Thursday, April 23, 2009

In memoriam: JG Ballard

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  1. Empire of the Sun is one of my favorite movies.

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  2. RIP JGB:

    http://images.google.com/images?q=empty+conference+rooms&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=G&um=1&imgsz=

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  3. But...But... some of those swimming pools are full!


    http://www.popgive.com/2008/07/abandoned-mansion-of-mike-tyson.html

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  4. Pirate superyacht. Hacked satellite. Geriatrics robot.

    Actually, I visited the site of the Wannsee conference a couple of days ago, and it was Ballardian as hell. Neat, cultured, blonde skies, blue lake, planning for 20 million murders.

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  5. whereas hannah arendt talked about the banality of evil, Ballard seems to be very much about the banality of weirdness.

    or perhaps both.

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