I read the New York Times Arts section on the off chance they’ll write about music I might find interesting. When that happens it’s usually perceptive and well-written. This week, I note two reviews for events I can’t even begin to imagine attending: Martha Plimpton and Tyne Daly doing Caberet shows.
The structuralist critics liked [...]
Consider Boomkat. They’re very specific about what you can do with them: put them on up to three computers, three portable music players, and burn on up to five CDs. They say that you permanently own the tracks you purchase, but at the same time they’re owned by Boomkat and the other parties [...]
This is really kinda awesome, and says something I’d never thought of before. I am fascinated by subconscious art of all sorts, like Ghost Signs
So, writing about a movie star when they die isn’t exactly my thing, but Brittany Murphy dying got to me. And I wouldn’t write about it at all except that through random trolling for movies with Melissa, I saw a few of her lesser known movies that were interesting. To wit:
Sidewalks of New York [...]
All of the original Ub Iwerks “Popeye” cartoons lapsed into Public Domain before the film industry stooges bribed Congress to extend copyright indefinitely. These cartoons were vastly superior to the later Popeye retreads, which are still under copyright. Paul Di Filippo reminded me that a lot of these are available on Youtube these days.
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Whoa I got the mailer from Bleep just now and featured is Pan.Sonic and Haino Kenji “Shall I Download a Black Hole”.
This was recorded at the Volksbühne in Berline on November 15, 2007, and I went to that show. I don’t know how a recording could really do justice to that show — I [...]
Rob’s this guy from Canada who takes pictures, among other things, and this one kinda blew my mind. Click thru on the pic to get to his entry.
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The other night I watched, beginning to end the movie Faith Like Potatoes. It’s based on a ‘true’ story of a farmer who leaves Zambia for South Africa, and how he becomes a lay Evangelical preacher.
I liked the setting in Kwazulu Natal, and hearing Zulu spoken. It was beautifully filmed. Those two [...]