Saturday, March 26, 2011

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

New Robotic Erotic Electric Video

Thanks to Joseph Angeles, of the **sholes, for the link!



MACHINE CIVILIZATION」/WORLD ORDER
作詞:須藤元気  作曲:須藤元気/ Takashi Watanabe
Group name is「WORLD ORDER」,Music by Genki Sudo /Takashi Watanabe, Words by Genki Sudo

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Echoing Clowes, Vonnegut, Marker, and More: Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire's THE SUBURBS

I like to start class with videos/songs that are 'kindrid souls/spirits' to the works/authors/artists we are studying in the big room; a couple of weeks back I played THE SUBURBS, a collaboration between Arcade Fire and director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich). Hit the image below for the story of screen the video directly, below as well...


Interview with Dan Clowes in the HERMENAUT

Oh no! a class t-shirt!?

Monday, March 21, 2011

Dan Clowes through the words of Andrew Graham-Dixon






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Allusions and the Ramones in Dan Clowes' GHOST WORLD

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:50:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dom Wallflower
Subject: ghost world
To: William Nericcio

The Ramones - Carbona Not Glue



the lyrics are seen on page 21 in ghost world, playing in the background. i think its important to know what is being referenced in ghost world because it gives the viewer a better understanding of the characters personalities...also the ramones are fucking good...sonic youth too.

-dom verzosa

Carbona Not Glue lyrics

Wondering what I'm doing tonight I've been in the closet and feel all right
Ran out of Carbona, Mom threw out the glue
Ran out of paint and roach spray, too

It's TV's fault why I am this way
Mom and pop wanna put me away
From the early morning movie to the late late show
After it's over nowhere to go

And I'm not sorry for the things I do
My brain is stuck from shooting glue
I'm not sorry for the things I do, do...

Carbona not glue,
Carbona not glue,
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
( From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/ramones-lyrics/carbona-not-glue-lyrics.html )

Wondering what I'm doing tonight I've been in the closet and feel all right
Ran out of Carbona, Mom threw out the glue
Ran out of paint and roach spray, too

It's TV's fault why I am this way
Mom and pop wanna put me away
From the early morning movie to the late late show
After it's over nowhere to go

Carbona not (Hey!) glue..
Carbona not (Hey!) glue..
Carbona not (Hey!) glue..
Carbona not (Hey!) glue..
Carbona not (Hey!) glue..

Trippy Alice Video

Monday, March 14, 2011

Robotic, Erotic, Electric: ARTkive Gallery 48: Banksy Sighting at SDSU?

It's a longshot, but one of your colleagues has a hunch:

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:24:59 -0800
Subject: Spray painted cat on structure 5
From: melina ojeda
To: William Nericcio

Hi Dr. Nericcio
FYI: I took pictures of this cat on a wall of structure 5 here at SDSU. This picture looks like Bansky's work. Don't know if anyone has sent them to you.

Melina




Robotic, Erotic, Electric: ARTkive Gallery 47: The ART of Dom Verzoso

One of your cool colleagues is travailing in a vein that includes superheroes, borderlines, and more--check it out by hitting the image opposite and below.




Robotic, Erotic, Electric: ARTkive Gallery 46: more ARCADE FIRE & Spike Jonze

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Robotic, Erotic, Electric: ARTkive Gallery 45: Charles Bukowski, Poet and Jerk

Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:05:23 -0800
Subject: Re: This and that...: ENGL220-CX-Spring2011
From: Joshua Gums
To: William Nericcio

Just thought you might like this for your ARTKive, Bukowski at his lowest.  Definitely helps to read his poems in his voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUeGsTjIj0A


Robotic, Erotic, Electric: ARTkive Gallery 45: Animal Collective

Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 18:43:01 -0800
Subject: Re: Super Smart Professor in Women's Studies....: ENGL220-CX-Spring2011
From: Mikayla Voltmer
To: William Nericcio

Professor Nericcio,

I thought you might enjoy this music video! :)




I agree with one of the comments, " the video really creates a unique new world to get lost in for 5 minutes, which is exactly what the song does. Makes me think of the great David Lynch and the unique worlds that he creates, finding the perfect marriage between picture and sound. Long live the arts!"

