March 4, 2010

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Balmorhea- Night in the Draw (Jacaszek Remix)

March 4, 2010

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I said in the morning readings that I’m on a baking frenzy.  I made mini-baguette; crusty on the outside, delicious on the inside.

minibaguette

March 4, 2010

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Going through the motions.  Nothing exciting to report except endless baking.  I might make baguette and listen to Liza Lim really loud. 

  • Manifest Equality Gallery brings together artists such as Barry McGee, Swoon, Robbie Conal and Jim Goldberg for their gay rights art show.”

http://www.vimeo.com/9850445

March 1, 2010

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Durutti ColumnJacqueline (Live 1988)

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March 1, 2010

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Caravaggio The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1603, detail

Darkness increases dishonest behavior.

March 1, 2010

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Georges Braque- Musical Instruments 1908

March 1, 2010

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Available here.

March 1, 2010

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I am in the process of re-ripping (Is that a word?) my CDs.  Many years ago, 2003 I think, I ripped my CDs to mp3.  At the time, storage was at a premium so those files are of a tolerable, but low quality 128 mp3.  I want to clear those shelves because my DVD collection far exceeds my CDs and hard drive storage is cheap.    Also, I rarely pull a CD to listen to as I head straight to the digital files.  S000000, I’m re-ripping in the Flac format for archiving and storing the physical CDs elsewhere.  I ripped most of the classical section over the weekend excluding Kronos Quartet.  Kronos is one of those ensembles that can do no wrong.  Their choice of composers, singers,  interpretation and execution are brilliant.  Though I am strictly digital these days, I will always buy a hard copy of the latest Kronos CD.  In April, they are in Durham and I contemplate a rare road trip.

Some of the Kronos I’m ripping now.

Here’s a short video about the collaboration of Kronos Quartet with Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq.

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March 1, 2010

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  • A New Kind of Beauty by Philip Toledano asks: “Beauty has always been a currency, and now that we finally have the technological means to mint our own, what choices do we make?” (NSFW)
  • Warsaw celebrates the 200th year of Chopin’s birthday.  (Culture Monster)

  • Lost Descartes letter found with Google search. (CBC)
  • Puppet cleavage a no-no in Colorado Springs. (365 Gay)
  • Greta Garbo as Style Icon at Milan’s Triennale. (Dazed Digital)
  • Lego Star Wars Foosball Table. (Buzzfeed)
  • John Barrowman eats a banana. (Dlisted)

  • Trailer for the book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith.
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February 26, 2010

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Olivier Messiaen- Quartet for the End of Time

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February 26, 2010

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“The car reverses over, and his body rolls over; crushed from the shoulder.”

“And you can hear the bones humming.”

“Killed to keep the world turning. ”

“Murder me in Ostia.”

Pasolini and Coil below

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February 26, 2010

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If ya don’t know him, discover.

February 26, 2010

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Click to enlarge the ASS

February 26, 2010

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La Coquille et le clergyman

A clergyman experiences a bizarre sequence of fantasies that torment him and test his faith to the limit. He has fallen for a beautiful woman, the wife of a proud general, and this obsession provokes image after image in his increasingly heated brain. He sees himself kill the general; he sees himself chase after the beautiful woman. The dream becomes ever more fantastic and terrifying, until, at its climax, the clergyman seizes a giant shell and thirstily drains its contents.

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Directed by Germaine Dulac.

Written by Antonin Artaud

Starring: Alex Allin, Genica Athanasiou, Lucien Bataille

Part Two and Three below.

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