Category: Arts

Paul Robeson

21/11/2011

Our friend Anthony Dubovsky sent this song (above), one we have sung before, and this picture (below) I had not seen before of Paul Robeson singing to and with workers at Moore Shipyard in Oakland, California, in September, 1942. Here is some more biographical information on Paul Robeson. People say Occupy looks like various things … More Paul Robeson

Cult Movies

09/11/2011

Occupy Your Mind: An Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky from DANGEROUS MINDS on Vimeo. My class took a sharp turn because they became Jodorowsky fans, not prompted by me. I am trying to figure him out … neosurrealist sleaze, hippie charlatanry, or interesting – or all of these? Here he is being interviewed in New York … More Cult Movies

More on Fashion

31/10/2011

There was this character Huipil Woman we promised each other, when young, never to become. She is middle aged, just slightly out of shape and slightly faded, and despite not being Mayan she wears a bright huipil with her denim skirt and sandals. The idea is that the huipil, so fine and shining, will hide … More More on Fashion

Afroman

30/10/2011

At the Hallowe’en party I learned this song and I have a question: was the video shot in New Orleans? It looks like it. The party was on the side of a bayou off the old U.S. 190, the back way to Maringouin. I first drove this road twenty years ago, on the way from … More Afroman

Down on the Corner

27/10/2011

Too tired to sleep, I am musing on the blog but what the random kids at the corner store said was: “Wow! You have cool shoes. Your whole atmosphere — you don’t seem like someone from here!” Why not I asked, and they said, “Because you have so much energy, and such a calm energy!” … More Down on the Corner

Biutiful

24/10/2011

This is my new favorite movie. I have not had a new favorite movie, apart from some brief flirtations, since 1987 when Burden of Dreams came out. From the beginning Biutiful reminded me of what Tree of Life could have been, had that film been actually good. Here is the last scene, dubbed into Italian, … More Biutiful

Convention Wear

19/10/2011

You should wear a camel’s hair jacket. At a medium sized meeting two administrators were wearing cheap suits and also chewing gum, even while presenting. Yes, this made them seem like used car salespeople. I looked at one professor because he spoke a few times, and then kept looking because I was trying to analyze … More Convention Wear