Let’s Get Personal
[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
The Year in Review, Part 2
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
A Present for You
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
A Sign or not a Sign, That Is the Question
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
Soleri Bells: A Clip – and an Emerson Quote, Too
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
The Story, Embedded
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
Or… Maybe Not
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
A Bridge by Paolo Soleri: A Clip
On December 11, 2010, the Soleri Bridge and Plaza will officially open in Scottsdale, AZ. When I interviewed Soleri this past July, I asked him if he had any thoughts on the fact that the amphitheater he designed and built … Continued
Admit It, You Want to Subscribe to This Blog.
You visit this blog once in a while. Maybe you even like it a little. But you’re busy, I know, and you can’t be expected to come here twice a week to read these scintillating posts. But you don’t want … Continued