in Truth is Concrete: A Handbook for Artistic Strategies in Real Politics, Steirischer Herbst and Florian Malzacher, eds. Vienna: Sternberg Press, 2014.
"The Anarchist Geography of No-Place," in The Anarchist Turn, Jacob Blumenfeld, Chiara Bottici, and Simon Critchley, eds. London: Pluto Press, 2013.
"Imagining No-Place: The Subversive Mechanics of Utopia," in Utopia and Contemporary Art, Christian Gether, Stine Hoholt and Marie Lauberg, eds. Denmark: ARKEN Museum, and Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2012.
"Censorship, So What? New Concerns for the New Information Age," in Out of Silence, Caridad Svich, ed., Roskilde/Aalborg, Denmark; Oulu, Finland; Gainesville, Georgia: EYECORNER Press, 2012.
With Sarah Nash, "ICE from the Ashes of FIRE: NYU and the Economy of Culture in New York City," in The University Against Itself, Monika Krause, Mary Nolan, Michael Palm and Andrew Ross, eds., Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008
"Introduction" to The Zine Yearbook, Jen Angel and Jason Kucsma, eds., New York: Soft Skull Press, 2003
"Stepping off the Sidewalk: Reclaim the Streets/ NYC" in From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization, Ben Shepard and Ron Hayduk, eds., New York and London: Verso, 2002.
"Notes from Underground" in Alternative Library Literature, Biennial Anthology 1994/1995, Sanford Berman and James P. Danky, eds., Jefferson, NC and London, McFarland & Co., 1996
with Stephen Sifaneck and Andras Szanto, "The Incense Merchant on Times Square: The Black Muslim Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," in Sex, Scams and Street Life: The Sociology of New York City's Times Square, Robert McNamara, ed., Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995.
with Sharon Zukin, et al. "The Bubbling Cauldron: Global and Local Interactions in New York City Restaurants," in The Culture of Cities, Sharon Zukin, Cambridge: Basil Blackwell, 1995.
with Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, "Women Clerical Workers: Issues and Trends," in Dual City: The Restructuring of New York, John H. Mollenkopf and Manuel Castells eds., New York: Russell Sage, 1991.
"The Horrors of Utopia," lead essay in The Horrors of Utopia, part of the Zoom In series. Paderborn, Germany: Schoeningh-Schulbuch, 2014 (reprinted from Open Utopia)
"Politics in an Age of Fantasy," in the Turbulence anthology, Oakland: PM Press, 2010 (reprinted from Turbulence magazine, UK)
"Impossible Dreams," Toward 2012: Perspectives on the Next Age, New York: Tarcher/Penguin, 2009 (edited selections from Dream)
"Politics in an Age of Fantasy," in Live Art Almanac, Leeds: Live Art UK/University of Leeds, 2008 (edited selections from Dream)
"Purity and Danger," in Cultural Studies: An Anthology, Michael Ryan, ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2008 (edited reprint of chapter seven of Notes…)
"Community: The Zine Scene" in The Subcultures Reader, 2nd edition, Ken Gelder, ed. London: Routledge, 2005 (edited selections from Notes…)
"Sabotage, Slack and the Zinester Search for Non-Alienated Labour" in Ordinary Lifestyles: Popular Media, Consumption, and Taste, David Bell and Joanne Hollows, eds. Berkshire: Open University Press, 2005 (edited reprint of chapter four of Notes…)
"Zines" in Cultural Studies: From Theory to Action, Pepi Leistyna, ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005 (edited reprint of chapter one of Notes…)
"I'm a Loser Baby: Zines and the Creation of Underground Identity," in Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture, Henry Jenkins et al., eds., North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2002. (edited reprint of chapter two of Notes…)
"Let's All Be Alienated Together: Zines and the Making of Underground Community," in Generations of Youth: Youth Cultures and History in Twentieth Century America, Joe Austin and Michael Nevin Willard, eds., New York: New York University Press, 1998. (edited reprint of chapter three of Notes…)
"I've Seen the Future and it's a Sony," in Commodify Your Dissent, Tom Frank and Matt Weiland, eds., New York: Norton, 1997. (Originally published in The Baffler, #6, 1994.)
Encyclopedia and Reference Entries:
"Resistance," Keywords in Media Studies, Laurie Ouellette and Jonathan Gray, eds. New York: NYU Press, 2017.
"Ethical Spectacle" and "Know Your Terrain" in Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, Andrew Boyd, ed., New York: O/R Books, 2012
"Resistance," entry in The International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, 2nd edition Farmington, MI: Macmillan/Thomson Gale, 2008
"Cultural Resistance," entry in The Encyclopedia of Sociology, Oxford: Blackwell, 2006
"Resistance," entry in The New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005
"Wieden + Kennedy" in Encyclopedia of Advertising, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn/Museum of Broadcast Publishers, 2002.
"Zines," in The Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast, eds. 5 vols. Farmington Hills, MI: St. James Press, 1999.
"The American Beat Party," in The Encyclopedia of Third Parties, Emmanuel Ness and Jim Ciment, eds. Armonk NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1999.
with Andrew Mattson, "Bull Moose: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party of 1912," in The Encyclopedia of Third Parties, Emmanuel Ness, Jim Ciment and Ron Hayduk, eds. Armonk NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1999.
TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS (past decade only)
"Art as Activism," invited talk back, production of Home/Sick, JACK theatre, Brooklyn NY, March 22, 2017.
"Theater Artists Respond to the Trump Era," invited panelist, The Columbia University Seminars, Columbia University, New York, NY, March 20, 2017.
"Open Utopia," invited panelist, DIY Utopia, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, March 9, 2017. (via remote)
"New Ways to Communicate," with Steve Lambert, invited presentation, United Nations Arts and Culture Exchange, United Nations, New York, NY, January 26, 2017.
"Art and Activism," invited talk, The Columbia University Seminars on Innovation in Education and Ethics, Moral Education, and Society, Columbia University, New York, NY, January 23, 2017.
"Artistic Activism," with Steve Lambert, invited presentation, Comhlámh Center, Dublin, Ireland, December 18, 2016.
"Truth as Theatre, Theatre as Truth: Political Bullshit, Artistic Activism, and the Dilemmas of Creatively Engaging in Formal Political Spaces, in Five Acts," with Silas Harrebye, invited presentation, Public Calling conference, Fritt Ord Foundation & KURO/Public Art Norway, The National Theatre, Oslo, Norway, November 1, 2016.
"Collective Knowledge," with Steve Lambert, invited panelist, Art, Politics and Cities in Transition conference, AIANY/Center for Architecture, New York, NY, October 21, 2016.
"Facts and Fantasy in the 2016 Elections," invited panelist, NYU Democrats Club forum, NYU, New York, NY October 20, 2016.
"Using Utopia," invited panelist, Folger Seminar on More's Utopia: Humanist Literature and Political Thought, Folger Library, Washington DC, May 27, 2016.
"Satire is Dead. Long live Satire," invited panelist, Tactical Laughter: Humor + Activism symposium, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York, NY, April 21, 2016
"Creativity in Relationship to Social Change," invited panelist, Critical Collaborations symposium, New York University, New York, NY, April 15, 2016. (via remote)
"Utopia, Art, Activism," invited speaker, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, April 14, 2016
"Propaganda and the Politics of Capitalist Media," invited panelist, Political Conflicts: Media Strategies and Construction of Multiple Realities: America vs Russia, TOK Kitchen Talk, Flux Factory, Brooklyn, NY, January 13, 2016
"Affect and Effect: Artful Activism and Political Impact," invited keynote, The Democratic Public Sphere conference, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, November 7, 2015.
