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Renaissance Now
by Douglas Rushkoff on 2006-08-28 09:58:37
tags: douglas rushkoff, get back in the box

Do you remember anything of what you learned about the original Renaissance – the one so big that we capitalize it? What were the main innovations? Well, how about perspective painting? Artists developed the technique of the “vanishing point” and with it ability to represent three-dimensional scenes on two-dimensional surfaces. In ...

Get Back in the Box
by Michael Szul on 2006-06-23 16:06:44
tags: business, douglas rushkoff

Why, oh why? Why would an occult site even bother reviewing a book on business? Good question. The simple answer is that Douglas Rushkoff's Get Back in the Box is more than a "business book." It's a powerful schematic that can be just as useful in every other ...

Club Zero-G
by Michael Szul on 2006-06-23 15:39:06
tags: club zero-g, douglas rushkoff

Rushkoff is no stranger to taking non-fiction themes and wrapping them into a fictional story. Ecstasy Club is one fine example. However, some writers are quick to learn that the graphic novel format is a completely different monster than the traditional fictional form. Fortunately, Rushkoff takes it slow and easy ...

Disinformation DVD
by Michael Szul on 2006-06-23 15:29:33
tags: disinformation, douglas rushkoff, grant morrison, joe coleman, kenneth anger, mark pesce, paul laffoley, richard metzger

Further proof that "They" are looking towards "Us" for the next generation of cultural hits and snazzy media fads, the Disinformation DVD is a collection of four episodes of the British counterculture, reality-bending, mockumentary hosted by Richard Metzger of The Disinformation Company. The DVD also includes six hours of the ...

Douglas Rushkoff
by Michael Szul on 2004-06-18 19:27:22
tags: douglas rushkoff

I first learned of Douglas Rushkoff while watching his speech segment on the Disinformation: The Series DVD. In truth, I was waiting for Grant Morrison’s turn, but decided to watch the first couple of speeches rather than fast-forward… and I’m glad I did.

Since that first viewing, I ...