http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com observations from the frontlines of popular culture Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com/2010/03/2286/ubuweb-protector-of-the-avant-garde/ http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com/2010/03/2286/ubuweb-protector-of-the-avant-garde/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:06:33 +0000 Callan http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com/?p=2286
A relief from the nausea and clutter of our age is UbuWeb.  An online library dedicated to the avant-garde and non-commercial works of the last century. There are podcasts of poetry and spoken word, tons of art videos, musique concrete recordings, etc. All of it requires patience. As dense and academic as it is it feels really refreshing to dig around and see things that aren’t trying to be buzzy and flashy.  Its a portal that requires you to enter into voluntarily, rather than being predicated on advertisement and the desire to grab the consumer’s attention for a fleeting moment. Its like the 2010 version of a library or film archive. God bless it. Peace on Earth.

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