We find today everywhere examples of mass produced luxury. Sitting in a coffee house atop dark wood chairs, next to a floor to ceiling fireplace adorned with an exotic artwork, I am both everywhere and nowhere. Starbucks, or Second-Cup, even the new-look Macdonalds embrace an architecture of bare wood, rock and leather wingback chairs alongside [...]
Archive for the ‘Pubs’ Category
“Chic-ness” and Cheapness – the materiality of the modern aesthetic
Posted in Body Phenomenology, Capitalism, Ethics, Food, Pragmatics, Pubs, Technology, Things, coffee, writing on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Red Racer IPA
Posted in Capitalism, Ethics, Pragmatics, Pubs, beginning on August 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This beer is expensive – it comes in cans, yet costs over 12$ for a six pack. This, and the fact it’s brewed in Vancouver, and that it won something called the “Craft Beer Vancouver” competition were the main reasons I picked it out. The competition win purported it to be the “best brew in [...]
On “Rock and Roll” clubs and going places on one’s own.
Posted in Art, Pubs, beginning, writing on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(This is my first entry brought to you buy the Eee PC’s ultra portable capability)
Last night was a classmates birthday. Birthday’s are the only event which can lure me to a club. Clubs are odd places – the music bleeds your ears, you are constantly loosing track of [...]
