(collage by Susan Bee)


Walter Benjamin's Disco Moment--

"In the protocols Benjamin's experiences tend to veer between anxiety, ecstasy, and illumination. He wasn't exactly out to abandon himself to pleasure in the first place; stopping at another cafe he finds himself a little too ready to enjoy the music: "I have forgotten on what grounds I permitted myself to mark the beat with my foot," he notes. "This is against my education, and it did not happen without inner disputation..."