Zoë Keating

I got to see/hear/meet Zoë Keating in Cincinnati this past Friday. If you haven't heard (of) her, I urge you to listen to her music. The video below is a good place to start, as are all of the other pieces she did for ABC Radio National (excellent sound and video quality). N.B. no pre-recording, no overdubs; it's all constructed live:



There are a handful of musicians and writers who, when I listen to or read their work, make me ask myself, "How can I write philosophy that is the equivalent qua philosophy to what this person does qua his/her art?" That is probably an insane or at least senseless question to ask. I suppose what I mean is, I find her work inspiring.

No Bullshit? What a Disappointment!

"When I first picked up this book, I was looking forward to a leisurely reading on obscurantist Heideggerian bullshit. I was wrong. But once I got over my deep disappointment that the book was, in fact, intelligible and not littered with ramblings about Dasein, I began to appreciate the book for what it was." — Critical Theory Blog

I just re-read Frankfurt's "On Bullshit," so I was struck by the review bite above, on the publisher's website, of a book I learned about via e-mail: Social Acceleration by Hartmut Rosa. (It looks a bit daunting, Dasein or not--though I can usually hang with Dasein talk--and possibly worth a look.)