from FIREDAYS, BOOK III:
Why
when I’m drunk
will I get the
Brando lip
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
When you're the only black person in the office and the conversation turns to politics.... #blacklivesmatter
Adam Phillips, On Monogamy
“People
have relationships not because they want to feel safe – though they
often think they do – but because they want to find out what the
danger is. This is where infidelity can let people down.” Adam
Phillips, Monogamy,
NY: Pantheon Books, 1996, §34.
Phillips
adds later “We are always doing monogamy, even though it is not
always obvious with whom we are doing it.” §46.
“[O]ne is truly monogamous only when monogamy is no longer the
point: that is, when one is in love. [. . .] When I am in love, it is
only the other person who could be unfaithful.” §93. “The only
truly monogamous relationship is the one we have with ourselves.”
§101.
Tommy Dorsey : OPUS ONE - YouTube
Tommy Dorsey : OPUS ONE - YouTube
One
of those songs that for some unexplained reason feels somehow “in
my veins” & makes me think of my dearly departed maternal grandad who maybe also had it under his....
of those songs that for some unexplained reason feels somehow “in
my veins” & makes me think of my dearly departed maternal grandad who maybe also had it under his....
Sunday, November 15, 2015
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
As a Ruth Etting fan, I was skeptical about watching Love Me or Leave Me and the casting of Doris Day (who deserved finer character roles LATE in her career, perhaps as the bright-eyed-American-girl-gone-the-weary-suburban-nightmare if Hollywood, even 'communist' Hollywood had only dared tell the truth (think dying of valium with a son in Vietnam)/ was better than the 'starlet' track, yet shines here)... but WOW! what a stunning best-of-bourgeois production/ a 'studio' classic and one of Cagney's very best roles as Marty 'The Gimp' (I'm still waiting for Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins to play young and old Cagney in a warts n' all bio-pic!) PROVIDED one doesn't take the references to the life of Etting too seriously, e.g. Day is just adorable, brilliant-from-a-bread-and-butter-base (if she's ever bland she USES blandness as a very -American vehicle for stardom) and as captivating as her collaborating with the cinematic medium allows in the song settings – BAR the dreadful 'Sam the Old Accordion Man' number and much too-slow, too-drab version fo the theme song, tho' that might be deliberate given the soured radio orchestra/ rough crust Chicago vs. New York upper money contrast – but it is NOT Etting. That is, in a classic case of capital's insensitivity, it would have certainly worked better as a 'loosely based on' or 'inspired by' story called 'Chicago's Sweetheart...'.
In the end, the power of Love Me or Leave Me, much more than a girl-meets-ganster movie, comes from the portrayal of what it is like to be a fairly-narcissist personality trapped in a relationship with a domineering, impulsive, resentful authoritarian personality – could this be 'America' for several decades....? The 'real' story of Etting is interesting enough for a talented director to make an excellent 'creative documentary', combining one of my favourite combos of the camp and the corrupt, perhaps Errol Morris or Guy Maddin have the time..... (Check out the dreadful short film 'A modern Cinderella' for why this is necessary!)
Friday, November 13, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
“The military has a ;don’t ask, don’t tell' policy pertaining to extremism. If individuals can perform satisfactorily, without making their extremist opinions overt. . . they are likely to be able to complete their contracts. US Department of Defense report, 2005, 'Screening for Potential Terrorists in the Enlisted Military Accessions Process,' Defense Personnel Security Research Center, April 2005, p. 12; http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/screening.pdf.
Monday, November 9, 2015
In Order Of Precedence
In Order Of Precedence
for Momentum
The Worshipful Company of Mercers
The Worshipful Company of Grocers
The Worshipful Company of Drapers
The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors
The Worshipful Company of Skinners
The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
The Worshipful Company of Salters
The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers
The Worshipful Company of Vintners
The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers
The Worshipful Company of Dyers
The Worshipful Company of Brewers
The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers
The Worshipful Company of Pewterers
The Worshipful Company of Barbers
The Worshipful Company of Cutlers
The Worshipful Company of Bakers
The Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers
The Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers
The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers
The Worshipful Company of Girdlers
The Worshipful Company of Butchers
The Worshipful Company of Saddlers
The Worshipful Company of Carpenters
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers
The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
The Worshipful Company of Curriers
The Worshipful Company of Masons
The Worshipful Company of Plumbers
The Worshipful Company of Innholders
The Worshipful Company of Founders
The Worshipful Company of Poulters
The Worshipful Company of Cooks
The Worshipful Company of Coopers
The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers
The Worshipful Company of Bowyers
The Worshipful Company of Fletchers
The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths
The Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers
The Worshipful Company of Weavers, the most ancient Company
The Worshipful Company of Woolmen
The Worshipful Company of Scriveners
The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers
The Worshipful Company of Plaisterers
The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers
The Worshipful Company of Broderers
The Worshipful Company of Upholders
The Worshipful Company of Musicians
The Worshipful Company of Turners
The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers
The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass
The Worshipful Company of Horners
The Worshipful Company of Farriers
