<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Past: George Brecht answered his phone only when someone made an appointment by postcard.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On Mar 23, 2017, at 10:33 PM, simon <<a href="mailto:swht@clear.net.nz" class="">swht@clear.net.nz</a>> wrote:</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">----------empyre- soft-skinned space----------------------<br class=""><br class="">Dear C,<br class=""><br class="">as you address me by name, it behooves me to ... and so forth. I see you yourself travel light, as a single letter by which to be addressed.<br class=""><br class="">On 24/03/17 02:21, <a href="mailto:csaper@umbc.edu" class="">csaper@umbc.edu</a> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">This list may be preparing us for a past as prologue<br class=""></blockquote>Alan has written on the list blocking extra-epistolary detournements, etc. I would only like to say that the preparation of a past as prologue describes the foundation of the monolith of spectacular culture in general. The future isn't what it used to be; it is exactly what used to be.<br class=""><br class="">Best,<br class="">Simon<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">empyre forum<br class=""><a href="mailto:empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au" class="">empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au</a><br class="">http://empyre.library.cornell.edu<br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>