January 2009
Vinyl sale at College of Santa Fe: got 18 LPs for $9, incl. ‘62 Bernstein New World Symphony w/ Irving Penn cover straight outta Mad Men.
Christopher Walken, Republican strategist http://tinyurl.com/yrnrz5
Venus and the crescent moon on an indigo field. Thelonious Monk: It must be always night, otherwise they wouldn’t need the lights.
Guy at the ATM laughing, shaking his head, looks over and sees me smiling. “Right?” he says. “No one’s hiring!”
If you’re a fan of African travel and/or whitewater kayaking, check out this hyper-cool video trailer http://tinyurl.com/behqww
“It is the destiny of serious arts journalism to migrate to the Web.” http://tinyurl.com/bpzsrn
This Andrew Sullivan post is the clearest, calmest explanation of the difference between Bush and Obama I’ve seen: http://tinyurl.com/dhplqu
Given Mad Men & Revolutionary Road it’s not surprising that Updike’s Rabbit novels will become a cable miniseries http://tinyurl.com/ah5zd5
RT Creative work, summarized: In the time you set aside each day to work your ass off, ignore anything that makes you consider stopping.
Blog post: Good news/bad news about endangered wolves http://tinyurl.com/d3n6vc
“Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.” Meet the Espresso Book Machine http://tinyurl.com/cpksob
John Updike’s death makes me wonder what John Updike’s precise, chilly, feuilleton take on John Updike’s death would be.
Expecting Rain: Obama’s Secret Record Collection http://tinyurl.com/bt5zh8 (via @DylanTweets)
New blog post: The Obama Hope Poster, Shepard Fairey and photographer Mannie Garcia http://tinyurl.com/d7vp93 (via @aphotoeditor)
What’s with the idiotic new NYT baby boomer column (http://tinyurl.com/bcs46r)? My archived LA Times BB takedown: http://tinyurl.com/asbv8x
Rented my 1st and last movie (Kubrick’s The Killing) from iTunes store. 24 hours expired with last 25 minutes of film not yet watched.
Hanging out playing Wii bowling with my Albuquerque homies.
http://twitpic.com/175qp - I’ve been thinking a lot about Jackie Robinson, the Dodgers, and my Brooklyn mom this past week.
http://twitpic.com/175qp - Pee Wee Reese. Jackie Robinson, and Preacher Roe after the Dodgers beat the Yankees 5-3 in the third game of …
Working on a Saturday night, planning, writing, and delving into the mysteries of RapidWeaver web design while the noir vinyl spins.
watching Rockford Files: Ssn 1: Backlash of the...... →
RT Dreading Vanity Fair’s inevitable sycophantic Obama admin photo portfolio. Still remember with horror their sycophantic W. power gallery.
The Big Picture’s inaugural photo gallery is AMAZING—especially image number 42. http://tinyurl.com/7j4f83
Att. jittery insomniac paranoids! RT @jcolman Is your decaf *really* decaf? Find out with caffeine test strips! http://tinyurl.com/7vd6b4
The superb Calvin Tomkins profiles wildlife artist Walton Ford in The New Yorker (not yet online). Wife covets WF’s $1K book.
After a false i.d., the original AP photo used to create the inconographic Fairey poster of Obama has been found http://tinyurl.com/7znvbu
Cool info on the Cuban “mutts” behind Michelle O’s inaugural outfit, “the perfect skin to start this new journey” http://tinyurl.com/955yhj
Informed sources say this is the NSA-approved BlackBerry that’s gonna keep the President wired and fired up http://tinyurl.com/8a6gwg
Video of graceful “Air and Simple Gifts” inaugural quartet featuring Perlman, Ma, Montero, and McGill http://tinyurl.com/9x6h2m
RT @marcambinder Obama is getting an NSA-approved Blackberry. I’m trying to find out the model.
Here’s how I know I’m an audiophile: I’m listening to the new streaming U2 track at http://tinyurl.com/9s6roq & the mud sound makes it suck.
Eighty percent of Sheryl Crow is showing up.
Watching Obama at the JFK Library in Oct. 2006 on C~SPAN2. Man, did he have his head on straight & his game on from go.
Reveling in the new wifi access via the invisible toxic death-rays at the Santa Fe Public Library. Progress arriving at burro speed daily.
Meditating in the skyscraper shade of the Sculpture Garden at MOMA, church bells & pigeons in the billion-dollar (& falling fast!) airspace.