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Leibniz, himself no stranger to strange ideas about language, is said to have recognized the transcendent quality of this work by coining the French verb goropizer ("goropize") to mean "invent absurd etymologies". So it's fitting that in honor of Dr. Goropius Becanus, an anonymous benefactor has endowed the prestigious Goropius Becanus Prize, awarded to people or organizations who have made outstanding contributions to linguistic misinformation.
sheeler in doylestown
BARTLETT COWDREY: When you came to New York, what were the art galleries? When, you went looking for paintings, what did you see, what was then contemporary?
CHARLES SHEELER: ...not only to see, but find one of them that would take their, foot out of the door and let me in.
BARTLETT COWDREY: I suppose Steiglitz...
CHARLES SHEELER: I never had anyone. Steiglitz was interested in a sort of semi-remote way, but I never was represented in any of his shows.
BARTLETT COWDREY: I mean in your spare time, if you wanted to see (American) paintings, what was new in your time?
CHARLES SHEELER: Well it seemed to me at that time, this couldn't be final necessarily, but living in Philadelphia, there would be super-colossal exhibitions, you know, where old masters and all the great names among collectors would have loaned pictures, and I would, if I could get the railroad fare together, and a dollar for overnight in a (New York) rooming house I would come over and spend a couple of days seeing...
BARTLETT COWDREY: What about Kraushaar and Knoedler?
CHARLES SHEELER: Of course I saw and was also a participant in the Armory Show.
BARTLETT COWDREY: 1913.
CHARLES SHEELER: And the First Independents.
BARTLETT COWDREY: 1917. Can you make a comparison between the Armory Show and the First Independents? The Armory was international, I realize, but...
CHARLES SHEELER: Yes, well it was; the eye-opener, the great eyeopener. The Independents just gave a chance to some of the local boys to...
BARTLETT COWDREY: But that was the wonderful thing.
CHARLES SHEELER: Yes, it was important, but the Armory Show gave the green light that it was all right to exhibit pictures like that.
New York’s urban architect recyclers, LOT-EK, have recently designed a library in Guadalajara made entirely of refurbished airplane fuselages. Apparently when airplanes are put to rest, most of their parts are easily recycled. However, according to Noticias Arquitectura, the fuselages are the only parts that are rarely reused, because “the cost of its demolition exceeds the profit of aluminum resale.” Because of this, there are a ton of discarded fuselages strewn all over deserts of the western states. Boeing 727 and 737 are the best-selling commercial planes and therefore the most common fuselage types in these graveyards. The fuselages are sold completely stripped, and at a ridicously cheap price - lending themselves to a great building material.mets cap tip to DF
its pretty bad form to hotlink directly to an mp3, so scroll baby scroll till you find this:
via clayton counts
Buchanan & Goodman - “The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 & 2)
In 1956, Dickie Goodman and Bill Buchanan pioneered a new kind of record called the “break-in” with their massive hit single “The Flying Saucer.” It utilized snippets of other performers’ work, including Chuck Berry, Don Cherry, Etta James, Smiley Lewis, Nappy Brown, Little Richard, and Fats Domino, and resultantly Goodman was taken to court on multiple counts of copyright infringement. In the end, Goodman’s song was declared a work of parody, and the matter was settled out of court. Although many people consider Goodman the father of sampling, musique concrete composers were the first to employ the idea. However, it is doubtful that the technique would’ve gained such widespread popularity, especially its use in radio bumpers, without Dickie Goodman’s contribution. Over the years, Dickie managed to record quite a few break-in records. One such record, a Jaws send-up entitled “Mr. Jaws,” would even grace the pop charts in 1975. Goodman took his own life in 1989, but his son Jon has continued to promote his father’s work, even releasing a break-in record of his own, “Return of the Flying Saucer.”
For the first time, scientists have produced a photovoltaic (PV) cell with a conversion efficiency of 40.7 percent, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reported on December 7. The collaboration of DOE and Spectrolab, Inc. (a subsidiary of Boeing) led to the achievement of a decades-long goal: to break the 40-percent efficiency barrier on solar cell devices. “We are eager to see this accomplishment translate into the marketplace as soon as possible,” Alexander Karsner, assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy at DOE, said.via justin from the fablists
bootliquor was pre-installed with a link in the radio section of my brothers i.tunes program. it provided very good (real) country music for christmas in the country this year. its hosted by somafm online streaming radio. looks like they have some other interesting selections as well ie. lounge, assorted beats and spy music. spy music?