February 2010
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“When shooting Westerns, use real Indians if possible; but if Indians are not...”
– Richard Leacock, quoting old Hollywood manual on lighting (from Eliot Weinberger’s Outside Stories 1987-1991) (via flyinbox)
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“We thought we had done once and for all with this question of alcoholism, and...”
– Alfred Jarry
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toxicologie:
“Invisible” - The Church [2002]
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January 2010
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Erik Satie: "A Musician's Day"
An artist must regulate his life. Here is my precise daily schedule. I rise at 7.18; am inspired from 10.30 to 11.47. I lunch at 12.11 and leave the table at 12.14. A healthy horse-back ride on my property from 1.19 to 2.35. Another round of inspiration from 3.12 to 4.07.
From 5.00 to 6.47 various occupations (fencing, reflecting, immobility, visits, dexterity, swimming, etc.).
Dinner is served...
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Bret Easton Ellis reacts to Salinger's death
via Ellis’ Twitter feed:
“Yeah!! Thank God he’s finally dead. I’ve been waiting for this day for-fucking-ever. Party tonight!!!”
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mmadeleine:vanmoose:
Opening - Philip Glass
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Schubert and Beckett
“Winterreise,” or “Winter Journey,” unfolds like a Beckett play, in a landscape as vivid as it is vague. A man is walking out of a village on a snowy road, lamenting that his beloved has spurned him. He watches a weathervane spin, feels tears freezing on his face, looks for the woman’s footprints, stands by a linden tree where he once carved words of love. A river flowing beneath a crust of...
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“Awkwardness is collaborative”
– James Guida, Marbles
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To fall is to understand the universe →
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“Therein lies the virtue,” responded Don Quixote, “and the excellence of my...”
– From Don Quixote (via 5793399) (via rhea137)
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