-- Aldous Huxley
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Quote Of The Day
Feb 15th, 2012
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
-- Aldous Huxley
-- Aldous Huxley
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Abandonment Of Thought
Sept 14th, 2011
There is a devastating piece in Salon by Daniel Denvir on the state of American education and not in the way you might think. It would seem that in the quest for the stultifying confomity of instituitonalized results, I am sorry, I mean higher standardized scoring, fundamentals that have defined our growth culturally for thousands of years are just simply being abandoned. He writes:
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Great Songs No One Knows
May 7th, 2011
Meet filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. If you are lucky, you have seen his transplantation of the ancient Japanese warrior code to the hipster-gangster-film in "Ghost Dog." If you are really lucky, you have perhaps marveled at his whimsically bizarre Rashomon-meets-Elvis study of perspectives in "Mystery Train". And, if you are super incredibly lucky, you have seen his seminal and bittersweet study of personal devotion, "Stranger Than Paradise." But, what you may not know is that Jarmusch had one of the most interesting experimental bands of the very early eighties. This is pure art.
Meet filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. If you are lucky, you have seen his transplantation of the ancient Japanese warrior code to the hipster-gangster-film in "Ghost Dog." If you are really lucky, you have perhaps marveled at his whimsically bizarre Rashomon-meets-Elvis study of perspectives in "Mystery Train". And, if you are super incredibly lucky, you have seen his seminal and bittersweet study of personal devotion, "Stranger Than Paradise." But, what you may not know is that Jarmusch had one of the most interesting experimental bands of the very early eighties. This is pure art.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Great Songs No One Knows
May 6th, 2011
In late 1997, this obscure outfit released some wonderful material on Branson's V2 label. It should have been huge.
In late 1997, this obscure outfit released some wonderful material on Branson's V2 label. It should have been huge.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
More?
Jan 9th, 2011
TODAY WAS TO BE THE LAUNCH OF A MUSIC BUSINESS AND ARTS FORUM AS THE NEW PROGRAM FOR THE SUNDAY EDITION OF THE HAND. AFTER THE TERRIBLE EVENTS OF YESTERDAY, IT SEEMED LIKE AN INAPPROPRIATE TIME TO BEGIN SOMETHING SO FUNDAMENTALLY FESTIVE. TO ALL THE CONTRIBUTORS WHO WERE PROMISED A BYLINE HERE, YOUR WORK WILL APPEAR NEXT WEEK. TO EVERYONE ELSE, I DECIDED TO OPEN WITH SOME ROCK AND ROLL ANYWAY AND TAKE THE MESSAGE FROM THERE.
How much do you have? How much do you need? When you do have what you need, do you stop there? Or do you keep craving? And Wanting? And tricking yourself into thinking you still don't have what you need? Do you get mad? Do you indulge your anger? Does it get you anything more?
Friday, December 24, 2010
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