Monkey Business
I’m fascinated w/ this study: monkeys w/ sensors implanted in their brains learned to control robots that fed them marshmallows. WOW.
I’m Going To Subscribe…
INTERVIEW magazine looks great again. The inimitable Glenn O’Brien–he was the original editor–is back helming, along w/ brilliant visualist, Fabien Baron.
Why More…???
Rev. Jeremiah Wright is harming the campaign of Barack Obama–to me clearly the best person for the Presidency–in ways that now smack of set-up. After Wright’s outrageous “performances” at the NAACP and Natl. Press Club, that’s all I can think. It was so sad to see Obama and his wife face the rabid press corp. after Rev. Wright’s appearances. I can only hope that Obama does well tomorrow in Ind. & NC.
Speaking of organized religion, Bill Maher has a movie coming out soon that takes on that subject. I guess it will be in the Michael Moore-style.
Afghanistan…The Other Front…
They tried to assassinate Hamid Karzai yesterday. The Taliban is strong & the poppy crop is bigger than ever. I remember in late 2001 they had Mullah Omar in the sights of a Predator drone–but didn’t fire. What’s the real deal?
It’s the same old, same old there.
In The Spotlight’s Glare…
I once asked Andy Warhol-someone quite content with his own identity-“Who would you want to be other than yourself?” He told me: “The Pope.” Andy went to Roman Catholic mass every Sun.–but–what he responded to was the pomp, the Popemobile, and the absolute power. The Pope’s a monumental celebrity. I’m sure AW would say Benedict’s smokin’ red PRADA treads are “really great.”