old notes on form |
The Persistence of the Trickster in Music The Raven in mythology is the Trickster, a shape shifter, slipping into countless forms that he creates and discards. The Trickster knows who he is, feels hi...
Posted by Tim on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:38:00 PST |
Notes on Movies |
Tickets. Three parts, three directors. The first part was great. Old man on business trip (he was a scientist in genetic agriculture) has to take a train as his flight was cancelled due to security re...
Posted by Tim on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:33:00 PST |
About Garrett |
I did not want to write this, but doing so both pains me and makes me feel closer to him.From the very first afternoon there was that exchange of glances and banalities which revealed a gleeful malice...
Posted by Tim on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:35:00 PST |
Election notes from Garret Scott’s last e-mail to me |
I think a purified left is rendered meaningless in a country that thrives on ignorance, emotion, and an engineered misrecognition of its own disastrous circumstances. It seems to me things will contin...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:53:00 PST |
Ballerina |
I went to the Ballet for the first time. Excited by the orchestra's tuning, I was eagerly awaiting the raising of the curtain. When it did rise I was struck with an immediately painful reaction as I s...
Posted by Tim on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:22:00 PST |
Public 9 |
AustriaFrom my window in the pension I can see a broad expanse of mountains rising steeply from their base to the crest. There really is no valley to speak of. The town we are staying rests between th...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:10:00 PST |
Public 8 |
The End of BlackfaceHarry Belafonte was originally approached as the lead. He turned it down. Sidney Poitier later signed on, though reluctantly. Sammy Davis Jr. was signed up with no extra urging. Th...
Posted by Tim on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:47:00 PST |
Public 7 |
SwayI recall watching a tree when I was a child, and thinking that the motion of each branch and every leaf was not because of the wind, but was the movement of the tree from it's own volition. Just n...
Posted by Tim on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:56:00 PST |
Public 6 |
AleviMainly a rural, mountain sect at first. Splintered from mainstream Shiites over an issue regarding a particular saint. Early on they were referred to as "candle blowers", a term that came from th...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:04:00 PST |
Public 5 |
FassbinderWatched "Fox and his Friends" with Marc. I saw this in my early 20's. Probably my first "gay couple" movie. What I did not remember, or really even ever considered is Fassbinder's talent at ...
Posted by Tim on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 04:35:00 PST |
