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contours provocations
journal - 2001-0102 - tue 2130 Glacial, Music Videos, Moby's Tits, Madonna Watching Today was sunny and bright but very cold. Places that received direct sunlight were free of yesterday's snow and ice. But those spots that remained in the shade were usually covered with ice. As you drove down the the sunlit street, you might see slim evidence of Sunday night's snow. But then suddenly, there would be a shadowy patch that was glacial. Very deceptive and very dangerous. One day last week, Time Warner, without fanfare, added a number of new channels to the digital cable lineup. And moved some channels to different slots. There certainly seem to be a lot of news and/or financial options. We have C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, The Weather Channel, CNN, Headline News, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, The History Channel, Court TV, NOAA, CNNF, CNBC2, NWS. And this does not include the many related variations for sports and health. Two of the additions seem promising. MTV2 shows, believe it or not, music videos. Very much a departure from the original MTV which last coughed up a video in '97. The other item of interest is TRIO. It appears to offer a combination of old movies, Brit TV and Shop-at-Home. Now if I so desire I can catch EastEnders on BBC America or Coronation Street on TRIO. Last night, MTV2 aired "Moby Live in Scotland." Somewhere or other, I saw Moby's video for "Porcelain," and became an instant fan, so I was curious to see this. Moby vaulted back and forth across the outdoor stage like an electronic blip in a video game. While his background vocalist was bundled up against the obviously cold weather, Moby bounced around without a shirt. I wanted to scream, "Moby! Damn it! You're gonna freeze your cute little tits off!" There is something about Moby that I find sexually compelling. I've noticed within the last six months an increasing interest in less-obvious figures as erotic figures. Thom Yorke, Ed Norton, Moby and Edward Kowalczyk of Live. At lunch today, I was reading an article in "The New Yorker" about the British media's fascination with Madonna. I was trying to define her but was having trouble. I most associate her with Deitrich. And yet others may match her to someone else. But maybe that is her secret. Her persona is such that you are able to project onto her any number of comparisons or identities, and they all seem reasonable. She is like one of those creatures in a sci-fi movie who manages to resemble an image plucked from your brain. PAX!
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