Cursed With Good Ideas

CWGI #3: Facebook meme pages & dank #maplewave (with Deathnography)

The third episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, sixty-four minutes of deep meme phenomenology with Deathnography (Montreal, Canada) and hosts Joshua Cader, Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta & Patrick Harrison.
In this episode: Facebook meme page backstage gossip, Hong Kong protest field recordings, secret chat group anti-Zuck strikes, post-internet anthropology zingers, and the original formulation of #maplewave.
Vaping gurgles and keyboard taps unavoidable given the recording circumstances.
LINKS:- Deathnography Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/deathnography/ - Quarry Bay's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/quarrybay - Esoteric Asian Memes: https://www.facebook.com/esotericasianmemes/ - Lettuce Dog's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lettucedogmemes/
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CWGI #2: Hong Kong politics beyond umbrellas (with Joy Zhu)

The second episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, an hour of free-wheeling takes with Joy Zhu (Hong Kong) and hosts Joshua Cader, Dino Chang & Gabriele de Seta.
In this episode: uninformed opinions on Hong Kong's something-colonial identity, Wan Chin fandom, attempts at triggering Yuk Hui, and a broad sweeps over the city's political spectrum beyond the Umbrella Movement.
Background noises courtesy of recording this thing over a total distance of 24,518 km.
LINKS:- Tommy Cheung's article on Wan Chin: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/AEDS-07-2015-0032 - Laika's take on Hong Kong's exit: https://jacobitemag.com/2017/09/23/colonialism-hong-kong-exit/ - Bruce Gilley's defense of colonialism: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colonialism-academic-article-bruce-gilley-threats-violence-published-withdrawn-third-world-quarterly-a7996371.html - Yuk Hui on NRx: http://www.e-flux.com/journal/81/125815/on-the-unhappy-consciousness-of-neoreactionaries/
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CWGI #1: From Wang Bing to Wang Hui (with Patrick Harrison)

The actual first episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, fifty-something minutes of trans-timezone quipping with Patrick Harrison (UC Berkeley) and hosts Joshua Cader, Dino Chang & Gabriele de Seta.
In this episode: sharing some real good Chinese documentaries, piling hot takes on the Warkgate, being cynical about the China Quarterly fuck-up, and the usual dose of having no clue.
We're getting better at this, except for Josh who thought speakers were better than headphones.
LINKS:- Life After Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GELAclq9CQE - McKenzie Wark on Wang Hui: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3345-wang-hui-on-china-s-twentieth-century - Brian Hioe on McKenzie Wark: http://newbloommag.net/2017/08/23/wark-wang-left-orientalism/ - China Quarterly: http://www.chinoiresie.info/china-foray-into-academia-beyond-borders/
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