expansive, eccentric essay on the influence of dylan's 80s work, including discussions of contrain critics, the problem of 60s artists and 80s aesthetics, the irrascible nature of dylan, and the general problems of aesthetic change. doesn't spend much time working thru jesus though.
dozens of vintage images of tubas.
i think that kandida crazy horses shift from critic to musician, or her working both fields, is the smartest thing she could have done, but i do miss her writing.
chumbawumba's history as one example of how the interior/exterior system working, and the problems of ancharist collectivism can be constructed as an aesthetic issue.
Durer 6 Pillows, 1493 (this is just a tiny little bit of a larger sheet, this was his fucking practice scratch work, sigh)
charles taylor's brilliant take down on meryl streep.
men are terrible at writing about women, men are even worse at talking about mary gaitskill.
link between eva hesse, sol lewitt, and lucy lippard thru postcards...including this brilliant setence from lippard to hesse: the book has fallen into place (or allen into peices).
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