tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post4045508009451743254..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: The Extreme Austerity of an Almost Empty MindUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-45335676826513453402016-01-22T01:26:42.788-05:002016-01-22T01:26:42.788-05:00The Craw! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLa83lqB...The Craw! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLa83lqBKKU<br /><br />I would say the Branca was a pleasant surprise. Mr. Biblioklept posted a video of Nile Rogers talking about Bowie's love of jazz and dance music, among other things.Hamster Hamletnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-41097628018121825782016-01-21T20:10:13.650-05:002016-01-21T20:10:13.650-05:00Thanks for the haikus here and elsewhere.
A repea...Thanks for the haikus here and elsewhere.<br /><br />A repeated/updated Tony Hecht story - he told me I needed rules and concision to free my imagination as much as anyone he'd met. The product will suck, but until recently I only *thought* I understood what he meant.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-6863478548587807832016-01-21T20:03:00.917-05:002016-01-21T20:03:00.917-05:00Um, I *was* pleasantly surprised at the list.
It&...Um, I *was* pleasantly surprised at the list.<br /><br />It's been since I was on typepad, but I miss typepad's ability to let me edit my unproofed comments, so fuck my free blogging platform.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-70427205719022185592016-01-21T14:02:34.176-05:002016-01-21T14:02:34.176-05:001) speaking of music on vinyl, just before reading...1) speaking of music on vinyl, just before reading bowie's top 25 i checked out the james brown biopic from the moco publib - now i see brown on the list - coincidence? destiny? it's a small world, after all - it's a small, small world<br /><br />2) at the democratic candidate joint appearances, martin o'malley seems like a nice guy<br /><br />3) earlier this week i received the following haiku from my college classmate Gene Mannacio<br /><br /><br /><b>Rebirth<br /> <br />I saw a leaf fall<br />Even as my life will do<br />Yet trees will blossom.<br /> <br /></b><br /><br />i was reminded of a book<br /><br /><i>The fall of Freddie the leaf : a story of life for all ages </i>/ Leo Buscaglia<br /><br />in the early 1980s i was teaching at the state univ of ny at buffalo and buscaglia made a local personal appearance<br /><br />a couple of students of mine went, and told me that people waited in line for an hour afterwards for a hug with leo<br /><br />i thought, they could have hugged each other and been done a lot sooner<br /><br />http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1984/05/12#.UsosaCif-NQ<br /><br />this was not cynicism on my part, but rather an expression of the egalitarian attitude that has resulted in my becoming a Leftist and Progressive, with the credit card receipts to prove it<br /><br />a couple years later a buffalo newspaper published a negative review of Buscaglia's book <i>Personhood: The art of being fully human</i>, dismissing it as "half-baked pop psychology." I wrote a letter, which they published, defending the book - saying that while it was not very long (160 pages), it was "fully baked", and incorporated insights from the great wisdom traditions and a lifetime of experience - or words to that effect<br /><br /><br /><i><br /></i><br /><br />mistah charley, ph.d.http://mistahcharley.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-48523264678019931862016-01-21T13:21:20.823-05:002016-01-21T13:21:20.823-05:00Its Craw, not Craw!
It seems I'm Olive's ...Its Craw, not Craw!<br /><br />It seems I'm Olive's official photographer. Lucky for me she's supremely photogenic. And it's fun to watch Fleabus' shameface when she's caught playing with Olive.<br /><br />Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, Glenn Branca, George Crumb, Harry Partch, Mingus, The Fugs have all appeared here and all but The Fugs are on the iPod - I wasn't pleasantly surprised at the list!BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-49753668520998233212016-01-21T12:35:53.027-05:002016-01-21T12:35:53.027-05:00The Craw made me larf. I love the pic of Olive and...The Craw made me larf. I love the pic of Olive and Fleabus. I was hoping Planet would take some Olive pictures when she was in town. I bet most of the Bowie LP choices are meh or worse for you but I actually own a number and have heard the majority of them, including the last one which was lent to me by my high school French teacher.Hamster Hamletnoreply@blogger.com