"New Social Movements and Activism," invited lecture, Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark, November 5, 2015.
"Arts and Social Change," invited round table participant, Rubin Foundation, New York, October 13, 2015.
"Open Utopia," invited class, New School for Social Research, New York, September 30, September 30, 2015.
"Opening up Utopia," invited talk, Fulbright Summer School in the Humanities, Moscow State University, Russia, June 26, 2015 (via remote)
"Making Art Work," with Steve Lambert, invited keynote, Creative Catalyst: Symposium on Art and Social Innovation, Toronto, Canada, June 12, 2015.
"Spectacular Protest: Communications, Performance and Political Impact," invited keynote, International Congress on Communication, Civil Society, and Social Change conference, Castellon, Spain, May 21, 2015.
"Act Locally, Communicate Globally: Social Movements and the Mobilization of Culture," invited class as Visiting Scholar, Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain, May 18, 2015.
"Low Power to the People: Pirates, Protest, and Politics in FM Radio Activism," by Christina Dunbar-Hester, invited discussant, Institute of Public Knowledge, NYU, New York, April 27, 2014.
"Culture as Propaganda in Roosevelt's New Deal Administration," invited talk, William Patterson University, New Jersey, April 21, 2015.
"Opening up Utopia," invited class, New School for Social Research, New York, April 17, 2014.
"Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992-2000," by Ash Thayer, invited discussant, Colloquium for Unpopular Culture, NYU, New York, April 8, 2014.
"Fear of Art's Activism," invited talk, Fear of Art, the 32nd annual Social Research conference, New School, New York, February 12, 2015.
"The Art of Policy," invited talk, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Washington DC, January 20, 2015.
"Arts and Activism: A History of the Future," invited panelist, Palitz Gallery, Syracuse University's Lubin House, New York, January 14, 2015.
"Art, Culture and Social Movements," invited class, as part of the Saturday Academy, New York Historical Society, New York, November 22, 2014.
"A New Approach to an Old Book: Open Utopia," invited talk, Digital U: The University in the Digital Age, William Patterson University, New Jersey, October 29, 2014.
"Making the Impossible Possible," with Brett Davidson and Steve Lambert, Communication Matters, Communications Network annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 9, 2014.
"Words from Our Sponsors: Oil Industry Greenwashing in Cultural Institutions," invited moderator, The Natural History Museum, Queens Museum, New York, September 20, 2014.
"Public Research," invited panelist, Pub-Up Debate, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 22, 2014.
"Art of Protest: The 'Creative Turn' in Global Activism," invited talk, ActionAid Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 21, 2014.
"Arts and Activism," invited panelist, Imagine Norrebro, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 20, 2014.
"Sign of the Times, Music and Design 1960-1980," invited panelist, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, Harvard Club, New York, April 24, 2014.
"The Power of Imagination: Artistic Activism," invited talk, with Steve Lambert, Institute for Contemporary Art and Ideas, Gothenburg, Sweden, April 11, 2014.
"Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power," invited respondent, Brecht Forum, Brooklyn, NY, March 27. 2014.
"Designing Free Speech," invited panelist, Cities and Citizenship conference, NYU, New York, March 14, 2014.
"What Does it Mean To Be Political Today? Street Tactics and Activist Strategies," invited panelist, The Base, Brooklyn, NY, November 15, 2013.
"Caledonian Dreaming: Radical Possibilities in the Age of Uncertainty," invited talk, with Steve Lambert, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, November 1, 2013.
"Performing Change," invited panelist, Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology, New York, October 18, 2013.
"Documentation and Legacy: The Civil Rights Movement," invited talk, Wanderlust School of Transgressive Placemaking, Brooklyn, NY, June 25, 2013.
"Depths of Distrust: Lessons from Occupy Wall Street," invited talk, ReConstitutional Convention, Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, CA, April 27, 2013.
"Counterculture, Play, and Political Change," invited keynote "conversation" (with Fred Turner), Rutgers Media Studies Conference: Extending Play, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 20. 2013.
"Design Narratives: Point of View," invited critic, Products of Design program, School of Visual Arts, New York, April 9, 2013.
"Open Utopia," invited talk/workshop, NYC Anarchist Book Fair, NYC, April 6 2013.
"On the Political Utility of Art," invited panelist, Arte Útil Lab, Queens Museum of Art, New York, April 6, 2013.
"Open Utopia," invited talk, Contemporary Literature Series, English Department, NYU, New York, April 3, 2013.
"Actipedia," invited class speaker, D-Crit research seminar, School of Visual Arts, New York, February 27, 2013.
"Occupy and the Art of Protest," invited panelist, Neil Postman Graduate Student Conference, NYU, New York, February 21, 2013.
"Aesthetic Interventions," invited class speaker, Aesthetic Interventions, Parsons School of Design, New York, February 14, 2013.
"Does it Need to be Called Art?" invited panelist, School of Visual Art, New York, January 29, 2013.
"The Art of Protest," invited talk, Frankfurter Positionen, Frankfurt LAB, Frankfurt, Germany, January 26, 2013.
"Creative Activism: The Art of Social Change," invited talk, Action-Aid Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 23, 2013.
"The Art of Protest: Occupy as an Aesthetic Practice," invited talk, Roskilde University, Denmark, January 23, 2013.
"Occupy the Left," invited panelist, Philosophy Department lecture series, New School for Social Research, NYC, November 8, 2012.
"Places and Spaces for Free Speech," organizing moderator, Theatrum Mundi/Global State Presence and Absence in the City conference, NYU, New York, October 13, 2012.
"The Centrality of Space for Occupy Wall Street," invited talk, Theatrum Mundi/Global State Presence and Absence in the City conference, Columbia University, New York, October 12, 2012.
"A Brief History of Creative Activism: From Jesus of Nazareth to Occupy," invited talk, Yes Lab/Hemispheric Institute, NYU, New York, October 11, 2012.
"Artistic Collaboration: Ethics, Beauty and Value," invited panelist, Blade of Grass/Rubin Foundation, New York, September 12, 2012.
"The Art of Activism," invited talk, Wellfleet Public Library, Wellfleet, MA, July 18 2012.
"Protest Politics as an Aesthetic Practice," invited talk, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria, May 22, 2012.
"The Art of Activism: Occupy as Aesthetic Practice and Ethical Spectacle," invited talk, Columbia Communications Colloquium, Columbia University, New York, April 4, 2012
"Creative Activism and Occupy Wall Street," invited talk, with Mark Read, Cómo Acabar con el Mal: 5 días de arte y activismo, Barcelona, Spain, March 28, 2012 (via remote).
"Politics of Place," invited moderator, Sounds of the City, EMP Pop Conference, NYC, March 25, 2012.
"A New Type of Old Book: Open Utopia," invited panelist, Social Media Week, NYC, February 14, 2012.
"Design Research: Center for Artistic Activism," invited class speaker, D-Crit research seminar, School of Visual Arts, NYC, February 8, 2012.
"Activist Technology," invited panelist, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, NYC, January 28, 2012.
"No-Place: Utopia as a Site of Resistance," invited keynote speaker, Rethinking Resistance international philosophy conference, Macau, China, December 18, 2011.
"Occupy Everywhere: A New Paradigm of Political Protest?" invited talk, University of Macau, China, December 15, 2011.