Robotic, Erotic, Electric: ARTkive Gallery 44: the EGO...

Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 22:58:01 -0800
Subject: An Interesting video about the Ego in connection to your ENG 220
Class
From: Joseph Angeles

To: memo@sdsu.edu

I was doing some video surfing, when I came upon this video about the ending credits of the movie Revolver by Guy Richie. The movie is about the Ego/self and this video ties greatly to the idea of Ego and Robotic like control from our Ego's.. As well, can be tied to the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story that we read in class.. I couldn't find a place to post in your blog or mention this video, so I decided to just email you the link : ..... enjoy


From,
Joseph Angeles

Friday, March 04, 2011

Robotic, Erotic, Electric ARTkive Gallery Posting 43 | BANKSY

Good morning Professor Nericcio,

My name is Pamela Peredo. I am in your ENGL220 class, section "da ill-literate$" with Rebecca. I very much enjoy this class, and the culture and perspective you bring upon us.

Anyway, I was so glad you offered extra credit to the screening of Banksy's EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP because I have heard briefly of it, and really wanted to see it. Now having seen it, I am completely inspired- I wanted to make my own decal, then quickly remembered that graffiti was illegal- however, I will just readjust my plans to make it less crime worthy. I was researching Banksy a little and came across The Capturing Banksy Book Project. I couldn't help but notice that the dog in the picture kind of resembles your signature drawing/tag, which is pretty awesome. The Russian art group, Voina, mentioned is also pretty cool. I read that they do not accept any money or rewards because they want their art to be a gift to the world and not have a price on it.

Check it out



Have a good rest of the weekend,

Pam Peredo

Robotic, Erotic, Electric: ARTkive Gallery 42: CSI

Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:55:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Kaitlyn H
Subject: Re: Super Smart Professor in Women's Studies....: ENGL220-CX-Spring2011
To: William Nericcio

Professor Nericcio,

My name is Kaitlyn Hoskins in your English 220 class. I am an avid Law and Order: Special Victims Unit watcher and I stumbled upon and interesting episode today that pertains to the robotic portion of the class. While the majority of the episode was the usual cheesy scenarios and forensic analysis, towards the end of it, it was found that the murderer had implanted an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip into his wifes shoulder to track her movements. The man is brought in for questioning where he says, "RFID is the wave of the future, in 15 years everyone will be implanted with a chip." The detective replies, "Really, where do I sign out of that?" The murderer then says, "The backwards attitude of the typical Luddite."



The episode is from season 8, episode 9 "Choreographed." The scene is about 30 minutes in. I watched it on Netflix so I'm not sure it can be artkive, but I thought it was worth mentioning. Also worth mentioning is that the murderer was Bob Saget, guest starring. Good laugh.

Thanks,
Kaitlyn Hoskins

Thursday, March 03, 2011

Robotic, Erotic, Electric: ARTkive Gallery 41: Daft Punk

A scary, scary TV-sucking, robot "baby" from one of your cool colleagues...

Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:11:25 -0800
Subject: Artkive Stuff
From: Chris Pozil <cpoz AT cox DOT net>
To: William  Nericcio <bnericci@mail.sdsu.edu>
Thread-Topic: Artkive Stuff

Hey Dr. Nericcio,

I was surprised to not see any daft punk on the robotic erotic electric website. Not only do most of their videos relate to class in some way, but they are like the classic rock of the robot-like music era. So, here to change that I give you their music video for their song “technologic.” The video does a great job of portraying how the media makes us like uniform robots in how we go about living our lives; they lyrics say it all. Hope you like:




Sincerely,
Chris Pozil

Ps. if you like this I recommend you check out come other daft punk videos, they all kind of have a cool meaning parallel to our class. Some other good ones are “da funk,” “robot rock,” and “around the world.”