the thing about this particular brand of low-key wealth is that it can lead to a false sense of self, on both a micro and a macro level. Consumption is still consumption even if it’s less conspicuous. Class may be harder to see here, but that doesn’t make it any less real. Mark Zuckerberg’s still a billionaire, even if he’s wearing a hoodie and jeans. And if you don’t feel or look rich, you don’t necessarily feel the same sense of obligation that a traditional rich person does or should: Noblesse oblige is, after all, dependent on a classical idea of who is and is not the nobility. As that starts to fall away, obligation — to culture, to the future, to each other — begins to disappear, too.
I started another Tumblr site yesterday
Mainly for the more artsy things I find on my dashboard and around the web. I’m calling it “Less Pop, More Culture,” which doesn’t seem very original, but it’s all I could think of. If you have a better idea, let me know. =)
the Republican Study Committee, made up of about 165 GOP members of the House of Representatives, on Thursday announced a budget-cutting plan aimed at slashing federal spending, and it calls for the elimination of the nation’s two leading makers of government arts grants: the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also on the chopping block is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
House Republicans unveil plan to end federal arts and humanities agencies and aid to public broadcasting | Culture Monster | Los Angeles Times. I knew this was coming, but STILL.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Cathedral-of-Junk_01_28_07 (2) (photo by jzbassguitar)
Au revoir, Cathedral of Junk: Austinist: Cathedral of Junk To Be Dismantled, Says Owner
Source: Flickr / jzbassguitar