"Artistic Activism: Tactics, Strategies and Goals," invited talk to the USC Civic Cultures research group, Los Angeles CA, November 25, 2011
"Making Political Art Work: The Center for Artistic Activism and the Ideal of an Aesthetic Politics," invited panelist, Curatorial Interventions symposium, New York University, NYC, November 17, 2011
"'Political Expressionism, and other Fallacies of Political Art," invited talk, with Steve Lambert, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, November 10, 2011
"The Aesthetics of Politics: Artistic Activism from the 1950s to the Present," invited keynote speaker, Museum Education Conference, The Getty Center/J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA, November 4, 2011
"Open Utopia: A Digital Archive," paper and presentation at Archiving Utopia — Utopia in Archive, Society for Utopian Studies annual conference, State College, PA, October 22, 2011
"Occupy Wall Street as an Ethical Spectacle," invited talk, Building Better Speech class, Parsons School of Design, October 12, 2011
"Waking from the Nightmare of History: Utopia as a solution to the problems of Utopia," invited talk, Fulbright Summer School in the Humanities, Moscow State University, Russia, June 2, 2011 (via remote)
"Geographies of Anarchy," invited talk, The Hannah Arendt and Reiner Schurmann Symposium: The Anarchist Turn, New School for Social Research, New York, May 6, 2011
"Fantasy Against Fantasy: New Tactics of Consumer Activism," invited talk, Reconsidering Commodities and Markets Seminar, Essex University, UK , May 4, 2011 (via remote)
"From Left-Wing Spectacle to Open Utopia," invited talk, Copenhagen Commune, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 9, 2011
"Imagining No-Place: The Subversive Mechanics of Utopia," invited talk, Utopia Revisited conference, ARKEN Museum for Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark, April 8, 2011
"Solidarity and Communications" and "Protest and Aesthetics," panelist, Left Forum, New York, March 19, 2011
"Scholarly Production in the Digital Age: The Open Utopia," invited talk, D-Crit research seminar, School of Visual Arts, New York, March 17, 2011
"Activism in Performance," invited panelist, NoPassport conference, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New York, March 4, 2011
"Utopia Now: Radical Imagination in the Wake of Historic Failure," invited talk, De Balie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 14, 2011
"Designing the Unreal Future," invited talk, Design Theory Symposium, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, February 11, 2011
"More's Utopia, a Model for Radical Imagination," invited talk, Judson Academy for Open Thinking, Judson Memorial Church, New York, February 7, 2011
"Byproduct: On the Excess of Embedded Art Practices," invited respondent, Postmasters Gallery, New York, December 12, 2010
"Learning from Las Vegas: New Organizing Strategies," invited talk, The Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, New York, December 7, 2010
"Art of the Impossible: The Politics of Utopian Imagination and Expression," invited talk, Annenberg Research Seminars, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, November 29, 2010
"Disobedience & Innovation: Inspiring Change," invited moderator, Emerging Leaders of New York Arts/Eyebeam, New York, October 28, 2010
"Identifying Ethical Spectacle," invited talk, Civics Research Group, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, September 21, 2010 (via remote)
"Utopia is No Place: The Art and Politics of Impossible Futures," invited talk, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN, July 28, 2010
"Direct Action Games," invited panelist, Games for Change festival, New York, May 26, 2010
"Political Imagination," invited talk at the Institute for the Future, San Jose, CA, May 18, 2010
"Academic Authority," invited "provocateur," The Digital University conference, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, April 21, 2010
"Researching Popular Culture," invited talk, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, March 17, 2010
"Spectacular Utopias and Impossible Futures," invited keynote address, Inheriting Histories, Imagining Futures conference, York University, Canada, March 12, 2010
"The Art and Politics of Spectacle," invited plenary speaker, Culture Clash: The Transformative Power of Popular Culture, Brecht Forum, New York, January 30, 2010
"The Politics of Political Art," invited talk at Washington University, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, St Louis, MO, November 23, 2009
"Transmedia for Social Change," invited panelist, Futures of Entertainment conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, November 20, 2009
"Branding the New Deal," invited talk at The Change You Want To See space as part of the Symbols, Branding and Persuasion lecture series, New York City, October 26, 2009
"College of Tactical Culture," invited panelist, Conflux Festival, New York City, September 18, 2009.
"Networked Subjectivity and Distributed Imagination," invited talk at Connective Mutations, 16 Beaver Space, New York City, September 6, 2009
"Public Practice: Activists and Vanguards" invited panelist, Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology, New York City, July 16, 2009
"Art and Social Imagination," invited panelist, Vinzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, June 21, 2009
"Art of the Impossible," talk at the Left Forum, New York City, April 18, 2009
"What Changes with Obama? Interrogating the New Terrain," keynote speaker, What is Change? Conference, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Columbia University, March 26, 2009
"Re-Imagining Radical Activism for the 21st Century, or: how I learned to stop worrying and love Las Vegas," invited talk at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, March 6, 2009
"Politics and Popular Culture," invited panelist, Communications Forum and Center for Future Civic Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February 26, 2009
"Art, Activism, and the Interventionist's Gesture," invited panelist, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Center, New York City, February 24, 2009
"The Art of the New Deal: Politics and Propaganda," invited talk at the National Press Club, Washington DC, February 11, 2009
Invited panelist for "A Few Zines: Dispatches from the Edge of Architectural Production" Studio-X, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, January 8, 2009
"How To Win: The Politics of Political Art," invited talk (with Steve Lambert) at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, December 10, 2008
"New Media, New Terrain, New Activism," invited talk in the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, November 25, 2008
"Is There an Underground on the Internet? Zines, Blogs and the Democratization of Alternative Culture," keynote speaker at the Underground conference, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, November 7, 2008
"From Signs to Change: Thinking Through the Relationship between Art and Social Transformation," invited panelist for "Accessing the History and Future of Social Movement Culture," as part of the Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now exhibit, Exit Art Gallery, New York City, September 25, 2008
"The Politics of Political Art," invited speaker, New York Arts Program, Ohio Wesleyan University, New York City, September 22, 2008
"Our Unreal Future: Understanding the Power of Fantasy," invited plenary speaker at The Contested Terrain of Consumption Studies conference, Boston College, July 31, 2008
"The Politics of Imagining the Future," invited series of talks on at the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies and the Political Science Department, University of Hawaii, Manoa, May 8th and 9th, 2008
Invited panelist, "Expression=Life: ACT UP, Video and the AIDS Crisis," Deep Dish TV/NYU, NYC, April 18, 2008
Invited participant in Democracy in America ("Town Hall Meetings" of artists and activists also taking place in Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Baltimore) organized by Creative Time, NYC, March 13, 2008
Invited panelist for "We Can't Believe, We Must Believe" at The Change You Want To See gallery space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, March 3, 2008
"But Does It Work? Understanding Efficacy in Political Art," keynote speaker at Dreaming the Americas: The Body Politic and Performance conference at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, February 22, 2008
"Learning from Las Vegas: A Possibility of Progressive Persuasion?" invited talk at Where the Truth Lies: Issues of Contemporary Propaganda conference, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, February 15, 2008
"Politics in the Age of YouTube," invited talk/discussion with Henry Jenkins, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, February 10, 2008
"What's So Political About Political Art?" invited talk at the Department of Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, November 14, 2007
"Imagination and Efficacy: The Ethical Spectacle," paper presented at the Performance Studies International conference, NYU, NYC, November 9, 2007.
"The Problematic Politics of Resistance," invited talk at The 3Rs: Reform, Revolution and Resistance forum at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, November 6, 2007
"Dream," invited talk at Demos think tank, NYC, June 5, 2007
"Activist Culture and the State of Radical Art" keynote speaker and panel moderator at The Center for the Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, April 24, 2007
"Dreampolitik," invited talk at The Change You Want to See Gallery, Brooklyn, March 27, 2007
"Progressive Politics in a Phantasmagorical Age," invited talk at the Brecht Forum, New York, February 21, 2007.
