Long Sunday

Spivak

Hot on the heels of the rather successful Tronti symposium, it has been suggested that we turn our collective attention and efforts to Gayatri Spivak.

It is possible that this might be an enterprise that would bring together the forces of Long Sunday, the Weblog, and the Valve.

The proposed text is "Scattered Speculations on the Question of Value".

Update: We now have a preliminary schedule.  Further participants and suggestions always welcome.

France, etc. (new highs and blows)

Another site, in addition to the one already on the sidebar, carries brave sarcasm and commentary, as well as translations of graffiti (courtesy of s0metim3s).  In the US meanwhile, we're striking brave new blows in the fundamentalist reactionary nostalgic "preemptive" war on democratic dissidents.

On Vanity

Witnessing from our referrer logs that Long Sunday has received not one, not two but three 2005 Koufax Award nominations, hosted there by the ancient Wampum (excellent in blog years, that is).  Alright, but only three?  Well, that is something.  Congratulations all around.  To be frank, I don't think we stand a chance.  Why Wampum doesn't nominate itself, we don't know.  But the impetus behind these things is undoubtedly a good, and from the look of it this may be their final year.  So do please check out all the wonderful competition, for now, in this our first round selection and pre-vote glory, including I see one Jodi Cites, one Jon Posthegemony and one The Adam Kotsko.  Speaking of which, I'll vote for each of you if you three vote for us.

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Over the next week or so I hope to update the archives page so that all current and past contributors are shown in an attractive and useful format. Currently all posts are listed by author at the very bottom of that page, but I find that format unattactive and confusing. Thank you for your patience in this matter.

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Der Ister

It's about time. As you know, easy bootlegs of criminally over-priced DVD's are a horrible, horrible thing, and should never under any circumstances be spontaneously shared, and especially not with any members of well-deserving international group philosophy weblogs who just happen to reside in the United States.

n+1 profiled

As I mentioned on The Value just now, it's nice to see these guys finally getting the attention they deserve.  (As for their web version being crap?  Well, hardly.  Those talking may wish to start here.)  But anybody interested in the current state of literary affairs and wishing neither to despair entirely nor read only cute commercials should definitely take note of n+1.  Don't worry, the comparisons with Eggers are desperately overwrought.  And for the moment, subscriptions are still cheap (it's a better thing between covers, really).  (Full disclosure, n+1 once offered me the position of French language correspondent, which I promptly turned down for lack of propre qualification.  But then again, it may have been a joke.)   More here, here and here.

While I'm at it, the latest issue of PMC offers some interesting things for those with the requisite stomach, though you undoubtedly knew that already.  May I recommend R. Williams' review of Rogues and David Wills on Politics of Friendship.

Update:  Also, Scott McLemee wonderfully reviews the new documentary, Zizek!

After-After-Party Elsewhere, Hymns and Things

So the thread that Faust Mantock is now calling "an institution" (although, dear Scott, it would really love nothing more than to be an empire) keeps sprouting legs.    If this sort of discussion interests you, please explain yourself precisely in the comments below, or better yet pay a visit to Mark Kaplan and explain it to him.  Obviously, I would personally very much like to think that this sort of discussion, if held to certain standards of respect and openness (on both sides) can still be productive, as in, a good thing in the shared world.  Now if you'll please excuse me, I have a bicycle to catch.

Theory's Empire: Dissenting with Dissent

Matt Christie has provided an excellent guide to debate about debate over Theory's Empire.

"His seriousness kills me"

Old news in blogtime, I know, but for those perhaps unaware, the exceedingly generous Paul Kerschen is currently translating the diaries of Franz Kafka [1910-1923] every day at his blog (part of the extraordinary resource known as The Kafka Project).  And he seems to be inviting comments.