The texts this week are Dave Hickey's 'At Home in the Neon' from the compilation 'Air Guitar' and Mike Davis 'Fear Sand and Money in Dubai' collected in Evil Paradises. I'm not sure Hickey's essay is easily down-loadable (so get on the case straight away) but Davis' critique is easily available via the web.
Dave Hickey is a very talented writer, and Mike Davis is an excellent, truth seeking, academic. In my time I have been more swayed by Hickey, since the language is so cool; he writes of little pleasures, of his own experience, small triumphs like they could be revolutions, while Mike Davis is clearly an angry Marxist. Both are great texts to continue our adventure.
Remember you are not expected to read the whole books, just the chapters outlined above.
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