In sorting through the old vinyl, I run across those “what was I thinking??” purchases. Curiosity, no doubt; the desire to hear “something different.”
Category Archives: Oddments
Ambling Through the Ambience
A great find, via the ever-essential Open Culture: For those who think 50 minutes is too short and those piano notes too recognizable, may we suggest this 6-hour, time-stretched version of the album [Brian Eno’s Music for Airports], created by YouTube user “Slow Motion TV.”
“Dearest Liz”
Here, I am shamelessly aping Michael Leddy’s post, which should come as no surprise as I shamelessly steal many ideas and techniques from his blog. What makes this video from Field Notes particularly dear to me is that 1) my wife’s name is Liz, 2) she is an editor, and 3) she is equally precise, …
Nancy for a new age
Artists and readers.
Denver, October 2016
Liz presented at the AMWA conference, so I tagged along and cavorted at will. From the mental grab-bag:
Google Me This: “The Lost Art of *”
I was cleaning out my Evernote inbox and saw two topics side by side: “The Lost Art of Memorizing Poetry” and the “The Lost Art of Illustrating Your Favorite Books.” How many Lost Arts could there be? Are they really lost, were they superseded, or are they underground? Have the practitioners and teachers died out? …
From the NC State Fair Food Labs
From a AAA.com GO magazine article on what to expect at this year’s state fairs in the Carolinas: North Carolina’s lineup never fails with offerings like Fry Me to the Moon — a deep-fried chocolate Moon Pie stuffed with Ho Hos, peanut butter cups, and Oreos, topped with cream cheese, chocolate syrup, and powdered sugar. Need …
“Priory of Sion” in Portland OR
In Portland OR, I saw the following chalked on sidewalks in different parts of the city: In one or two cases, there was more of a message but we were typically walking too fast (even on vacation, we hurry hurry hurry) for me to read it or take a picture. So, two questions leapt …
Non Finito | The Smart Set
The Metropolitan Museum Breuer on 75th Street and Madison Avenue (the former site of the Whitney Museum now relocated to hip new quarters downtown) currently features an exhibition that seems perfect Source: Non Finito | The Smart Set Paula Marantz Cohen: I found I often liked the unfinished works on display better than the finished ones …
Jon Benjamin Tries Jazz
Best known as the lead voice on Bob’s Burgers and Archer, Benjamin has no expertise in jazz music. “It’s a real insult to people who try,” he says of Well, I Should Have … Learned How To Play Piano. Source: Jon Benjamin Tries Jazz We’ve loved hearing Benjamin’s voice for years on Dr. Katz and …
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