Obligatory Steve Reich insta-reblog. See also.
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Winter’s Bone
Winter’s Bone. This is fantastic. I got totally sucked in. Probably the best I’ve seen this year. Go watch it now if you’re an idiot like me who didn’t get around to it in 2010.
Pierrot le fou
Pierrot le fou. Godard is so strange. This one is hyperactive and goofy like Une femme est une femme from earlier this month, but even more unconventional and maybe a bit more cynical. All kinds of references and meta-ish episodes. I think I like it. Ebert. Criterion essay.
The greatest audience comment ever recorded is, I think, a remark overheard at a performance of Ernst Krenek’s Second Piano Concerto at the Boston Symphony in 1938. A Boston matriarch responded to Krenek’s twelve-tone discourse by saying, ‘Conditions in Europe must be dreadful.’
Chinatown
Chinatown. This is a great movie that absolutely lives up to its reputation. Well worth the time. I wish that I hadn’t been so worn out the first three times I tried to watch.
Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill. If I were Peter Gabriel you could be damn sure I’d ride a bike around the stage.
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Wehr in the World: Introducing my new book-thingy: 446ish* Ideas** Worth*** Considering. This is on my must-read list. Hurry up with that shipping, Justin.
Regrets of the Typical American. And I like this bit from the abstract of the study: “inaction regrets lasted longer than action regrets”.
I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly.
Owsley Stanley: The King of LSD | Rolling Stone Culture
“Would the Summer of Love have ever happened without Stanley, the reclusive acid impresario who turned on the world?”
Owsley Stanley, Artisan of Acid, Is Dead at 76 – NYTimes.com
He did not, contrary to popular lore, release a product called Purple Haze; in interviews, he sounded quite miffed that anything emerging from his laboratory could be thought to cause haziness rather than the crystalline clarity for which he personally vouched.
Owsley Stanley, Artisan of Acid, Is Dead at 76 – NYTimes.com
This just in: Neuroimaging researchers discover the area of the brain responsible for overinterpreting scientific results.
@MattTheGr8. My previous post made me remember this. Genius.
Should you stay up all night gambling in Vegas? – Barking up the wrong tree
The powers that be in Las Vegas figured out something long before neuroscientists at two Duke University medical schools confirmed their ideas this week: Trying to make decisions while sleep-deprived can lead to a case of optimism.
Add in the usual required dose of skepticism required for science journalism, sure. I still think this is interesting and the risk-taking aspect seems to tie into both 1) late-night bouts of creativity and 2) survival situations. Both of which can make you feel a little psychotic in the moment and can be kind of horrifying in hindsight after you’ve regained your right mind.
Should you stay up all night gambling in Vegas? – Barking up the wrong tree
The Magician (Self-Portrait with Four Arms) by René Magritte, 1952. Sometimes I wish I could do this.
Rural purge
The “rural purge” of American television networks (in particular CBS) was a series of cancellations between 1969 and 1972, the majority of which occurred at the end of the 1970-71 television season, of still popular rural-themed shows and shows with demographically-skewed audiences. (via sleevia)
Huh.
Complex: The 30 Greatest Hip-Hop Demos
Chairman Mao’s 30 Greatest Hip-Hop Demos. I know the instinct is to complain about these things and surely my inner nerd is gritting his teeth on some fronts but come the fuck on… I hadn’t even heard a good chunk of this stuff. And they have entire tapes up there! Just be excited, listen and stfu.
Françoise Hardy – Ce Petit Cœur. Good lord.
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