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gaylord fields 08.07.05
lots of sweet surface noise from these 45 rpm only selections - go mono !
recommendation *****
there was only one guy left, the last great bolero singer. rip ibrahim ferrer.
The father of general semantics, Alford Korzybski stated, "A map is not the territory it represents, but if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness". What this means is that our perception of reality is not reality itself but our own version of it, or our "map".[An expression coined by Eric Bell and popularized by Alfred Korzybski.]
science and sanity reviewed
the map is the territory (google(satellite)maps/sims)
the rug is not the territory
non-sites
polaroid man
the album covers of andy warhol
Warhol took the cover shot; though many assumed the model was Jagger, it has often been rumored to be a hanger-on at the Factory, Warhol's studio, named Joe Dallesandro. Then Braun realized there had to be an extra layer of cardboard to protect the record from the zipper; that layer features another Warhol shot of a different man, possibly the twin brother of Warhol's "boyfriend" and assistant Jed Johnson, this time in his jockey shorts.
Note that Warhol had nothing to do with the design of the Rolling Stones Records tongue logo, which has now become synonymous with the Stones themselves.
so who did design the tongue logo?
astor place cube expected back soon
Recently, hood ornaments have become a subject of performance art, in the form of tableaux vivants, or "living pictures."
Live performers will recreate hood ornaments at this year's Pageant of the Masters, an arts festival that has taken place each summer since 1935 in Laguna Beach, Calif. The theme of this year's pageant, which runs through Sept. 1, is "On the Road: A Crash Course in Art and Popular Culture."
As students of primeval D-ology know, A.J., who quit college in 1968 to create the first computer-generated Dylan Word Concordance, is most famous for going through Bob's garbage. This "garbology" action was part of a full-scale assault launched by the Dylan Liberation Front, a bunch of Yippie pot smokers who thought Dylan, the most angel-headed head of the generation, had fallen prey to a Manchurian Candidate-style government plot to hook him to sensibility-deadening hard dope. These findings were based on A.J.'s highly idiosyncratic interpretations of "Dylan's secret language," a code that, once cracked, revealed words like "rain" and "chicken" (as in "the sun is not yellow -- it's chicken!") to actually mean "heroin." It was Dylan's addiction that led the poet to make sappy records like Nashville Skyline and New Morning when his great gift could have been better used speaking out against Vietnam, A.J. contended. "Dylan's brain belongs to the People, not the Pigs!" was among the fervent cries back in 1970, as A.J. led the forty or so smelly hippies in his Dylanology class to Bob's home at 94 MacDougal Street, where they screamed for Dylan to "crawl out yer window" and answer charges that he had been co-opted. After an unsolicited DLF-inspired block party for Dylan's thirtieth birthday, which resulted in the NYPD shutting down Bleecker Street, and a long series of hectoring phone calls (the tapes were compiled on a Folkways Records release entitled Bob Dylan vs. A.J. Weberman, now a major Bob collectible), Dylan struck back.
Soviet constructivism, an artistic and architectural movement within the overall modernist movement of the early 20th century, was seen by its adherents as a method, not a style. However, constructivist buildings tended to share certain stylistic tendencies: sweeping lines, a distinctive geometry, cylindrical stairwells, "ribbon windows" and plenty of glass, as well as a general simplicity and an absence of frivolous decorative touches. Lightness and transparency, not the first qualities to spring to mind when one thinks of Russia, were prized.
Sadly, many of Moscow's constructivist treasures have already been sharply altered, are currently undergoing ill-advised "reconstruction" or are simply falling into ever-greater disrepair, and are thus threatened with total destruction. A few are relatively well-known, but the majority are scattered throughout the city, unnoticed and unsung. This guide, though not comprehensive, points toward a few lesser-known structures.
who threw the hot dog?
drunk vs stoned after-party raided by nypd
funhouse nyc
looking for a copy of that dukes of hazard theme song ? check under "D" or like "H" for hogans heros or like "F" for flipper...