"Re-imagining Activism," invited talk for Blue Wave New Jersey (Progressive Democratic Party Activists), Montclair, NJ, February 6, 2007
"The Ethical Spectacle: The Politics of Performance in the 1960s and Today," invited participant for 1968: Global Resistance/Local Knowledge conference, Drew University, NJ, November 4, 2006
"Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy" talk at the Rethinking Marxism conference, U Mass Amherst, MA, October 26, 2006
"Ethical Spectacle: Must Fantasy Lead to Fascism?" invited talk at Deutsches Haus at NYU, NYC, April 18, 2006
with Andrew Mattson, "Crime, Celebrity and Newspapers in 1920s New York," invited talk at 92nd Street Y, Gotham Center for New York History, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC, Winter-Spring 2006
"Applying Marx to the 21st Century," invited talk for the 27th Marxist Intensive, Brecht Forum, NYC, July 24, 2005.
"Anarchism" panel, invited participant at the Global Left Forum, April 17, Spring 2005
"The Joy of Protest," invited participant at the Life after Capitalism conference, NYC, August 24, 2004
"Bohemia in the Suburbs," invited talk for the Long Island Free Space, Long Island, NY, Winter, 2004
"Is Censorship an Archaic Concern? The Politics of Informational Abundance" invited talk at the National Coalition Against Censorship's Censorship in Camouflage series, New School University, NYC, June 17, 2003
"The Kids Are All Right: Contemporary Activism and Pragmatic Action," invited talk for Operation How, Now, Wow, NYC, April 26, 2003
"Democracy, Community and Commerce: The Function and History of the Press," invited talk for the Ethnic Press Fellowship, New School University, NYC, Winter 2003
"Cultural Strategies in Contemporary North American Direct Action Activist Movements" paper at the Pavis Centre for Social and Cultural Research/Open University conference, Oxford, UK, September 18, 2002
"Innovative Organizing," invited talk given at The Brecht Forum, NYC, February 6, 2002
Moderator of "Rhetorics of Coincidence and the Art of Counter-Narration," panel at the Culture Jamming conference, New York University, NYC, February 23, 2001
"Comrade/Professor" paper given at panel sponsored by Radical Teacher at the Rethinking Marxism conference, Amherst, September 23, 2000
"The New Public Sphere: Pillar of Democracy or Tower of Babel?" invited talk for Public Intellectuals: The Cyberspace Generation forum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, September 21, 2000
"Alternative Media in a High School Setting," invited talk and workshop for New York City public school teachers sponsored by Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology, New York, Winter 2000.
"Resistant Culture. Resistant Politics?" invited talk given at The Depot, Vienna, Austria, October 22, 1999.
Readings at: 92nd Street Y, NYC, 92nd Street Y (West Side Annex), NYC; Bluestockings Books, NYC, Meow Mix, NYC; Brecht Forum, NYC; Labyrinth Bookstore, NYC; Yippie Museum Café, NYC, VoxPop, Brooklyn, NY; Wooden Shoe, Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore, MD; Mid-Atlantic Radical Book Fair, Baltimore, MD; Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco CA; Laughing Horse Books, Portland OR; Annie Bloom's, Portland OR, Elliott Bay Books, Seattle WA; Left Bank Books, Seattle WA; 1997-present
OTHER MEDIA, EXHIBITIONS and PERFORMANCES
How to Win, C4AA Webinar series, with Steve Lambert, lessons 1-13, 2016-2017.
Conversation Leader, "Cultural Resistance: The Power of Music and Visual Art as Protest," New Tactics in Human Right/Center for Victims of Torture, On-line, February 27-March 3, 2017.
Pop Culture Salvage Expeditions Podcast, with Patricia Jerido and Steve Lambert, 2015 – 2016. Named "New and Noteworthy" in the Philosophy category by Apple iTunes for May of 2015.
"Art of Imagination," image and text, Meaning Making Meaning: Art and Pedagogy show, Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, March 16 – April 2, 2016
"Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide," text and video loop, Propaganda News Machine show, Creative Association of Curators TOK, Flux Factory, Queens, NY, February 17-25, 2016.
Project Director, Designing for Free Speech design competition, Theatrum Mundi/The American Institute of Architects, designingforfreespeech.org, 2014.
"Cultural Intelligence Operations," invited respondent to a performance by Konrad Becker, Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC, December 13, 2012.
"Punk Rock in Africa," film introduction, with Max Tremblay, The Colloquium for Unpopular Culture, NYC, May 8, 2012
"White Riot?" curated film clips with commentary, with Max Tremblay, Union Docs, Brooklyn NY, September 18, 2011.
"Utopia is No Place" curated YouTube clips with video introduction, for the YouTube School for Social Politics, screened at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, July-August, 2010.
"The Examined Life," public interview of Astra Taylor, director of The Examined Life, Union Docs, Brooklyn, October 3, 2009
"Bringing the War Home: IVAW's Operation First Casualty," curated video and text, In Media Res, MediaCommons/futureofthebook.org, posted September 11, 2009
Contributor, (faux) "Special Edition" of the New York Times, November 12, 2008/July 4, 2009
Movie rights to The Bobbed Haired Bandit optioned, Fearless Films/TickleTime Productions, 2006-2007
Irregular Blogger, Reality Sandwich , 2007-2012
"Censorship? So What" and "Politics in an Age of Fantasy" invited performances at Rants and Rhapsodies, Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, October 2006 and January 2007
"The Truth Sets No One Free," invited performance at THAW/NOPE, The Culture Project, NYC, April 17, 2006
"Culture and Dissent," audio curricular material for Open University political studies course DD203, UK, 2004
"Talking Music and Politics," edited roundtable discussion, The Activist, Winter 2000
Humanities Advisor to This American Life, nationally syndicated public radio show, 1998-2000.
Regular Commentator on Anthem, nationally syndicated public radio show, 1998-99.
with Andrew Mattson, co-editor of Primary Documents #'s 1-7, covering: "Immigration," "Sensationalism," "African-Americans and TV," "Cities," "Radio and Utopia," "Children as Consumers," and the "Spanish-American War." PD is a periodical of annotated primary documents covering social and media history, 1995-1999. Excerpts from issues #5 and # 6 were featured in Harper's Magazine, September 1996 and February 1997, respectively.
Advisor to "In The Marketplace of Private Life," an art exhibit at the Photographic Resource Center, Boston University, Boston MA, Fall 1999 and traveling to the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Winter 1999; Deborah Bright, Curator.
Regular host of "Blows Against the Empire" on Steal This Radio, pirate radio of the Lower East Side, NYC, 1997-99.
Advisor to "Counterculture," an exhibit on the alternative press at Exit Art, NYC, Spring 1996; Brian Wallis, Curator.
"Leisler's Rebellion," public art piece as part of REPOhistory Street Sign Project, 1992-93.
Featured role in Crash the G8 Party, documentary video, Paper Tiger TV, 1999
Featured role in Subverting Media: A Low-Tech Guide to Information Activism, documentary video, Paper Tiger TV, 1998
with Stephanie Basch, "From Darkness Into Light, or from Justification to Mystification: An Illustrated History of Race and Representation in the United States," WWIII Illustrated Comic Book, New York: 1994.
