April 2010
51 posts
March 2010
51 posts
"The distinction between the actual and the...
Revisiting “The Moment of Cubism” this morning, an essay which always seems to pull things back into focus:
“The moment at which a piece of music begins provides a clue to all art. The incongruity of that moment, compared to the unaccounted, unperceived silence which preceded it, is the secret of art. What is the meaning of that incongruity and the shock which accompanies it? It...
Stepping out this first afternoon of spring,...
PHANTOM LIMBS
If you watch enough pro wrestling on TV — as I did this afternoon while waiting for my carry-out salmon chimichanga — then you’re likely to assume there’s a rule in the WWE against blocking an opponent’s fake punch. For over a minute, I watched two hulking 30-something men in matching black leotards trade fake punches to the head, each fist landing directly on its...
From Amarcord (1973)...
Teacher: Greek is a such a beautiful language.
Pupil: Eh!
"I've always been interested in the arts and all...
… aka Peter Cook, 1964.
I read the above while eating at a deli today. Then I laughed out loud.
Now, at the time, I was among strangers bonded by one thing: We happen to share an intense desire for a greasy sandwich around 2pm on a Sunday.
It’s probably fair to say the timbre of my laugh damaged our fragile bond irrecoverably.
I write about A Sunny Day in Glasgow — for the... →
MIDWAY THROUGH “Close Chorus,” a track on A Sunny Day in Glasgow’s 2009 album Ashes Grammar, there’s a break on which a brass sample rises from the reverb-flooded song. Listen closely and behind it you’ll hear lightning crashing against the tin roof above the recording space, a semi-abandoned dance studio in New Jersey. It’s an illuminating window into both the...