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by on 09. May, 2012 in art, books, comedy

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive   Very memorable couple of clips here from earlier this year. Maurice takes no shit from Colbert, or anyone else for that matter. It’s the type of [...]

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The Haircut

by on 30. Apr, 2012 in art, film, funny

Too delightful, too odd, and too fun to not put this up. From 1982, this was a short film by UCLA filmstudent Tamar Simon Hoffs. Originally Ben Gazara was slated to play the role of a businessman stopping in for a quick haircut, as his daughter was helping produce the film and also working on [...]

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Dueling Turntables, Eno Related: Laraaji

by on 14. Apr, 2012 in dueling turntables, music

The story goes that in ’79 Eno saw this man, Edward Larry Gordon improvising on zither in Washington Square Park. So taken he soon thereafter offered to produce a record for the guy. With Edward taking the adoptive name Laraaji, the subsequent release fell under Eno’s ambient series, this one titled Ambient 3: Day of [...]

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Transa Springtime Mix

by on 01. Apr, 2012 in music

77 minutes and 18 seconds of Springtime festivities here.  Music– the ultimate renewal.  Perfect CD-R length too, for the industrial types.  Some thoughts: Damien Jurado has released one of 2012′s gems so far.  Score one for persistence! Early to mid-20th century African-American gospel music has no real experiential reason to speak to me, but undeniably [...]

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Buzzy Kneubuhl

by on 10. Mar, 2012 in peace, surf

  From Buzzy’s Paipo interview: Many children growing up in Hawaii in the 1960s rode simple ply paipo – Buzzy was no different. He soon progressed onto riding stand-up at Ala Moana and other South shore spots. Later on Maui he windsurfed and more recently has been kitesurfing. He has again caught the paipo bug [...]

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Poly Styrene

by on 09. Mar, 2012 in music

For Women’s Appreciation Day… and just ’cause.

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Poet Chris Wiman on Bill Moyers

by on 25. Feb, 2012 in art, poetry, religion

‘Love’s last urgency is Earth’ — C. Wiman Very affecting talk here with Moyers and Wiman… on the inseparable bond between suffering and experience; the radical need for cultivating a sensitive inner consciousness; and the role the arts can play in presenting a heavenly order. That and more…

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Gazzara

by on 08. Feb, 2012 in art, film

The magic of Ben Gazzara as an actor, among many things, was his patience in delivery. Not a showy scene-chewer who dominates the space of the frame, he plays his roles like a seasoned jazz musician, where responsiveness and generosity allows room for a structure to build, upon which each player in the tune/scene can [...]

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Dueling Turntables: Bad Ass Sidekicks – Comedy Version

by on 20. Jan, 2012 in comedy, dueling turntables

I’m a bit late to the game for this round, and I’ll concede defeat on musical grounds (and perhaps start a new battle?) by turning to my most favoritist of contemporary comedy pairings… the two Ls… Larry and Leon. For me at least, when these two share a scene the laughs per second roll off [...]

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Dueling Turntables: Adrian Belew Trio – featuring Julie Slick

by on 03. Jan, 2012 in dueling turntables, music

To keep this merry-go-round a’ twirlin’… here’s Julie Slick more than keeping pace with a couple old pros. There’s of course the aforementioned human-smile-factory Mr. Belew, but also sitting in on drums is a one Danny Carey from Tool. The song is “Neurotica,” a KC tune I think I still have post-traumatic stress over from [...]

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