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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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Dueling Turntables: “Women Rock”… Sleater-Kinney at Coachella

by on 31. Dec, 2011 in dueling turntables, music

I was struck by the Dr.’s wonderful Wonderland post. Hadn’t ever heard of her, and amazingly there would be countless others of immense talent bringing their voice and life to music. We who get to discover and enjoy really are the lucky ones. So women that rock? Well back in ’06 the ones that stole [...]

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Music 2011

by on 23. Dec, 2011 in music

And now, some musical favorites from the year. No real hierarchy to the mix below, just a couple distinct sides of music. Rock… SIDE A 1. Earth – “Descent to the Zenith” – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1 2. Bill Callahan – “Baby’s Breath” – Apocalypse 3. PJ Harvey – “On Battleship Hill” [...]

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Films 2011

by on 18. Dec, 2011 in art, film

A recap o’some favorite moving pictures from this year… 1 Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami) Cer·ti·fied Cop·y, film.  1. A construction of dramatic gestures giving way to other, virtually opposing glances and gestures. 2.  A subtle process of suggested or actual simulation which renders the meaning one had for the term ‘relation’ either incomplete or inadequate. [...]

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Seikou Yamaoka

by on 24. Nov, 2011 in art, technology

Artist Seikou Yamaoka is using here the program ArtStudio on an iPad and iPod Touch. For all the overblown Jobs-idol-worship endured this last month, I gotta give it up for this Apple app. Pretty damn cool.

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On the Subject of Album Art…

by on 10. Nov, 2011 in art, music

From Dusted: The Louvins’ explorations of these themes on Satan is Real is often credited both to their strict Baptist upbringing in southern Alabama, as well as their own personal struggles around the time that the album was recorded. Ira Louvin had three tempestuous marriages that ended in divorce, and battled alcoholism for most of his life. [...]

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Captain Beefheart Meets the Singing Nuns From Planet 9

by on 04. Nov, 2011 in art, funny

Via Dr. Robert: As observed today, briefly, in front of the Santa Rosa Catholic Church, Cambria, California. “and you’ll never hear surf music, again.”

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Dueling Turntables – ‘Soloist Youtuber’ – “The Fat Lady of Limbourg”

by on 30. Oct, 2011 in dueling turntables

Alright, a bit of a delayed response to Jet’s wonderful toy piano Kraftwerkin’, but non-the-less a relevant one I thinks. The stare-down between performer and viewer, such a crucial and strange bit of social interaction unique to the soloist youtubing experience. I like this lady’s commitment – to the song, to the viewer, the whole [...]

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