Marshall McLuhan in San Francisco 1965
Re: academic soothsayer Marshall McLuhan… in this case, a lunch in San Francisco 1965, introduced thusly (note recently deceased Tom Wolfe namecheck):
“Hot on the trail of this titan, I thought to myself, “Where is the last place in town you’d expect to see Marshall McLuhan?” and that’s where we I found him–at Off-Broadway in North Beach, lunching amid the topless waitresses with Writer Tom Wolfe, Adman Howard Gossage and Dr. Gerald Feigen.”
Another milk coffee
Cigarillos smoked to nib
Considering a present
Geeky discourse about the culture and rituals of the people at SXSW Interactive conference/festival specifically with cyborg anthropologist Amber Case who gamely banters about: human-techno-social-experience within information revolution; how future is created; how geek inherit/acquire power; micro-economics of start-ups; perils of venture capital; survivability of these commercial endeavors; industry-culture power structures; checking-into lines; affection for robotic devices; time and space compression; durability of books; importance of archiving; and attempt to manifest of a documentarian to articulate how to preserve invisible artifacts which exist every/nowhere.
Geek out on Cyborg Anthropology Essay in Austin – Choogle On! #101 (35:34, .mp3, 32MB)
Featuring
Cyborg Anthropologist, Amber Case @caseorganic – see also: Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now | Video on TED.com, Cyborg anthropologist Amber Case, the Technoccult interview.
Music
Dan Mangan excerpts from: “Indie Queens are Waiting” @danmanganmusic
Said the Whale from: CBC Radio 3 Sessions “This City’s a Mess” @saidthewhale
Unidentified clips from found-object “Lo-Fi Summer” mix tape (please identify in comments as possible)
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