The Worshipful Company of Paviors
The Worshipful Company of Loriners
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
The Worshipful Company of Glovers
The Worshipful Company of Feltmakers
The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters
The Worshipful Company of Needlemakers
The Worshipful Company of Gardeners
The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers
The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights
The Worshipful Company of Distillers
The Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers
The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers
The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers
The Worshipful Company of Gunmakers
The Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers
The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards
The Worshipful Company of Fanmakers
The Worshipful Company of Carmen
The Honourable Company of Master Mariners, the first of the 20th-century
Companies
The City of London Solicitors' Company
The Worshipful Company of Farmers
The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators
The Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders
The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers
The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
The Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants
The Worshipful Company of Launderers
The Worshipful Company of Marketors
The Worshipful Company of Actuaries
The Worshipful Company of Insurers
The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators
The Worshipful Company of Engineers
The Worshipful Company of Fuellers
The Worshipful Company of Lightmongers
The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects
The Worshipful Company of Constructors
The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
The Worshipful Company of World Traders
The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators
The Worshipful Company of Firefighters
The Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers
The Worshipful Company of Management Consultants
The Worshipful Company of International Bankers
The Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers
The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals
after Shakespeare's Sonnet #32
after
Shakespeare's Sonnet #32
If thou outlast my eudaimoinic eve,
When that boor Fate my dice with dirt shall mask,
Or shalt by hazard once more re-appraise
These poor rude twills of thy zombie romeo,
Collate then with the uplifting of the year,
And though they be outpac'd by every fold,
Retain them for my birdheart, not their ends,
Overflowed by the tip of happier crews.
O then patent me but this room's view:
Had me mate's Dream grow with this growing eld,
A dearer calf than this briarheart had born,
To tramp in seeds of four-in hand knots:
But since he balled and conceits better fail,
Theirs for their form I'll scan, his for his heart.
(SONNET, draft from the Peculiar You notebooks)
for J.
Singing
your theme tears
You
away/ the
perpetual interplay
Between
aggression and love
With
enemies like these
Compact,
sexy, and always a little scary
Encouraging
kiss-me but you won't kiss off
Holed
up with secrecies, hoping
For
frequency
A cloister from bickering hours
With
children like committed thieves
I'm
ready now to treat the gutter's implications
Mice
the spring rains bring in
Disintegration
How
the end always/ is
Five Miles Out, dir. Andrew Haigh
Wonderful short film from the dir. of
WEEKEND that reminds me of/should be screened w/ the first of Borowczyk's
IMMORAL TALES... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSkx3ilwydA
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Adrienne Rich, in contemplating
how love refines our truths, wrote: “An honorable human
relationship — that is, one in which two people have the right to
use the word ‘love’ — is a process, delicate, violent, often
terrifying to both persons involved, a process of refining the truths
they can tell each other.”
after Sappho LP 30.2-9
after Sappho LP 30.2-9
maidenhair fern [
some lilac morning contentedly licking the air [
check a cry nightlong from another’s manic fidelity or their
vein-pale purple celibate machine.
Don’t move, lie. Stay close and await the lovers [
in advance of their age so that [
you may hear less stillness than the harvest-time [
moaning dove.
Friday, November 6, 2015
Been listening to the wonderful remastered Sleater-Kinney box-set Start Together all week & excited to see & hopefully meet the grrls again after so many years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgr8e7da52o
Revisiting this wonderful series. Now uploaded for yr listening pleasure: http://www.fallt.com/invalidobject
Proud to have helped out in a modest way w/ the DVD release of an American classic Shirley Clarke's THE CONNECTION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frOgv6UNGiA
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
FBI letter to Martin Luther King “Kill yourself.... King, I repeat, you are done.”
Letters of Note: Like all frauds your end is approaching
FBI letter to Martin Luther King “Kill yourself.... King, I repeat, you are done.”
FBI letter to Martin Luther King “Kill yourself.... King, I repeat, you are done.”
Monday, November 2, 2015
R.I.P. Edward Soja
"Everything comes together in Thirdspace: subjectivity and objectivity, the abstract and the concrete, the real and the imagined, the knowable and the unimaginable, the repetitive and the differential, structure and agency, mind … the disciplined and the transdisciplinary, everyday life and unending history."
Poem, after SLW
When
you wrestle with God/ She’ll give you
The
worst rug burn you’ve ever seen. —
Samuel
Locke Ward
You
are not going to like this. I still love
Somebody
but I want to be with you. (The
Hyphen’s
silent.) Today is the tomorrow you
Were
worried about yesterday. Tell someone
Else
who cares. What does God know.
Every
good villain deserves a cigarette.
There
ain’t no sense of camaraderie in
Recycled
punk rock. I hate repeating that
I
am wrong. And the truth is I do give a fuck
But
I try not to show it. I am not cut out.
I
am not cut out for this. Fine was the night
We
were blinded by our Skype. You
Don’t wanna take my shit no mo'. I
Wanna
believe in the dark that speaks to me?Don’t wanna take my shit no mo'. I
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