On my way home tonite from a dinner date I heard a Joy Division track in my favorite Williamsburg pizzeria (I was still hungry:). One of those mesmerizing deja vu moments. So as soon as I got in the door, I put on Closer, 1980, then Unknown Pleasures, 1979, both albums on Youtube, and I […]
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I have yet to read this book, Imagine Living in a Socialist USA, conceived by the amazing Frances Goldin, but I just ordered it. As to its genesis, Goldin explains: “I am 88 years old and before I die I want to do two things: get Mumia out of prison (she is his friend and […]
Here’s the latest mash-up created from a long list of excerpts I compiled, in no particular order, from films, TV, commercials, cartoons, etc. What’s presented here reflects what my intern, the amazing Nick Stromberg, could cull online, and edit together. There will be more…ENJOY! Tweet
8 animals that know how to farm. As if we needed more proof that humans aren’t that special. Read about it here! Who knew ants grew fungi farms? I shouldn’t be surprised. When I saw this doc on termites and the complex infrastructure they create, the cities and architecture, my mind was blown. Of course, […]
Teaching Abstract Expressionism is never easy but its essential to the traditional modernist narrative, which I dismantle and question (I almost wrote “unpack”, phew) as a matter of course, and Ab-Ex provides ample opportunity:) Mostly its Pollock who bothers me, the shaman alcoholic (or is it the wounded cowboy?) whose vulnerability both tempered and underscored […]
