SUPER 8
1. ECLECTIC/OBSCURE FICTION. The syllabus for the literature class taught by David Foster Wallace at Pomona College (spring 2003 semester): The Man Who Loved Children, by Christina Stead; Play It as It Lays, by Joan Didion; The Moviegoer, by Walker Percy; The Golden Notebook, by Doris Lessing; Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox; Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin; In Watermelon Sugar, by Richard Brautigan; Nightwood, by Djuna Barnes; and Speedboat, by Renata Adler.
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3. RENT-A-NEGRO.COM. What? Surely, you’re joking! Oregon-based African-American artist Damali Ayo is and she isn’t with her straight-faced Web project that claims to provide “a state-of-the-art service” so you can “promote your connection with a creative, articulate, friendly, attractive, and pleasing African-American person.” Rentals are by the hour, with extra charges for emergency appearances.
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| Anthony Goicolea's Cannibals (2000, detail), courtesy of Rare Gallery. |
6. RZA. RZA is perhaps the only composer who could draw a film audience just to listen to his music. The Wu-Tang evil genius’s beats return to the screen with the upcoming Kill Bill, by fellow chop-socky enthusiast Quentin Tarantino. It’s RZA’s first scoring effort since the excellent work he did for Jim Jarmusch in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.
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8. PORNOLIZE.COM. With our e-mail boxes overflowing with Viagra ads and “barnyard smut” come-ons, the last thing Internet users need is more online raunch. But the mysterious folks at pornolize.com have somehow found a way to satirize the onslaught of digital sleaze by compounding it. Turn any Web site into instant smut — with six different language options — by typing a URL and then hitting Submit. The browser takes you to a “pornolized” version of the same site. Test it out with www.fbi.gov.
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