Here's my cocktail column, if you want more info on different drinks, trends, LA bars, etc.:

http://www.examiner.com/cocktails-in-los-angeles/aaron-vanek

Aaron

http://hadto.net/category/projects/human-powered-chatbot

By Geert Lovink and Patrice Riemens
posted on 30 August, 2010

http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/geert/2010/08/30/ten-theses-on-wikileaks/

i am putting out an open call for semiotext(e) reading group facilitators. each facilitator would focus on one book and follow some of the source material and references used in the book. the idea is to have at least one person well versed in each book's material to help keep the discussion moving.

here is a list of volunteers so far:

the coming insurrection - zen dochterman 9/18

the screwball asses - liz glynn 11/20

the violence of financial capitalism - sean dockray 10/2

introduction to civil war - jason smith 10/16

a thousand machines - claudia (missfirn) 11/13

the agony of power - Caleb Waldorf 10/30

please comment on this note if you wish to facilitate one of the remaining books. once we have six volunteers i will go ahead and schedule the class.

If anyone is curious about the concept of the master, and the language structure proposed in Lacan's riotous seminar, there's a good link indexing all the seminars' content here:

http://www.lacan.com/seminars1a.htm

See June 29, 1955 (book II), May 25th, 1955, June 15, 1955.  The purloined letter is also iconic, if you're really into it.

The seminars are downloadable from aaarg.

i would like to get this class scheduled if we can find someone interested in teaching. if you or someone you know would like to teach this class, please respond to this note or contact me.

Roasting beans on the stove

I found this undated photo in the LA Public Library Photo Collection.  On the right of Angels Flight, you can see a sign that reads "Vegetarian Cafeteria".

The Los Angeles mirror session for the Berlin reading group will meet this Thursday at 8pm, poolside at the Westin Bonaventure hotel.  We are meeting at the Public School through July, and in August, we will go nomadic.  Please join us - readings are listed on the class comments.

http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm

http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwheel.asp

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20161202,00.html

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/20/color-inspiration-from-the-masters-of-painting/