Feature Interviews:
Print: Folha de S. Paulo (Brazil) May 30, 2013; il manifesto (Italy) February 16, 2013; The Chronicle of Higher Education, "Hot Type," November 30, 2012; Open Field (Walker Art Center) 2012; Punk and Post Punk, 1(1) 2012, with Max Tremblay; Carta Capital (Brazil), December 3, 2010, Liberazione (Italy), December 13, 2008, The Indypendent/IndyMedia, September 4, 2007; PRINT magazine, July/August 2007; Valor Econômico, (Brazil),April 9, 2007; The Village Voice, Feb. 28-March 6, 2007; Terminal City, March 13, 2000; Punk Planet, #37, 2000
Web: Socrates Cafe Podcast, February 2, 2017; We Make Money Not Art (England), March 17, 2014, with Steve Lambert; p/art/icipate (Austria), issue #2, March 2013; Dinamo Press (Italy) February 23, 2013; Idiom, October 26, 2012, with Steve Lambert; LocalFlux, June 18, 2012; Social Media Week, February 13-17, 2012; STIR (UK), November 20, 2011, with Max Tremblay; Souciant magazine, October 10, 2011, with Max Tremblay; AV Club/The Onion, October 6, 2011; Guardian UK, September 2, 2011, with Max Tremblay (podcast); Terra (Brazil) May 5, 2011 & July 9, 2008; Terra Incognita, March 18, 2009 (streaming video); ds4si (Design Studio for Social Intervention), October 1, 2007; Addicted to Race, August 8, 2007 (podcast); Confessions of an Aca-Fan (Henry Jenkins), July 23&24, 2007; Buzz Flash, July 7, 2007; MRzine, February 23, 2007.
Television and Film: Let Fury Have the Hour (feature film), 2012; NBC Nightly News, November 20, 2011; Globo TV (Brazil), October 11, 2011, May 18, 2011, October 19, 2010 & April 8, 2010; Metrópolis TVE 2 (Spain), February 28, 2010; Canal +(France), March 21, 2008; SBT Brasil (Brazil), May 23, 2008.
Radio: National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," "Morning Edition" and "Here and Now," US; Air America's "Radio Nation" and "Clout," US; Newstalk, Dublin, Ireland; Radio France, François Teste; ARD German Public Radio; Sveriges Radio, Swedish Public Radio; "Soundcheck" and "The Brian Lehrer Show," WNYC, New York NY; "AirTalk," KPCC, Southern California Public Radio; "Word of Mouth," New Hampshire Public Radio; "Space+Place," CJSW, Calgary, Canada; WBAI, New York NY; WVRB (pirate) New York NY; WFMU, Jersey City, NJ; "Michael Eric Dyson show" WEAA, Baltimore MD; KPFK, Los Angeles CA; KUCI, Orange County CA; KPFA, Berkeley CA; KALW, San Francisco CA; KRCL, Salt Lake City UT; WMPG, Portland ME; KBOO, Portland OR; KPSU, Portland OR; WORT, Madison, WS; KSFR, Sante Fe NM; WGNU, St Louis MO; KOPN, Columbia MO; WEBR, Fairfax VA; WPKN, Bridgeport CT.
Participant Grant, Peacebuilding Practice Artists' Assembly, British Council, 2016. $1000
Project Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 2016 (for the Art Action Academy). $15,000
Project Grant, Health Media Initiative, Open Society Foundations, 2016 (for the Center for Artistic Activism). $140,000
Project Grant, LUSH Charitable Giving Program, 2016 (for the School for Creative Activism). $17,000
Organization Grant,
Research Grant, Compton Foundation, 2015 (for Arts & Activism Efficacy Project). $10,000
Teaching With Technology Grant, Gallatin School, New York University, 2016. $3000
Research Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend, 2015 (for Democratic Persuasion). $6000
Project Grant, Health Media Initiative, Open Society Foundations, 2015 (for the School for Creative Activism/Africa and Europe). $160,000
Faculty Research Fellowship, Gallatin School, New York University, 2015-2017 (for Democratic Persuasion).
Project Grant, Health Media Initiative, Open Society Foundations, 2014 (for the School for Creative Activism/Macedonia). $37,000
Curricular Development Challenge Fund grant, New York University, 2013 (for Art and Activism Cross-School Curricular Concentration). $5000
Project Grant, Democracy and Power Fund, Open Society Foundations, 2013 (for the School for Creative Activism/US). $75,000
Project Grant, Health Media Initiative, Open Society Foundations, 2013 (for the School for Creative Activism/Kenya). $30,000
Senior Research Fellow, Theatrum Mundi, Mellon Foundation (Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen, PI's), 2012.
Project Grant, Democracy and Power Fund, Open Society Foundations, 2012 (for the School for Creative Activism/US). $75,000
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Gallatin, New York University, 2012.
Organization Grant, A Blade of Grass Foundation, 2012 (for Center for Artistic Activism). $35,000
Fellow, Wolfsonian – FIU Museum, 2012. (returned)
Project Grant, Democracy and Power Fund, Open Society Foundations, 2011, (for the School for Creative Activism/US). $45,000
Working Research Group Grant, Humanities Initiative, New York University, 2011-2013 (for Artistic Activism @ NYU). $10,000
Fellow, Futures of Entertainment, USC/MIT, 2011.
Pacific Foundation Partnership, 2009-2010 (for Art of Activism). In-kind design assistance and editing.
Fulbright Specialists Grant, Moscow State University, 2009. $3500
Fulbright Senior Specialist, Communications and Journalism, 2009-2014.
Research Associate, Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology, 2009.
Team-Teaching Grant, Humanities Initiative, New York University, 2009-2010 (Politics of Style with Nina Cornyetz). $2000
Global Fellowship Award, New York University, 2007-08 (returned).
Stephen Golden Faculty Enrichment Fund, New York University, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2012. $1000-4000
Blue Mountain Writing Center Resident, Summer 2001 (for the Cultural Resistance Reader)
Service Learning Course Development Grant, New York University, 2000. $3600
Innovative Organizing Award, Abbie Hoffman Foundation, 1999 (on behalf of the Lower East Side Collective).
Larry J. Hackman Research Residency, New York State Archives Partnership Trust, 1999-2000 (for Bobbed Haired Bandit).
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, State University of New York, 1998.
Humanities Adviser, This American Life/National Endowment for the Humanities, 1998.
New York State Library Research Residency, 1994-95 (for Notes from Underground).
Presidential Faculty Development Grant, SUNY Old Westbury, 1994, 1995.
Joseph Monticciolo Fellowship for Studies in Community and Technology, CUNY 1993-94.
Bensman Award for Dissertation Proposal, CUNY 1993.
Jacob K. Javits Fellow, U.S. Department of Education, 1989-93.
University Fellowship, CUNY, 1988-89.
President's Award in the Division of Social Sciences, SUNY Purchase, 1988.
Executive Committee, American Association of University Professors, NYU chapter, 2004-2011, 2014-present.
Editorial Boards: International Journal of Communications; Journal of Resistance Studies
Editorial Advisory Board: Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy; Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation
Advisory Council: Governance Futures Lab/Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, CA
Research Grant Assessor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), 2004; Fulbright Program, Institute of International Education, Russia, 2014, 2015, 2016; Rauschenberg Foundation, 2016; Independent Social Research Foundation UK (ISRF), 2016; Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Swedish Foundation for the Humanities and Social Sciences), 2016; Open Societies Foundation, 2016.
