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bergman, antonioni and "the death of" things
well, if you've been within a dozen clicks of my friends page lately, you've probably heard that on july 30th, the film world was dealt the peculiar blow of ingmar bergman and michelangelo antonioni dying on the same day (july 30th). neither filmmaker is particularly dear to me-- i guess i'm not much of a modernist/transcendentalist-- but both were ( Read more... ) -
ten good things (for the summer time)
well, it's been a busy couple of weeks in danschank land... i thought i'd be more motivated for updates, but instead i've basically been doing a lot of hanging out... nonetheless, the summer edition is finally here:
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say goodbye to paris...
have you seen the mika brzezinski thing yet? it's pretty great... brzezinski is a panelist on some MSNBC show called morning joe, which is also primarily a vehicle for conservative pundit joe scarborough. a couple of days ago-- on air-- she suddenly refused to cover paris hilton for the morning's top story, choosing instead to focus on senator dick ( Read more... ) -
gentleman's war
a couple of weeks back, I caught paul wolfowitz on charlie rose. officially, he was there to discuss his time as president of the world bank-- focusing on what he was trying to accomplish in africa... and, inevitably, dodging questions about making his own girlfriend senior communications officer during his time there ( Read more... ) -
ten good things (march and april, or whatever...)
oh man, it's been a while since i've put one of these together. i miss it. anyway, i'll get started with a controversial observation...
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new paintings (aka: the past three months of my life)
apologies if i've been a less-than-stellar blogger/comment-maker. i've been really busy for about three months now-- mostly making art, but also attending my friend cameo's wedding in new orleans, which was a lot of fun. anyway, i've finally gotten around to documenting some work i've been making, so here it is...
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masters of reality
well, the recent "troop surge" hasn't chilled out the iraqi insurgency very effectively, and u.s. soldiers are looking at longer tours in the middle east, but NEVER FEAR!!! because the bush administration is considering the appointment of a WAR CZAR to oversee operations in iraq and afghanistan, and to help clean up the mess ( Read more... )
