Greg Hischak is a writer, performance artist
and publisher of Farm Pulp, "the juxtaposing
zine for the tired of standing."
Visit Thundralarra, a hypertext adaptation of the "Tenants" issue of Farm Pulp that originally appeared on Britannica.com
"Deep mines make strong neighbors," Wallace always said and indeed, he became well-known across Nevada as the absentee landholder with the strongest neighbors. Artist, armchair cowboy, red-baiter and venture capitalist, Wallace's dogged pursuit of such resources as pyrite, iridium, soft coal and manganese — none of which would be found on his Hidden Driveway Springs holdings — drained his bank accounts as fast as Sacajawea Chaparral Sweethearts brought the money in.
Vincent at the Knobs
There is this line dictated by nature and masterable by thumb and index finger. Yet it is technique that can blind one from the true art—that which is projected from the heart and cannot be captured by mere craft. Craft is crippling like a palsy and blinding like a big paper maché rabbit's head.
"Please refrain from bringing beverages and snacks outside of the lobby area."
What if the line could be expressed without its baroque ornamentation? Think of the war, Ernest. Could I say "food and drink" and still convey an aura of uninspiring wine and stale biscotti? Could I say "Consume your food and drinks and sit down," disassembling the language still further? Sweat poured off my face and blotched my notebook:
"Shut your hole and watch."
Paul Bunyan of the Hamptons—The Austin Nebish Endnote
"That's not sculpture, that's just logging, Truman Capote once wrote of Austin Nebish's work. In fact the public, those who had been forced to attend one or more art history classes, has always been polarized into two camps concerning Nebish's work: those who viewed him as America's most dynamic chainsaw artist and those who found his work to be kindling..."
Copyshop of Alchemists
"I think it should be accepted that some people enjoy the sublimation and exuberation of androgyne manganine—some people are born that way, or get that way from not playing enough sports. Me, I'm not fascinated so much as just interested. Sure, there are some days when I lie in bed thinking I was born 11 x 17 in an 8-1/2 x 11 world. Everybody gets to thinking that once in a while. I think it's probably normal. Isn't it?"
03.06.2001
Cézanning with Impunity
"My beautiful Yvonne, so young, so precious—
simultaneously perspectivized," M. Renauze wailed, cradling in his arms the lifeless form of his daughter in both three quarter
and full-frontal view...
Amenities
"As a nod to its more left bank past, and to alleviate some of the bad feng shui that came with gentrification, the property management left an actual artist in each of the units.
A small artist, not established..."