Manuscript Reader: Oxford University Press, MIT Press, New York University Press, Columbia University Press, Open University Press, University of California Press, University of North Carolina Press, University of Minnesota Press, Indiana University Press, Temple University Press, SUNY Press, Ediciones Universidad Cooperitiva de Columbia, Verso Press, Routledge Press, Zed Press, Pluto Press, Polity Press, Minor Compositions/Autonomedia, Palgrave/Macmillan, Contexts (ASA), Journal of Public Culture, Popular Communication, Perspectives on European Politics and Society, Sociology Compass, International Journal of Communication, Social Text, American Studies, WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly, Social Movement Studies, Journal of Resistance Studies, Public Culture, American Periodicals, Cultural Sociology.
Dissertation Committees: New York University: Media, Culture and Communication, Social and Cultural Analysis; Columbia University: English, Communications; New School for Social Research: Political Science; CUNY Graduate Center: Social Work; University of Hawaii: Political Science; University of Melbourne: School of Fine Arts, Melbourne, Australia; Edith Cowan University, Communications, Western Australia; University of Wollongong, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, Australia; Roskilde University: Doctoral School of Society and Globalization, Denmark
Co-Chair, T-FSC Governance Committee, NYU, 2016-2017
Faculty Senator, for Gallatin, NYU, 2016-2017
Member, Undergraduate Academic Affairs Committee, NYU, 2016-2017
Member, Library Faculty Advisory Group, NYU, 2016-2017
Chair, Committee on Individualized Studies, Gallatin, 2014-2015
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Gallatin 2006-2008, 2012-2013
Chair, Advising and Policy Committee, Gallatin, 2008-2010
Chair, Curriculum Committee, Gallatin, 2004-2006
Faculty Co-Chair, Gallatin, 2004-2006
Executive Committee, Gallatin, 2006-2007, 2008-2010
Steering Committee, Hemispheric Institute at NYU, 2011-present
Steering Committee, Provost's Council for Media and Culture, NYU, 2006-2010
Steering Committee, Community Learning Initiative, Gallatin, 2000-2010
Member, Senior Promotion and Tenure Committee, Gallatin 2015-present
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Gallatin 2011-present
Member, Arts Committee, Gallatin, 2010-present
Member, MA Committee, Gallatin, 2011-2014
Member, Academic Working Group on Global Sites, NYU, 2012
Member, Curriculum Committee, Gallatin, 2000-2007
Also: Convocation Speaker, Commencement Speaker, NYU Alumni Speaker, Gallatin Alumni Weekend Speaker, NYU Leadership Speaker, "Model Class" instructor for Diversity Weekend, University Day Speaker, NYU Civic Camp Presenter, participant in: Gallatin Budget Committee, Dinalogue, Gallatin Coffee House, Albert Gallatin Lecture Series, Gallatin Film Series, Donor's Breakfast, Dean's Council, Parents' Day, Mock Colloquium, Third Year Symposium, Gallatin Teachers Reading, and Search Committees for Gallatin, Department of Media, Culture and Communication, and NYU Global, 1999-present
COURSES TAUGHT (at NYU)
Struggle for the Word: History of Mass Media I
The Image: History of Mass Media II
Digital Revolution: History of Mass Media III
From Citizen to Consumer
Cultural Resistance
Politics of Media: Power, Persuasion, Perception
The Social Construction of Reality
Jacques Rancière and the Politics of Aesthetics
Antonio Gramsci and the Power of Culture
Walter Lippmann and the Manufacture of Consent
How Art Works
Politics of Style (team-taught)
Politics of Culture, Culture of Politics (team-taught)
Theory and Methods in the Social Sciences
Thesis Proposal Seminar
Democratic Persuasion: New Deal Media and Art
Media Activism
Activist Art and Creative Activism
"School for Creative Activism," long course led with Steve Lambert, North Carolina Community Organizers, Mebane, NC, April 1-3, 2011, New York Area Artists and Activists, New York, NY, May 13-15, 2011; Equitable Texas State Budget, Austin, TX, June 19-11, 2012, United for a Fair Economy, Boston, MA, August 3-5, 2012; Incarcerated Youth and Family Rights, Houston, TX, October 26-28, 2012; Occupy Faith, Ivoryton, CT, November 9-11, 2012; HIV and Maternal Health, Nairobi, Kenya, March 19-22, 2013, Muslim-American Organizers, Warwick, New York, May 31-June 2, 2013; Iraq Veterans Against the War, Chicago, IL, July 29-31, 2013; Undocumented Youth Immigration Activists, San Antonio, TX, September 13-15, 2013; Changin' Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, November 1-3, 2013; GLTBQ and Roma Rights, Skopje, Macedonia, March 18-23, 2014; Access to Medicine, Barcelona, Spain, December 15-18, 2014, SWEAT and Sisonke (sex worker rights) Cape Town, South Africa, May 30-April 2, 2015; LGBTQI rights, Atlanta, GA, September 24-27, 2015; TGEU (transgender rights),Berlin, Germany, October 8-11, 2015; Greenpeace, Washington DC, January 9-13, 2017.
"School for Creative Activism," short course led with Steve Lambert, Family Values at Work, Ford Foundation, New York, December 3, 2012; United for a Fair Economy, Boston MA, June 5, 2013; Beautiful Trouble/CAA/Yes Labs joint training, New York, February 8, 2014; Auburn Seminary, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago IL, April 25, 2014; Humanity in Action conference on Art and Activism, New York, October 17, 2015. Jewish Voices for Peace, New York, October 24, 2016.
"Art Action Academy," long course led with Steve Lambert, Portland State University, Social Practice Arts Program, January 17-19, 2013; CEC ArtsLink, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 2-6, 2014; OSF Arts Exchange, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, August 10-12, 2016; Queens Museum, Series of 7 Saturday Workshops, Queens, New York, October 8-November 20, 2016; European sex workers and artists, Dublin, Ireland, December 13-17, 2016.
"Art Action Academy," short course led with Steve Lambert, iSchool NYC public high school, November 29 & December 20, 2012; October 4 & 25, 2013; Incubate Festival, Tilburg, The Netherlands, September 14, 2012; Tribeca Film Festival fellows program, NYC, March 23, 2012; Creative Time Summit, New York City, November 14, 2015; Creative Capital, May 23, 2016.
"Imagining Utopia," workshop led with Steve Lambert, PS3 Charrette Elementary School, NYC, February 21, 2013; Creative Time Summit, NYC, October 13, 2012; Artists and educators from Pakistan, organized through the "Art for Social Change" program of the American Embassy in Islamabad, November 22, 2013; Blade of Grass Fellowship Program, NYC, January 16, 2016.
"Tactical Culture," led with Steve Lambert, Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology, NYC, June 30 – July 16, 2009.
Co-Chair, Parent Action Committee, PS3 Elementary School, New York City, 2013-2014
School Leadership Team, PS3 Elementary School, New York City, 2009-2011
Organizer, Reclaim the Streets/New York City, 1998-2004
Co-founder, Lower East Side Collective, community-based activist group, 1997-2000
Member, Board of Directors, Brecht Forum/NYMS, 1990-96.
Member, REPOhistory, Artist/Historian Collective, 1990-93
Also active in various support roles and consultation to a variety of groups and organizations including the Community Labor Coalition, Judson Memorial Church, Auburn Theological Seminary/Auburn Media, Charas/El Bohio Community Center, Good Jobs New York, Billionaires for Bush/United for a Fair Economy, Election of Citycouncilwoman Margarita Lopez, CIRCA, CISPES, ACT UP!, UNITE! Local 169, ACT/UAW, JFREJ, Nicaragua Solidarity Network, Mexican American Workers Association, United for Peace and Justice, GoLeft, Times Up, Transportation Alternatives, Picture the Homeless, Breakthrough, Agit-Pop, ROC-United, et al.
