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Some interesting things going on over on Johannes' blog:
Discussions of Aestheticism and the 'Hipster'. I'm going to post on this stuff (and on what Kent was saying about The Artist) later today, all things being equal.

There's also an interview with Joyelle McSweeney here.

Excess - Surreal - Pathological

"The word Surreal has gained incredibly currency as a negative in our culture! In our ridiculously hygienic society, "surreal" seems to mean a lot more than Breton &Co, it seems to mean almost exclusively the excessive and pathological.
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After a while one starts to wonder what the deal is. Why is everybody warning against surreal things. It seems to mean nothing much more than excess itself."

-Courtesy of the always-brilliant Johannes Göransson.

More Links.

This is a fascinating discussion. Apparently young poets are ignorant. Read on.

Anyone interested in the political in art, or Antonin Artaud, or Heiner Müller (Teatermaskinen; Die Hamletmaschine) should check out this, courtesy of the wonderful Johannes Göransson. There is excess. It is a beautiful thing.

Langpo in NZ, kind of.

There's stuff about me here. Yep, I'm stroking my ego. The origins of said stuff are here, then moving to here.

on a only-very-slightly related note, interesting stuff going on here, especially regaring avant-gardism, the grotesque, poetics of excess etc etc.