Linkpile

• Scholarly essay nails Gilligan’s Island’s hidden subtext – Boing Boing: “The tragedy of the tale is not that they can never go back. The real affliction is the wish itself. They are all so preoccupied with the notion of going back that they never realize they are already in paradise.”
• Disquiet » Quote of the Week: The Cassette of Memories: “Rewind is such exquisite torture, don’t you think?”
• Performance Journalism: “Pop-up Magazine” (described a live performance in magazine-ish form) actually sounds pretty cool. I agree with the point made in this post about it, regarding urgency, and I’m interested in the point about the attraction of the ephemeral (“no digital record”).
• The Power of Lucky Charms: “New research coming out in June suggests that a belief in good luck can affect performance.”
• The Limitations Of Today’s Soundproofing Magic & The Perennial Noise of Marketing: A note on trying to buy quietness.

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