tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post2382086448844785313..comments2023-11-05T04:31:48.615-05:00Comments on Elusive Lucidity: Notes on the Aesthetics of SportZChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-67858598387536209262012-08-27T00:47:36.473-04:002012-08-27T00:47:36.473-04:00Quite worthwhile piece of writing, lots of thanks ...Quite worthwhile piece of writing, lots of thanks for the article.Sophiehttp://www.yonkersny.gov/redirect.aspx?url=http://www.fxhawaii.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-6511934508848487522010-09-27T08:39:06.766-04:002010-09-27T08:39:06.766-04:00All sportsmen look great!All sportsmen look great!Winstrolhttp://rxheads.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-1840376160402854992007-07-09T21:38:00.000-04:002007-07-09T21:38:00.000-04:00David, I've still never seen any Matthew Barney st...David, I've still never seen any Matthew Barney stuff.<BR/><BR/>Orenda, glad you liked the links!<BR/><BR/>Noel, I don't know the video game. (I've just recently toyed with trying out a fantasy league, and that's as far as I've gone.) How easy is it to pick up those kinds of things? I'm a notoriously bad videogamer.ZChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-70696503081590217282007-07-08T01:39:00.000-04:002007-07-08T01:39:00.000-04:00To me the best goals are the ones that come very s...<I>To me the best goals are the ones that come very strong and fast on the end of a desperate run or a determined string of unselfish playing</I><BR/><BR/>i agree wholeheartedly with this... i don't know how familiar you are with games but there is the Pro Evolution Soccer series (which is so faithful in graphics and gameplay to a real match that it is actually a simulation and not a game) of which i am very fond, that allows you to do exactly this, occasionally find a series of tight open spaces wherein you can advance/counterattack and finish splendidly (given the necesary amount of cool as it can get pretty fast)... and these goals send endorphin level sky high...noel tantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737020213040663343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-15271467996064105322007-07-04T23:09:00.000-04:002007-07-04T23:09:00.000-04:00ah, yes, the all-encompassing "get real" argument,...ah, yes, the all-encompassing "get real" argument, which in its brevity ineptly believes itself to successfully cover over its author's ignorance.<BR/><BR/>not so, anonymous, not so! return to your idiocy anon!<BR/><BR/>great post, and wonderful links. thanks, elusive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-69874265216690533132007-07-04T01:06:00.000-04:002007-07-04T01:06:00.000-04:00Dude...get real.Dude...get real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-60877802090591265102007-07-03T17:11:00.000-04:002007-07-03T17:11:00.000-04:00I think I've mentioned this here before, but the a...I think I've mentioned this here before, but the aesthetics of sport, as well as the temporal and spatial dissonance between the field and the television screen and the modes of athletic performance, are a key part of Matthew Barney's early work (extending up to <I>Cremaster 3</I>, although by that point it's been subjugated by quite a bit of other thematic material).David Loweryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844946230991009106noreply@blogger.com