April 22nd, 2010 / 7:40 pm
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Fourth Mess Section

1. If you are interested in the relationship between photographic images and reality, Abraham Zapruder has a conundrum for you.  –Errol Morris’s twitter feed

2. Incompetent individuals fail to recognize genuine skill in others.  –The Dunning-Kruger Effect

3. Portraits of those who sit across from Marina Abramovic during The Artist Is Present.

4. The last days are marked by hallucinations: bears, wolves and aliens prowl the roadside; asphalt cracks rearrange themselves into coded messages. –a profile of Jure Robic, ultra-endurance athlete

5. They’ve watched so many times, full of their clear juice, hanging  from small striped boxes, gushing like ants, picking at the hands of  unsubtle blind people, nibbling right up to the police hem. –Atonement Century Machinery (Frivolous Ridership) by Fortunato Salazar

6. The photographs of Rodney Alcala, the Dating Game killer.

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15 Comments

  1. April 22nd, 2010 / 11:45 pm Jhon Baker—

      Number two makes a lot of sense of a great many things.

  2. April 22nd, 2010 / 7:45 pm Jhon Baker—

      Number two makes a lot of sense of a great many things.

  3. April 22nd, 2010 / 11:50 pm d—
  4. April 22nd, 2010 / 7:50 pm d—
  5. April 23rd, 2010 / 1:24 am ZZZZZIPP—

      I MEAN THIS

  6. April 22nd, 2010 / 9:24 pm ZZZZZIPP—
    • April 22nd, 2010 / 9:24 pm ZZZZZIPP—

        I MEAN THIS

    • April 23rd, 2010 / 1:25 am ZZZZZIPP—

        WHY DO VIDEOS NOT EMBED

    • April 22nd, 2010 / 9:25 pm ZZZZZIPP—

        WHY DO VIDEOS NOT EMBED

    • April 23rd, 2010 / 1:39 am Roxane Gay—

        I read the article about Jure Robic yesterday and it is hard for me to fathom the ways in which he pushes his body. Endurance athletes are frightening and impressive.

    • April 22nd, 2010 / 9:39 pm Roxane Gay—

        I read the article about Jure Robic yesterday and it is hard for me to fathom the ways in which he pushes his body. Endurance athletes are frightening and impressive.

    • April 23rd, 2010 / 2:10 am Caketrain—

        Thanks for all of this, Ken — Mess Section has become a much-anticipated recurring feature.

    • April 22nd, 2010 / 10:10 pm Caketrain—

        Thanks for all of this, Ken — Mess Section has become a much-anticipated recurring feature.

    • April 23rd, 2010 / 7:08 pm Janey Smith—

        Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.

    • April 23rd, 2010 / 3:08 pm Janey Smith—

        Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.