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It’s Martini Time

Chatted with some old “friends” this evening.

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It was shorts and mini-skirts weather.

The day in review:

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When all else fails … cornbread

It’s Sunday evening and I just want to ramble a bit. One of the more difficult social tensions (dialectics) to solve is between involvement and distance.

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Ian McKellen reading the phone book …

I re-watched X-Men – The Last Stand (aka X-Men 3) today, and with the commentary. It’s hard to take the commentary seriously, which is to say, when the director and writers talk about how much they “love” a certain shot, … Continue reading

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I’m a renegade of ___________?

A.O. Scott writes at the beginning of his review of the Thai movie “Syndromes and a Century“: It is possible to feel, watching his earlier movies “Blissfully Yours” or “Tropical Malady,” that you just don’t get, on a conscious, cerebral … Continue reading

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Long and involved and chaotic rehearsal.

The Re-Hör-Saal … After Queen? Queensryche.

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I am a strange loop …

Over the years I’ve lost a lot if not most of my respect for Salon.com. Camille Paglia was one reason, Horowitz another, and then annoying site redesigns, and various types of advertising and membership models and other shit. And then … Continue reading

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So, 30+ dead a Va. Tech.

I taught in a relatively quiet classroom by comparison; my class of 15 (14 today) would have been small-pickins for a would-be-gunman.

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41.6 minutes of Pulp

That’s the end of “P.” The first Pulp tune I have is “Common People,” which I know from the less breathy, less English William Shatner version, which I in a way prefer for its theatrical over-the-top nature.

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A Sunny Saturday

Before I forget, the music of Abdel Hamid Tnnari — the Solos and Melodies album — is pretty stuff.

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