Democratic Persuasion: The Art of Propaganda during the New Deal (Research and Writing; under contract to Verso Books)
The Art of Activism, with Steve Lambert, (Under Review; supported by The Pacific Foundation and Blade of Grass foundation)
Chapters, Articles, Essays and Reviews:
"Why So Much Art and Activism Fails (And What We Can Do to Fail Better)," with Steve Lambert, Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles & Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art, edited by Gregory Sholette, Chloe Bass, & Social Practice Queens (SPQ), NY: Allworth Press (in press)
"Artistic Activism," with Steve Lambert, in Routledge Companion to Media and Activism, Graham Meikle, ed. London: Routledge (in press)
"Lessons from Utopia," with Steve Lambert, Journal of Visual Research, 6 (2) Dipti Desai, ed. (in press)

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I don't if I'm craving a change of scenery or it's all of the amazing animal prints I've seen in stores lately, but I just can't seem to get enough of this look. So this week I've decided to round up some favorites for myself, my home and my pup in the safari theme. —Stephanie
HUMAN – I think it's time to spice up my wardrobe with these sassy leopard print shorts. And while I don't have a toddler of my own to rock these boots, I couldn't help but include them on my wishlist. Just too adorable!
HOUSE – It seems as though I can't keep a room decorated the same for too long. I yearn for renovation, redesign and remodeling! So in order to keep things on a smaller scale (and budget), I've decided to start switching up the rugs in any given room with new patterns, starting with this fun zebra one.
HARVEY – This may be taking the jungle theme a little too seriously this week, but I think this rope lion toy is too adorable. A little king of the jungle for my king of the jungle.
Continuing with some wonderful dog photography, I thought I'd share this series from photographer Martin Usborne called Dogs in Cars. I've always been captivated by these photos as I think Martin truly captures the emotion behind the experience.
You can check out more of Martin's work here, including portraits from the Crufts Dog Show in England.
Omg these dogs. You're so right about Martin capturing the emotion. I love it! Also sad that the rug is sold out already!!
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The Bedford County School Board is considering two dates—May 7 or April 30—to reschedule a public hearing to discuss the location for constructing a new middle school in the Liberty Zone.
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Study finds miners more likely to have relationship problems before suicide
New research has found relationship problems may be a catalyst for suicide among men working in the mining industry.
In an Australian-first study, the Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention has found miners are significantly more likely than men in other jobs to have experienced relationship problems before taking their life.
The research was based on data collected by government agencies since 1990.
Dr Samara McPhedran says the industry needs to be a part of reducing the risk of suicide.
"We do feel there may be a role for programs within the resources sector that are aimed at strengthening relationships and supporting miners and their families to ensure those relationships are as healthy as possible," she said.
Dr McPhedran says it is the first time data has been used to research the topic.
She says identifying family problems as a cause of suicide among miners may lead to specific programs to deal with the issue.
"Looking at the data what we are seeing is a lot of problems with a wife or a partner, girlfriend and so on but certainly that term can include things like broader family problems not just intimate relationships but children too," she said.
"Certainly we think the resources industry [should] be aware of this potential risk."
Anyone needing help should call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Is it OK to Let Children Struggle?
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I do let my child struggle when I remember to. My oldest is nearly 4, he is sufficient in dressing himself, most of the way. Now, I will try and let him get on with it until HE asks for help. Example, he was getting on a polo shirt, and doing the buttons. They're relatively new to him, and he stood there, in absolute silence, positively radiating concentration. He did the bottom two, taking a long time with each. The top one he asked for help - the hole went the other way. Each time we let our kids do it themselves, we are aiding their independance, as long as they are happy to do it themselves, let them be! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's true! And it's hard to know when to let them struggle and when to jump in to help. But ultimately I think using small opportunities to struggle a little on their own allows kids to find their own way out of the everyday obstacle they'll face years later. Even though it's uneasy sitting with that feeling, wishing you could just step in and save them, it gives them a chance to say to themselves, "The adults around trust me enough to do this. Maybe, I can do it on my own."


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aaceveso needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 110 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
We are friends starting a new business project … Condo Administration based on high quality web application services in Mexico.
Young couples and families … Worried about their new investment (House or Condo) needed for support on establish & organize with neighbors. We think starting on low cost houses, but we expect to equilibrate and integrate medium and high cost condos using internet promotion based on web application to help administrate and offer additional services. Our target: People who has a second house or department and try to be in contact with their property issues using internet. Or worked couples who need help to keep in touch and informed with their actual Condo and neighbors.
But first, we need image accord to our plan … We have one that doesn't reflect our idea at all, too simple and old fashion one. We try to base our service on a good, modern, fun & fresh web page and a functional web app trying keep in contact with our customers and offering additional services.
Help us to reach our goal.
We are looking for a logo represent our image to the plan – TuKasaen.com … No restriction at all. Fell free working on it.
Here is an example of a present logo that we have to change – Never used: http://www.tukasaen.com
No restrictions about colors, but keep in mind it will determine the web page.
The files we will require are:
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"You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you!" - Obi-Wan Kenobi
"There's a gentleness about a total Star Wars geek that is sublime."- Rick McCallum
My DVD Collection
I want a teaser trailer for this curse'd movie!!! C'mon Peter Jackson!!! Gimme a trailer!! please!!
"Woke up at 9.55am. Soon as I woke up, I looked at Suzanne and she looked at me. I said, 'Did I tell you about the immune system?' Suzanne starting laughing, I said, 'it's amazing.' She said, 'Not now.'"
I can't wait for this last movie in the series. I'm happy waiting a few years between SW movies but I'm not nearly as patient for the LOTR! Bring it on!!
"No one helped me so why should I help you?" - College professor circa 1999
By choosing not to decide you still have made a choice.
I'm in love with the women of Univision.
Neh, I can wait, all though I do like the Lord Of The Rings, I find it extremely overated and I really mean EXTREMELY OVERATED!
"Giggety giggety!"
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I probably shouldn't be saying this, but I think the Lord of the Rings trilogy is a much better trilogy than the Star Wars Prequels trilogy. It does not touch the original trilogy, but is much better than the Phantom Menace and Attack of the CLones.
"It can't rain all the time."
"Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
I agree. The LOTR trilogy is a true trilogy as each movie/story is dependant on the previous/next. The current SW trilogy isn't like that and is more geared towards each movie standing on it's own. I guess that's fine but at least the OT had a cliff hanger between movies 2 and 3. I have nothing to really look forward to in the Episode III. Yeah, the war began but so what? SW isn't about the war, it's about the characters and I don't feel any need to really, really know what's going to happen next. Will Anakin and Padme have wedding bliss? Oooooh, I hope so.
"No one helped me so why should I help you?" - College professor circa 1999
By choosing not to decide you still have made a choice.
I'm in love with the women of Univision.
I think Lord of the Rings is a fantastic Trilogy. It has amazing detail and excellent continuity. I don't think its overratted at all. Though I don't compare it to Star Wars.
"Maybe I can help you. I am Boba Fett. The ship you seek is nearby." -Boba Fett
LOTR is alot more captivating trilogy than the new trilogy with SW. I find myself waiting for these movies to come out more than EPIII right now. Maybe it is because we knew in advance that they would be coming out each year as compared to waiting another two years for EPIII. Kinda hard to get excited for a movie that is still two years away.
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Thanks for posting the image of the poster Pendo.
I'm not a big fan of posters that only show a picture of someones mug though. I remember the days when posters were works of art but these days thats rarely the case. Hopefully the theatrical release poster will be better.