Fast-forward to a little-known exchange between photographer/ filmmaker Hollis Frampton and sculptor Carl Andre in 1962. (3) Frampton suggests that Andre's typewriter poems are not concrete enough because they mingle sound and sight just as Rimbaud's poem "Voyelles" (1870–71) had done by assigning each vowel a color: "What must be brought about is the divorce of this whole precinct of our activity from the vague shapes of synaesthesia." Considering that Andre's poems were hardly mushy (the one in question is "roseroseroseroserose"), we can see just how far Greenberg's hardheaded approach had taken artists by the 1960s—indeed beyond Greenberg, who had by then retreated into his own kind of sensory haze called "opticality." (4)
when gospel was gospel
marion williams remember me
Hegel says that when the human spirit achieves perfect self-knowledge, it becomes transparent to itself and transcends the trappings of mere consciousness, and at that point history ends. The Aristocrats is the stand-up version thereof—an absurdist aufhebung. Which is just a fancy way of saying that it shows comedy disappearing, almost literally, up its own ass.per jim lewis
calatrava wtc rail hub approval expected today :
There are still 150-foot-high wings on either side of the hall's tapering arc, but there will not be glass or any other material between the ribs. The wings will still open on nice spring and summer days, and ceremonially every Sept. 11, exposing the concourse below to the open sky. But the width of the maximum opening has shrunk to about 30 feet from 45 feet.
Twice as many steel ribs will enclose the transit hall in the revised design. By reducing the space between the ribs to 5˝ feet from 11, the designers have cut down on the amount of glass that would be exposed to a blast. The ribs themselves would create a protective shadow, depending on the angle of the explosion.
New beaklike prows - it is difficult to avoid zoomorphism when describing Mr. Calatrava's architecture - will extend from the Church Street end of the main transit hall. This hardened prow, about 25 feet long, will protect a critical structural juncture.
A solid wall more than three feet high will ring the base of the transit hall, where the glass bays once almost reached the pavement, and the hall itself will shrink in length to less than 330 feet from 360 feet. This will increase the distance between the hall and surrounding streets, a key means of limiting destruction from vehicle-borne bombs.
this day in rock in the age of bob
"I cant drive 1965"
futuro house
touch the sky / excuse me?
turd blossom tuesday and wednesday
classic overacheiver jack purcell
Gary Higgins and Band - Live in the WFMU Studios - Engineered By Gil Shuster
Gary's 1973 opus Red Hash has remained a enduring document of
stark, sad acoustic beauty. It's a deeply personal and eccentric record
created by someone on the edge of an abyss; in reality Higgins was on the
verge of a 3-year sentencing to jail for a marijuana bust. Red Hash, while
not distributed properly upon its release, has kept popping up on WFMU
playlists over the years (and was also recently documented on the
station's blog in detail) and tomorrow (July 27th) Drag City lovingly
reissues this elusive album. To celebrate, Gary has resurfaced and joins
Brian today with the addition of some Red Hash-era band members in tow.
They are: Dave Beaujon: Bass, Graham Higgins: Guitar, Maureen Wells:
Cello, Terry Fenton: Keyboard (not in session, just interview) and of
course Gary on Vocal/Guitar. Songs: Stable of Spuds, Thicker Than a
Smokey. More info at www.dragcity.com. Thank you to Gary & co. Ben, and
especially Zach Cowie for his infinite, continual good deeds to me.
Paul Shaffer Hosts All-Star Musical Tribute to Mike Smith
CBS Orchestra bandleader Paul Shaffer is organizing a benefit concert for Mike Smith, lead singer of the Dave Clark Five, who was permanently disabled in an accident in 2003 in his home in Spain.
A Tribute to Mike Smith will be held on Tuesday, August 2nd at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York City @ 7:30pm.
The Zombies will be headlining the concert, which will also feature performances by such iconic 60s rockers as Billy J. Kramer, original Moody Blues lead singer Denny Laine (performing the classic "Go Now"), Peter & Gordon (reuniting for the first time in 35 years), and more.
For additional information and to order tickets online please click below:
www.bbkingblues.com