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Vacances d'été composé de vingt-deux couplets (for Zac)
*p.s. Hey. ** David Ehrenstein, Hi. Bernard was telling me about Sondheim's Bunuel mashup. Wow. I saw 'Ken Death Gets Out of Jail'. Huh. If memory serves, having seen the film, I'm not entirely...
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Hoaxes
____________In the 1970s and early ’80s, the East German Olympic program employed the electronic composer Martin Zeichnete to create workout soundtracks for the GDR’s teams — shimmering, motorik...
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_Black_Acrylic presents ... Martin Kippenberger - The Happy End of Franz...
Since I first saw his work back in my student days, the German artist Martin Kippenberger has been a big influence on me. I was always sympathetic enough to his fabled ‘bad boy’ persona but the art...
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Gig #82: Sampler: Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie Official SiteBuffy Sainte-Marie Fan SiteFilm: 'BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: A MULTIMEDIA LIFE''Morrissey invites Buffy Sainte-Marie to join UK arena tour''Joni Mitchell talks to Buffy...
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Geraldine Chaplin Day
'Despite bearing his last name and a close resemblance to him—the high cheekbones, the slightly drooping lips and prominent front teeth, the piercing yet empathetic eyes—remarkably, Geraldine Chaplin...
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Door
______________This door knob represents Panetheus having his eyes pecked out by a bird as a punishment from Zeus for giving humans the secret to make fire. ___________________________The Tanaka Sliding...
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Spotlight on ... Robert Pinget Fable (1971)
'There were absences in my life which were a comfort, then were a presence that ruined me.'-- Robert Pinget'Robert Pinget exhibited in his first works a gratuitous fantasy taking the form of comic...
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_Black_Acrylic presents ... Belgian New Beat Day
My interest in the Belgian New Beat music genre can be dated back very precisely to the year 2002. This I know because it was the year the Belgian label Eskimo Recordings released a mix CD titled Serie...
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*p.s. Hey. ** Thomas Moronic, Hi, T. Your day sounds kind of ideal. Mine was alright, fairly productive, with a bunch of film-related stuff re: its premiere that wasn't much fun at all but is...
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Marie Menken Day
'There is no why for my making films. I just liked the twitters of the machine, and since it was an extension of painting for me, I tried it and loved it. In painting I never liked the staid and...
View ArticleH presents ... a part of “Chapter 4: Silent Figures of the Neutral in Three...
*this text is from H’s dissertation titled“The Neuter (or The Neutral) and The Site of Writing:Reading Blanchot, Barthes and Three Queer Poets(Schuyler, Cooper and Kitchell)” ****Copyrighted for SUNY...
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Coming next year to a theme park or large vacant lot
_____________Lightning Rod, Dollywood'Today, Dollywood revealed their exciting plans for 2016 by announcing the world’s first launched wooden roller coaster, Lightning Rod. Themed after a 1950s hot...
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Gig #84: Sampler: Todd Rundgren's Genius Years (1972 - 1978)
'Ya know where Greaser's Palace ends? That solar burst. The zoot suit Jesus returns to light. Physical atomic end. Well that's where Todd's record begins. Side one is pure brain rocket. Rock and roll...
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Jack Hill Day
'How can a director invent the female action heroine, change Hollywood’s attitude to race, launch the career of a future Oscar winner and yet still remain anonymous? These are questions that have...
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Spotlight on ... Barbara Pym Excellent Women (1952)
'Anyone who has ever listened to the thump of a rejected manuscript descending cheerlessly on to the mat can take comfort from the roller-coaster career of Barbara Pym. Between 1950 and 1961 Miss Pym...
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Tunnels
_________________Yesterday we brought you the story of the purported "Rape Tunnel," where Rape Artist "Richard Whitehurst" would rape anyone daring to crawl through. Alas, it was just another art hoax....
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Rerun: Bedsheet, 4 thumb tacks, 16 mm movie projector, 15 folding chairs, and...
Introduction by John WatersGeorge and Mike Kuchar's films were my first inspiration. George's ''Hold Me While I'm Naked,'' Mike's ''Sins of the Fleshapoids'' -- these were the pivotal films of my...
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Gig #85: Of late 25: Helena Hauff, Midday Veil, Fuck the Facts, MXLX, Mercury...
Helena HauffMidday VeilFuck the FactsMXLXMercury RevKuedoHelenErrauntTallesenLowWOLDChelsea WolfeSlayerOkkyung Lee_____________Helena HauffSworn To Secrecy Part II'Helena Hauff executes a strong 2nd...
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The complete checklist of the exhibition Raymond Roussell @ Galerie Buchholz,...
(the original)*p.s. Hey. ** David Ehrenstein, I'm sure the bear loves you too in his/her own inimitable way. ** James, Hi. I saw your email, thank you(!), and your follow up. I'll set to the task of...
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Drunks, a stumbling novella (for Zac)
123.*p.s. Hey. ** H, Hi. I enjoy and envy your having seen the Roussell show, obviously. For some reason, I'm not surprised it's a small space. Maybe the cramped checklist suggested that or something....
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