I think that this is possibly the best trilogy of all time. Don't get me wrong SW will always hold a special place in my heart and I love the SW universe but this really is one story with little to no time passing between the installments. As far as this movie being overated, I don't think so. If anything they're underated. For fantasy fans a movie of this caliber was long overdue and the amount of care put into this production shows. This series is totally unique and I can't wait for ROTK.
BTW when are we going to see a teaser? I seem to remember seeing teasers for the previous installments by this time the last 2 years.
Talk Show Host Interviewing Joker: Your said to have only killed about 600 people Joker. Now dont take this the wrong way but I think youve been holding out on us.
Joker: I dont keep count. Im going to kill everyone in this room.
That poster is great, but I've thought that this one would've been better: http://www.cinecon.com/gallery/albun21/aab
(by the way, anyone care to pm me and clue me in as to why the means of attaching pics has changed, and how I can get it to work?)


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Kenny Ross Automotive Group President honored for commitment to service
May 22, 2014 5:00 AMVerona, PA - James "Jimmy" L. Ross, President of Kenny Ross Automotive Group, received the "Board Service Award" at the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Greater Pittsburgh Volunteer Recognition Dinner on April 30, 2014 at Green Oaks Country Club.
Mr. Ross has served on the organization's Board of Directors since 1992 and was President of the Board from 2010-2012. His father, Kenny Ross, founded the organization in Pittsburgh in 1965. BBBS of Greater Pittsburgh CEO Jan S. Glick explained that "Jimmy Ross is an exemplary Board member. His commitment to the organization's mission is unparalleled. The Board Service Award recognizes Jimmy for his reliability and tireless work ethic over the past 12 years sustaining his father's legacy."
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh provides children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. The agency's evidence-based programs empower these children to achieve educational success, avoid risky behaviors, set higher aspirations, and develop greater confidence and better relationships.
BBBS of Greater Pittsburgh serves over 1,200 children annually across Allegheny, Greene and Washington counties and has earned national recognition for program quality and organizational excellence.


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Warren Hellman: Can we all get along?
For someone who's done so much over the years for this politically fractious city, Warren Hellman still doesn't have the stomach for public conflict. Hellman, by all accounts a nice guy, started out with two strikes against him as a Republican and a billionaire in progressive San Francisco. Last week he shocked the city's political community, not to mention the Proposition B campaign, by announcing (below in italics) that he was withdrawing his support for the ballot proposition that requires city workers to pay more into their pension plans. (SF Weekly seems to think whether Hellman gets his contribution of $50,000 back is an issue, but to a billionaire that's chump change. I bet Hellman never even thought about getting the money back.)
Hellman is billionaire as Sensitive Guy. Does anybody think the late Don Fisher or Larry Ellison would have done this kind of flip-flop?
Recall that six years ago, when opponents of the garage under the concourse in Golden Gate Park got an injunction stopping construction, Hellman was miffed and threatened to move his music festival to Oakland. "Even arrogant, wealthy guys have feelings,'' Matier&Ross quoted him as saying at the time. Hellman had a right to be miffed, since he raised $55 million in private money to build the 800-space garage that was essential once the city decided to keep the de Young Museum and the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park.
Katherine Roberts, a bike gal and garage opponent, got the injunction, which was lifted shortly thereafter, and Hellman changed his mind about moving the free festival that deadbeat local music fans love so much.
Progressives and the bike people continued to oppose the garage, even after city voters chose to build it in 1998. But Hellman made peace with the bike people. He and Leah Shahum wrote an op-ed in the Chronicle endorsing closing the park to autos on Saturdays, even though city voters rejected that idea in 2000. Hellman gave some money to the Bicycle Coalition and was officially dubbed city progs' favorite billionaire when he was pictured with the bike people on the cover of the Bay Guardian.
All the anti-garage fervor was then focused on Michael Ellzey, executive director of the Concourse Authority, who was in charge of getting the garage built and remodeling the concourse. Ellzey was spat on, got threatening phone calls, and was even threatened with a baseball bat by a so-called defender of the park. As it turned out, Ellzey did a great job, and the large garage is completely invisible from the concourse itself. The parking fees are now servicing the construction bonds, and once the bonds are paid off all the fees will flow into city coffers, a huge, ongoing gift to the city.
I'm leaving the Yes on Proposition B campaign for the same reason I got involved in the campaign in the first place---we need a meaningful dialogue in San Francisco between business and labor to solve long-term problems threatening the city's future without name-calling and fingerpointing. We must address the issue of spiraling public pension and health benefits costs. They're like an iceberg floating beneath the surface that threatens to sink cities like ours. At the same time, I'm not willing to scapegoat police officers, firefighters and other public workers to do it. We got into this situation together and we must work together to solve it in the interest of a city we all love. I was reminded of this spirit at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival this past weekend. We pulled off a massive free concert in Golden Gate Park without one major injury, disruption or arrest, which is a testament to the professionalism of San Francisco's public workers and our City's spirit of cooperation. I believe that organized labor appreciates that it is in San Francisco's interest---and the interest of its members---to head off a looming pension and benefits crisis before it cripples public services and leaves police officers, firefighters and other public workers without retirement security. And I also believe that San Francisco business must understand its responsibility to pay its fair share to fund quality public services. And that begins with workers who are properly trained, fairly paid and able to retire with dignity. We have a history of working together in this city and settling issues without expensive and divisive political fights at the ballot box. I'm going to focus my attention and resources on restarting those discussions.
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What about EUC...I see quite a few of you guys put that down as well...do people really put that in a search term? Putting that in search terms seems to get you about 10-20% of the results overall. Not sure I understand the logic at that point, as top sellers you would get close to near the top of the searches anyways? Just curious as to the thought process I guess.
I use it as a filler if I have 3 or 4 characters remaining and can't think of another key word.


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In addition, the Intervale Food Hub has recently initiated wholesale services as an approved vendor to Sodexo at the University of Vermont.
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Schumacher hoping to 'savour' last farewell
20 November 2012 – Michael Schumacher hopes to make the most of his final send-off from Formula 1 as the circus returns to Brazil for this weekend's 2012 season finale. The seven-time World Champion's first retirement also came at Interlagos, but on that occasion the German was still fighting Fernando Alonso for the world title at the end of 2006.
"I always enjoy the enthusiasm of the fans and it's simply a great circuit which has seen many memorable events and always produces spectacular races. For me, it's also the circuit that brings back my memories of Ayrton (Senna).
"My departure from Formula 1 will probably be less emotional for me this time than in 2006, when we were still fighting for the championship and everything was much more intense. This time round, I will be able to pay more attention to my farewell and hopefully savour it too. I have had fantastic years in Formula 1 and a lot of support from fans around the world and I wish to particularly thank them for that.
"Of course, I would be happiest if I could say goodbye with a strong race and I am sure we will be doing everything we can to make it happen."
The silver arrows have suffered a torrid run of late, with neither Schumacher nor Nico Rosberg having picked up points for the last five Grands Prix.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Michal Handzus scored the lone goal in a shootout on the first attempt to give the unbeaten San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.
Logan Couture scored for San Jose with less than 3 minutes left in the third period to tie the game at 2. He ripped a shot that appeared to deflect off the skates of Bryan Allen and trickled past Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller, who otherwise had an outstanding game.
Francois Beauchemin and Matt Beleskey scored within a minute of each other midway through the second period to put the Ducks ahead. Hiller stopped 16 shots.
Joe Pavelski scored the first goal for the Sharks, limited to two power-play opportunities. Antti Niemi had 28 saves.