V. VALE “TWITTERS” June 3-8 (TwitterName: “valeREsearch” )
V. VALE started a Twitter Account to Capture Aphorisms/Quotes on the fly. The following are Vale’s “TWITTERS” June 3-8 (Vale’s twitter account: valeREsearch )
“PARODY TV SHOWS WE’D LIKE TO SEE: ‘Sex Ed with Sarah Palin.’ ‘Pretty Woman’ starring Eliot Spitzer. Etc.”
“RADICALS FOR CAPITALISM?! If You’re FOR Capitalism, You Ain’t Radical- You’re CONSERVATIVE! Or BRAINWASHED, Stockholm Syndrome-style.”-Vale
“CORPORATIONS vs. HUMANS = PERMANENT WAR. KILL THE CORPORATIONS & YOU KILL THE WAR.”
“Each of Us Is OUR OWN Central Intelligence Agency, Magnetizing the Most Futuristic Ideas, Culture, Experiences & Pleasures…”
“PROOF Your BRAIN Is Like SWISS CHEESE: Reread ‘WAR & PEACE’ & Discover Passages You Never Saw Before…”
“There is NO SUCH THING as RADICALS FOR CAPITALISM – unless you think the entire world is just 100% privileged white fe/males.”
“THE ECONOMY ALREADY: NO JOBS, NO MANUFACTURING. REAL ESTATE: 3000% OVERVALUED. RECOVERY: NEVER. THE DOLLAR/EURO: WORTHLESS.”
“CAPITALISM = PERMANENT WAR: Against ‘Competitors,’ ‘Rivals’; For Control of Scarce Resources, Land, Commodities, Other Humans…”
“Too bad there isn’t a TRUE Central Intelligence Agency where all the wisdom of the planet is centralized & downloadable FOR FREE.”
“The most memorable moments in a prose work of fiction are POETIC. Everything else fades away…”
“The ONE Piano Book to Take to a Desert Island: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KEYBOARD PICTURE CHORDS ($14.98 @ the Hated B&N Chainstore).”
“Make the BEST Cupcake in the World & People Will Beat a Path to Your Door.”
“CIVILITY — NOT SERVILITY.”
“DOMINANT CELEBRITY CULTURE INJECTS US WITH: fear, inferiority complexes, trepidation, servility, despair, abasement.”
“In a city, passing strangers can utter epiphanies (or dreadful cliches), then vanish forever out of your life…”
“It’s so much fun to EAVESDROP & SPY on people while out in the world — WHY?”
“20C ART MOVEMENTS: DADA, FUTURISM, VORTICISM, CONSTRUCTIVISM, SURREALISM, SITUATIONISM, FLUXUS, SEMINA, FUNK, PUNK, STREET ART”
“LOOK, Don’t See. LISTEN, Don’t Hear.” – Lee Child
“Form an Amateur “THINK TANK” and Brainstorm for Ideas! TAKE NOTES! In theory, it’s THE IMAGINATION WHICH CREATES THE FUTURE…”
“What with the Economic Downturn & more “free” time — a perfect excuse to stay up with friends All Night, just talking!”
“What ARE YOUR Top 100 Books? Recordings? Movies? Artists? Film Directors? Musicians? Actors? People?”
“Periodically, Review Your Life & pick out the books, music & movies that were MOST IMPORTANT to YOU. SET THEM APART.”
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“At home, display objects and images reminding you of friends/important figures to keep in touch with. Have a WALL OF PHOTOS.”
Who would have imagined. a mere 10 years ago, the DEMATERIALIZATION of the most powerful 20th-century cultural media: music and film…?
“WHY NOT TRY Living in a Foreign Country Before You Die? Second Best: Live with Someone FROM A Foreign Country.” 
“Definitely recommend the Swedish 2-1/2 hour EPIC “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” Sweden looks alluringly unfamiliar…”
“J.G. Ballard is MUCH MORE than a visionary/shocking “fiction writer.” He is THE PHILOSOPHER for our media-inundated, technocratic times.”
“IF You Want A DIFFERENT FUTURE: 1) Show It 2) Write It 3) Speak It 4) Think It; IMAGINE It 5) Try to LIVE IT”
“Books About Sub- or Counter-Cultures (like “Punk,” “Hippies”) Are Really Not About the Past, They’re About THE FUTURE…”
THOUGHTS: “When reading about a Sub- or Counter-Culture (like “Punk”), Don’t Trust People Who WEREN’T THERE…”
“After I saw a Robot ‘service’ a girl at ARS ELECTRONIKA, I thought: ‘The Robots Shall Inherit the Earth.’”
CAT HAIKU: Fly in the window / Hunt it down, Then I eat it / Time for a Nice Nap
“CATS are ALWAYS VERY SINCERE in EVERYTHING They Do.”
“Is AUGMENTED REALITY the Final Nail in the Coffin of ‘REAL’ REALITY? How many ‘ARE’S’ ARE WE?! A New Genus: SCHIZO SAPIENS?”
CAT HAIKU: Fun to Sleep All Day / Play at 2 in the Morning / Jump on Owner’s Head
“WHAT IS ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN: 1) Architecture 2) Psychology 3) Art/Street Art 4) Literature 5) Music 6) Iconography / Imagery?”
“IF IT Wasn’t Recorded, It Didn’t Happen.” – J.G. Ballard “AFTER It’s Recorded, Know How to Find It.”
CAT HAIKU: Barfed in five corners / Took them HOURS to find them / It Was a Good Day
RECESSION TIP: Order from Your Library SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING, a 60s Survival-with-Panache Classic. Or Near-Classic.
“Children Restore Your Own Childhood To You. They Give You Far More Than You Give them.”
“SEEK EXACTITUDE OF EXPRESSION While Realizing That’s an Impossible Goal…”
RECESSION TIP FOR CITY-DWELLERS: “Before the End of the Month, People Move. They Leave ‘Treasures’ On the Street. Harvest Them!”
