About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Tag Archives: true crime
The things that show up in in the feed reader
In addition to Foucault’s torture, we’re also looking at Levi Ames’ tale this week. Or should I say – one of Levi Ames’ tales. The notes on the Ames reading say that there were 19 different accounts of his story … Continue reading
Pre-production notes
I thought I’d share the collaboration and production process Jim and I are using to do a video with the rest of the True Crimers. I make this process a little complicated because I’m at a remote distance. It should … Continue reading
Yo ho ho and a bottle of…
This time I went for a pirate theme with my ds106radio thing, since we have a pirate’s tale coming up in the True Crime class. Today is pirate day on Crime Time Radio “Rhymin’ and Stealin’” with the Beastie Boys. Mixing 1001 … Continue reading
Power and knowledge
There are famous sayings like “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely” and expressions like “power mad” and “drunk with power.” And there’s my favorite, from Jenny Holzer: “Abuse of power comes as no surprise.” The meaning is that we should put … Continue reading
Off with their heads
Demi and Abigail brought up the guillotine in their blogs. It’s an interesting contradiction. It is a horrific and violent form of execution, yet the whole point of it was to be humane and execute people without inflicting unnecessary pain. It’s associated … Continue reading
Obey and conform
They Live was an 80s film about an alien ruling class that controlled the world through subliminal messages until professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper messed everything up. He found special sunglasses that let him see through the messages – all … Continue reading
Sin after sin
I’ve been doing a series of shows for ds106radio called Crime Time Radio. It’s not really part of the True Crime class, just something for my own amusement to fulfill my secret desire to be a DJ. The crime theme … Continue reading
Weekend line-up
Just collating a few quick thoughts on some things I saw in the blog feed: Gloriana talks about how she stopped to look things up along the way through the readings. This can be a good habit to develop. It’s a … Continue reading
It’s getting better all the time.
Jim and I were talking about how we were going to divide up our parts of leading the class. One of the ideas we came up with was a collaborative Google Doc where we could both write down our thoughts … Continue reading
“Let’s go do some crimes.” *
The True Crime class Jim Groom and I have been working on starts tomorrow, and I’m pretty excited about it. The topic is so compelling – who doesn’t love a good story of violence and corruption and crime and justice? But it … Continue reading