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"Many of the speculations in this article are without clear source."
Where did "that song" come from?
Why does everyone in North America except "real" belly dancers seem to associate that song with belly dancing? ... etc
"Snowclones are a type of formula-based cliché which uses an old idiom in a new context. These are roughly ordered by known year of original usage."
"_____ is the new black" is a catch phrase and snowclone used to indicate the sudden popularity or versatility of an idea at the expense of the popularity of a second idea. It is also the origin of a snowclone of the form "X is the new Y"
"An image macro is a picture with text superimposed, typically through the use of graphics software"
myths and legends of the world
a blog on retrofuturism !
/ How local geeks and nerds are hooking up right now ... or not
"Like all my pals, the TV and movie people have come calling and even the computer game people (which is weird because games are for pedos and I have no interest)." WTF??
"(...) the roles that are taken up in an online community that's based around a "thing" (...). You'd choose to wear that mask and then hop on stage and do the dance that so many have done before you."
how toxoplasma influences the human behaviour - and maybe countries cultures
how toxoplasma influences the human behaviour - and maybe countries cultures
0AM is an independent, distributed laboratory based on multidisciplinary models of cultural expression, operating on the cusp of research, production, presentation and reflection of creative practices.
"(...) I expressed some perplexity with the idea that, like some sort of fractal, every microcosm in American life should feature the exact same proportions as the macrocosm"
microsound is an unmediated mailing list oriented toward discussion of the styles of digital and post-digital music promulgated by the proliferation and widespread adoption of digital signal processing (dsp) tools.
about the new virtual worlds