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...height of McCarthyism, Stare won notoriety for hiring Bernard Lown, a cardiologist who had been accused of holding communist sympathies. Lown went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 as one of the leaders of a group opposing the proliferation of nuclear weapons...
Edward Steichen’s 1932 photograph “The Maypole” depicts the Empire State Building at the height of its glory. The building, captured both frontally and cater-cornered, is printed from the two perspectives simultaneously, the straight shot superimposed over the isometric one. The angled shot shows the Empire State Building as the greatest point in New York City, almost as humanity’s greatest achievement, a holy mountain and an idol. It is the “maypole” around which the revelers of New York City heralded the modern...
...full-length mirror on the door of the room wraps the building as if around a corner, lending it a three-dimensional feel. The wall behind the bed reveals the clouds and the orb of the sun pushing through. This photograph inverts our vision of New York, transforming height into depth, and thus it shakes our feelings of groundedness and solidity...
Closing the night was DJ Babu with Dilated Peoples, the West Coast group comprised of the two MCs, Evidence and Irascience. Both joined forces to give an impressive performance, displaying the height of their freestyling skills, but made sure to keep the focus on their prized DJ Babu, also a member of the Beat Junkies. Their set felt more like a celebration and tribute to DJs (in particular Babu), which it was, than a standard hip hop concert. Pitting sides of the crowd against each other, Dilated Peoples gave everything to maintain high energy into the tail...
...Fast-forward to the present and what do you find? A "kinda" culture. The country's youth these days aspire to little more than to be considered kojare, or kinda stylish. Clothes from inexpensive thrift stores, like mom's elastic-waisted skirts from the late '70s, are the height of fashion. Makeup is unnecessary. Kids get their kicks at cheap eateries, where they can flirt with kogirei (kinda attractive) waiters. Even emotions and sensations are getting a yen-like devaluation. Japanese youth don't work up a proper appetite, they get kobarabeta (a little peckish). The good jobs are disappearing...