Eric Clapton: Everyday I Have the Blues

October 6, 2009

It’s no secret that Eric Clapton is my favorite musical artist. His take on the blues rings true to me. This video demonstrates why I could listen to Clapton all day. Great video.

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Will Roman Polanski Finally Receive Justice?

October 4, 2009

It is difficult to believe that, after all these years, Roman Polanski has finally been arrested for raping a 13 year old girl. What is even more bizarre is the widespread support he enjoys in Hollywood. However, it appears that Hollywood is not going to influence average Americans this time. Feminists are taking the lead on the left in the loud and powerful condemnation of Polanski and his supporters.

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Phonographantasmascope — Amazing!

October 3, 2009

The trick to creating the effect of animation, without animating, is in the shutter speed relative to the revolutions per minute; you can make this out during the video. Fun video.

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David Kassan — Portugal Drawing Demo

September 28, 2009

David Jon Kasson is a Brooklyn based artist. His work is fresh and realistic. His finished works look quite natural, as if the subject has something on her/his mind. Wait just another moment to see if they speak to you.

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Controversial Breast Cancer PSA

September 27, 2009

A new breast cancer awareness PSA is raising controversy… What do you think?

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C. Auguste Dupin Showcased By Matthew Pearl

September 26, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe portrait

The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales, by Edgar Allan Poe, Edited and with an Introduction by Matthew Pearl, author of The Poe Shadow is a fun read. With Mr. Pearl’s introduction, we learn much concerning Poe and detective fiction.

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An Awards Show And An Act Of Kindness

September 16, 2009

People tuned into the MTV Music Awards to see their favorite musical artists up close and personal. They got much more.
After Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, Ms. Swift was devastated. She later told the ladies of The View that she thought all of the booing was because the audience agreed with Mr. West. I can’t begin to imagine this nineteen year old girl’s pain. Her moment was stolen.

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Review: The Bulgarian Poetess By John Updike

September 5, 2009

Henry Bech, a writer whose first book was his best, whose “reputation had grown while his powers declined. As he felt himself sink, in his fiction, deeper and deeper into eclectic sexuality and bravura narcissism, as his search for plain truth carried him further and further into treacherous realms of fantasy and, lately, of silence, he was more and more thickly hounded by homage …

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Review: The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

September 3, 2009

This is a thrilling story about a ritual handed down for generations. June 27th arrives and the townsfolk gather in the town square; men, women and children. Jackson paints a detailed picture of the nonchalant attitude of the citizenry. Everyone had things to do, so they wanted the whole affair speeded up. Few clues were given. Just the gathering of stones by the children before everyone took their positions for the rite.
Poor Tessie Hutchinson.

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Review: The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber By Ernest Hemingway

August 30, 2009

Hemingway delights us with his descriptions of the raw emotions of an unhappy couple, their hired professional hunter, and even the lion that catalyzes the story. Francis Macomber, rich and cuckolded can’t leave his beautiful wife because of some fear that Hemingway leaves us to figure out. Margaret (Margot) takes advantage of her husband’s inordinate fear by openly cheating on him and then treating him like a little boy when he complains. Robert Wilson is the professional hunter who sees the Macombers as his meal ticket and servicing Mrs. Macomber as part of his job.

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Poetry And The Modern Man

August 24, 2009

A post about John E. McIntyre, Baudelaire, Fernando Perez, poetry and baseball.

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Sand Animation By Kseniya Simonova — Amazing

August 14, 2009

This is the most amazing ‘performance art’ I have ever seen. Ksenia Simonova can do more with sand on a light box than I can do with charcoal, pencil, paint or anything else. She is fearless as she moves from image to image, scene to scene to emotional and ever-changing music. The crowd is clearly moved. I would love to understand the lyrics and know the background of the pieces that played during her performance.

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