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Archive for March, 2013
Monday photo: From the top of Jebel Hafeet
We made a quick trip over the weekend to Al Ain, an oasis town on the UAE/Oman border. We stayed at a hotel perched atop Jebel Hafeet, the highest mountain in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. The view was pretty spectacular, as was the drive to the top — though we didn’t scale it quite […]
Gay marriage at the Supreme Court this week
Tuesday and Wednesday, oral arguments in two big cases: Hollingsworth v. Perry, about the constitutionality of Proposition 8; and U.S. v. Windsor, about the constitutionality of Section 3 of DOMA (which defines marriage exclusively heterosexually for the purposes of all federal laws). My favorite of the briefs (I have not read nearly all of them) […]
RIP Jason Molina
Anyone who hung out at our place circa 2004 had an earful of Magnolia Electric Co., which was hands down our most played disc that year. RIP, Jason. I don’t like it when people younger than I am die. Don’t like it at all. Secretly Canadian’s statement here.
What’s Happenning? A 1960s NYC video playlist
Happening from Django's Ghost on Vimeo. Antonello Branca, dir. What’s Happening (1967). Featuring Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Gregory Corso, Marie Benois and Leon Kraushar. Peter Moore, dir. Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Originale: Doubletakes (1964) Filmed at the U.S. premiere of Originale by Stockhausen, Judson Hall, September 1964. Featuring: Director – Allan Kaprow; Pianist […]
I don’t like it … I love it: NWBW March 2013 mix
Download here PLAYLIST 1. Dark Night / El Perro Del Mar 2. Imperial Motors / Lives of Angels 3. Going to a Go-Go / The Miracles 4. Nowhere to Run / Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 5. My Time / Roberto Cacciapaglia 6. Soul Tamasheq / Lakal Kanaye 7. Dreadlock Holiday / 10cc 8. In […]
Pretty songs to get you through your winter crushes
So here it is: the second half of mixmas 2012. This is a much more easy-going set of songs. These songs, unlike part one, don't demand running shoes and gas pedals and hurtling velocity. They feel comfortable in a living room. Or on a brisk walk with a hat and gloves. Or with a glass […]
A post-Sandy walk through the Seaport
This post by my friend Teri Tynes, from her blog Walking Off the Big Apple, and especially the picture of Fresh Salt, above, had me missing home more than usual this week. Coincidentally, I’d finally had an email from Jason, the first I’d heard from him since they moved to Austin a the end of […]
