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The Milky Way - Luis Bunuel
(blog entry)
A prologue informs us the Way of Saint James, the pilgrim’s road from Paris to Santiago de Compostela, was also known as The Milky Way, the constellation followed at night by its travelers. Two modern day pilgrims, Pierre and Jean, are on the road...
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Punishment Park
(blog entry)
Peter Watkins made this film for $95,000. using amateur actors with only a couple professionals. On the eve of shooting he threw out most of his script and improvised the film on the fly. It was shot northeast of LA, on the edge of the Mojave dese...
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Recipe for Weasel
(blog entry)
I wrote this as an expression of my anger in '86 or '87 during the Iran Contra hearings. At the time it was dedicated to Oliver North, but today it's for the soullessness of all the Straussians. Of course so many of the sleazy players of that era...
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Ivor Cutler 1923-2006 RIP
(blog entry)
One of the people, in my opinion, whose mere existence made the world a better place to be, has passed away. I first heard Ivor's genius in the mid 70's when I was singlehandedly trying to keep Virgin Records in business. I purchased Velvet Donkey...
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The Simulacrum Republic - The Hologram Ripples with the Cry of the Thrush
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An unusual piece for Joe Bageant, the bard of Appalachia. Here he sets aside his usual impassioned attempts to describe the plight of the lumpen proletariat, to wax philosophic about the artificial construct we inhabit. As noted by the comments at...
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A prologue informs us the Way of Saint James, the pilgrim’s road from Paris to Santiago de Compostela, was also known as The Milky Way, the constellation followed at night by its travelers. Two modern day pilgrims, Pierre and Jean, are on the road for reasons which remain vague. Having little luck in catching rides, they beg alms of a man walking past them in the opposite direction. He asks the first if he has any money and when he replies no, tells him then you shall have none. He turns to t...
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Peter Watkins made this film for $95,000. using amateur actors with only a couple professionals. On the eve of shooting he threw out most of his script and improvised the film on the fly. It was shot northeast of LA, on the edge of the Mojave desert. The premise is simple. Set against a Vietnam War which has escalated to the point that the Chinese are poised to enter the fray, the government citing the Internal Security Act of 1950, The McCarran Act, has declared a state of insurrection. The ...
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I wrote this as an expression of my anger in '86 or '87 during the Iran Contra hearings. At the time it was dedicated to Oliver North, but today it's for the soullessness of all the Straussians. Of course so many of the sleazy players of that era are up to their necks in the corruption of the Bush crime family as well.
Recipe for Weasel
a la John the Baptist
Take a carcass
any carcass
in any state of decay
marinate it in brackish water
for a year and a day
or to taste
Rest eas...
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One of the people, in my opinion, whose mere existence made the world a better place to be, has passed away. I first heard Ivor's genius in the mid 70's when I was singlehandedly trying to keep Virgin Records in business. I purchased Velvet Donkey, Dandruff and Jammy Smears, probably all on the same day, along with another oddball lp, Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy. The clerk chided me with a, do you have any idea what this rubbish sounds like? I admitted I didn't, but noted that Ivor was a m...
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An unusual piece for Joe Bageant, the bard of Appalachia. Here he sets aside his usual impassioned attempts to describe the plight of the lumpen proletariat, to wax philosophic about the artificial construct we inhabit. As noted by the comments at smirkingchimp, this draws on the ideas of people ranging from Guy Debord to Gerry Mander to Baudrillard and I would add there's a bit of Philip K. Dick and perhaps Alan Watts in there as well.
There's nothing especially new here. It's just that w...
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! Gold Star Tribe !,
*Apropos Of Nothing*,
2006,
Aunt Bea's Joyus Bullshit,
Banjo!,
Boris Vian,
Buñuel,
BUGS BUNNY,
Business As Usual,
Buster Keaton,
Captain Beefheart,
Cat People,
Cleveland Dreams,
Confetta's Mutinous Mob,
COVER SONGS,
Creative Friends,
Crooners & Songbirds,
DAVID:Downright neighborly and snazzles!,
Dysfunction Junction,
EmpathsAlike.com,
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