Last weekend I was at a dinner party and one of the guests posed a frequently asked question: Why are there four subjects in A Life’s Work? Why not three? Why not five? (To be clear, there ARE five people, … Continued
This clipping is from The New York Times Magazine, July 9, 1995. It was in the “Questions For” section, which was newish then and given significantly less ink than it gets today. In this column the questions were for choreographer … Continued
[cross-posted on Extra Criticum] I’ve been thinking about two documentaries: Scott Walker: 30th Century Man and Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell. I loved Wild Combination and was luke-warm about 30th Century Man and there are numerous reasons why … Continued
What were the most viewed posts on the A Life’s Work blog? Glad you asked. The list is a little misleading, because some posts have been up for a lot longer than others, and so naturally will have more views. … Continued
Here’s the last recording I did in the Blue Mountain Center boathouse, Tarrega’s Adelita. Again, it’s my guitar, not BMC’s beautiful Robert L. Vincent guitar. Still, I hope you like it. To hear more classical guitar schmaltzily performed by me … Continued
In a previous post I mentioned that around the time I had the idea for A Life’s Work I also considered making a documentary about tribute bands, that was late 2004 or early 2005. Sometime in there, and for a … Continued
I opened early cuts of the film with this quote. Do your work and I shall know you. Do your work and you shall reinforce yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson I ditched the idea of opening with a quote, not because … Continued
Finally, embedded for your convenience and opened to the right page, my short story, There Is Joy before the Angels of God. as published in The Literary Review, Winter 2010. If you haven’t read it, here’s your chance. It begins … Continued
There has been a backlash against the paper citing a microbe that can use arsenic instead of phosphorous in its DNA. So it is with science, and as I said in the previous post, the narrative of science has no … Continued
