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PHILOLOGY, PHENOMENOLOGY, AESTHETIC SPELUNKING, PHANTOMS, BLACK CHOCOLATE, RUSSIAN DOLLS, INTIMATIONS OF ATHEISM AMONG ANCIENT GREEKS. WE WANT ART IN A CULTURAL NADIR, HUMANITY IN A SEA OF CYNICISM, PHILOSOPHY IN A SCOURGE OF ADD; LOVE IN A TECHNO-DELUGE. ART IS THE DEMON DANCE AND THE LULLABY.
SOUL MATES AND MIRRORS. WE WANT A LOVE LIKE AINO AND THE SEA, LOU REED AND LAURIE ANDERSON, ISABEL AND RUBEN TOLEDO, KIM GORDON AND THURSTON MOORE, ALICE AND CALVIN TRILLIN, GLENN GOULD AND KETCHUP; CHET BAKER AND A TRUMPET. JOIN US, PLEASE- OR WE SHALL CAST OURSELVES INTO THE ICY SEA OF SOLITUDE! YET SOLITUDE IS SO LOVELY! "IT IS GOOD TO BE SOLITARY, FOR SOLITUDE IS DIFFICULT. THAT SOMETHING IS DIFFICULT MUST BE A REASON FOR US TO DO IT." -RILKE IS OUR HOMEBOY.
ERIK SATIE, ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS, SCHUMANN, RADIOHEAD, THE CRASH, BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, SONIC YOUTH, LOTTE LENYA, SAMI KUKKA, BECK, PATTI, SIGUR ROS, CAGE, BRIGITTE FONTAINE, EDGAR VARESE, ARVO PART, CHARLIE PARKER, ELLA, DINAH, COLTRAINE, GLENN GOULD, GOLDFRAPP, BJORK, NICO MUHLY, RUFUS, KAREN DALTON, KATE BUSH, TOM WAITS, ROBERT JOHNSON, THELONIUS MONK, MINGUS, NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN, JEFF BUCKLEY, P J HARVEY, GAINSBOURG, DANIEL JOHNSTON, JONI MITCHELL, MASSIVE ATTACK, GREENDAY, NICK CAVE, DAMIEN RICE, THE RACONTEURS, BACH, RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, KURT WEILL, SIBELIUS, VELVET UNDERGROUND, LEONA NAESS, TRICKY, NINA SIMONE, RYAN ADAMS, NICK DRAKE, MARIANNE FAITHFUL, MAHLER, NICO, KEREN ANN, ARCADE FIRE, JANE B., JUDY COLLINS,VANESSA DAOU, EDDY VEDDER, JANA MCCALL, JULIETTE GRECO, LAURIE ANDERSON
HITCHCOCK,GODARD, BERGMAN, WENDERS, JARMUSCH, KAURISMAKI, WONG KAR WAI, RENOIR, COCTEAU, POLANSKY, JEAN-LOUIS BARRAULT, CHARLES BURNETT, CHABROL, DAVID GORDON GREEN, FRITZ LANG, SALLY POTTER, DEREK JARMON, BUNUEL, CHANTAL AKERMAN, PETER GREENAWAY, DARIO ARGENTO, KUSTERICA, TARKOVSKY, LARS VON TRIER, AGNES VARDA, ALMADOVAR, THE BROTHERS DARDENNE,ROHMER, MALICK, ANTONIONI, KIESLOWSKI, JANE CAMPION, HARMONY, GONDRY, DEL TORO, DOUG AITKEN, GILLIAN ARMSTRONG, JOHN FORD; SATYAJIT RAY.
"ART IS MORAL PASSION MARRIED TO ENTERTAINMENT. MORAL PASSION WITHOUT ENTERTAINMENT IS PROPAGANDA. ENTERTAINMENT WITHOUT MORAL PASSION IS TELEVISION."-RITA MAE BROWN. SOME OF US DON'T HAVE TV, BUT WE LOVE ACTORS.ACTORS-JOHNNY DEPP, VIGGO MORTENSEN, KINSKI, BRANDO, SEAN PENN, DANIEL DAY LEWIS, LOU PUCCI, PETER O'TOOLE, JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT, PAUL NEWMAN, SAM ROCKWELL, FOREST WHITAKER, LOUIS GARREL, HARRY DEAN STANTON; DIRK BOGARDE.ACTRESSES-LIV ULLMANN, TILDA SWINTON, CHARLOTTE RAMPLING, SAMANTHA MORTON, ISABELLE HUPPERT, JENNIFER JASON LEIGH, HANNAH SCHYGULLA, MIRANDA RICHARDSON, JULIE CHRISTIE, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, SOLVEIG DOMMARTIN, SARAH POLLEY, KATE, JESSICA LANGE, MARIAN SELDES, ESTELLE PARSONS, VANESSA REDGRAVE; MAGNANI.
HESSE, BECKETT, MANN, PROUST, WOOLF, YEATS, AUDEN, PINTER, AKHMATOVA, COLETTE, RILKE, STOPPARD, BORGES, KAZUO ISHIGURO, ZOLA, ALICE MUNRO, OSCAR WILDE, SIGRED UNDSET, JAMES JOYCE, EDITH SODERGRAN, AMELIE NOTHOMB, ELIAS LONROT, MILOSZ, TONI MORRISON, DIDION, JEAN RHYS, HALDOR LAXNESS, DOSTOEVSKY, JOHN ASHBERY, HOUELLEBECQ, NORMAN RUSH, GEORGE ELIOT, IAN MCEWAN, CHEKHOV, IRIS MURDOCH, JONATHAN LETHEM, WILLA CATHER, DAVID HARE, SARAH KANE, ELOUARD, RIMBAUD, BRETON, YVES BONNEFOY, IVAN KLIMA, E. BRONTE, DF WALLACE, MAURICE SENDAK, DURAS, KUNDERA, DORIS LESSING, MARIANNE MOORE, ELIZABETH BISHOP, NERUDA, DAVE EGGERS, PHILIP ROTH, AMY HEMPEL, MICHAEL FRAYN, DONALD BARTHELME; RAYMOND CARVER.
ARTAUD, SIMONE WEIL, GOETHE, RILKE, TOVE JANSSON, KAIN TAPPER, PETE SEEGER, ELINA BROTHERUS, TEIVO TEIVAINEN, KATHE KOLLWITZ, ERIC REEVES, HAROLD BLOOM, PATTI SMITH, PINA BAUSCH, BARBARA KINGSOLVER, FRANCA SOZZANI, VAN LAMSWEERDE AND MATADIN, KANDINSKY, LUCIEN FREUD, FRANCIS BACON, MARLENE DUMAS, SAMANTHA POWER, JANE GOODALL, RENE CHAR, ALICE WATERS, HUGO SIMBERG, GALLEN-KALLELA, GERHARD RICHTER, KLIMT, SCHIELE, GOYA, JONATHAN KOZUL, MURIEL RUKEYSER, DRIES VAN NOTEN, MCQUEEN, HANNAH ARENDT, WITTGENSTEIN, SONTAG, BONHOEFFER, PAGLIA, OSCAR ROMERO, MATISSE, ARIEL DURANT, HENRY DARGER, APHRA BEHN, ZAINAB SALBI, HELENE SCHJERFBECK, ADORNO, MUNCH, BRECHT, KARA WALKER, WALTER BENJAMIN; RELIEF WORKERS AND TEACHERS.