The Weiner's Tale

While Anthony's propensity

To display his immensity

May well be between husband and wife

But when he thinks to be Mayor

He's now more obliged to convey or

Disclose If things can be kept forever under wraps

--Anthony Napoli

Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn

<exeunt the stage, sire>

Ruminations on a Data-Filled Future

All things point to a data- filled future where the preponderance of data generated and collected will be hunted, gathered, crunched, analyzed and projected to create a new substrate and substructure for Modern Life in the near future.

A new blog will serve as a platform for reviewing, understanding, learning about and reflecting on "Big Data Today"--

http://www.bigdatatoday.blogspot.com

Summer Pleasures: "Blue Jasmine'

Here at DITHOB, the appearance on the horizon of a new film by Woody Allen, himself straight from Avenue K in Midwood, is always cause for interest and curiosity. Mr. Allen's latest will no doubt challenge and provoke audiences, as his forthcoming "Blue Jasmine" opening later this month in NYC, seems to contain and combine grace notes from earlier films - sisters experiencing changes of situations-- and the complications and challenges that ensue. The large and accomplished cast, starring Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bobby Cannavale,Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, and many others promises to be an interesting ensemble piece driven by drama, social commentary and, one hopes, a bit of humor. For now, we have the trailer. Enjoy.

'Dig If You Will the Picture': The Maistre of Paisley Park

The Purple Wonder, Prince, performing with his new backup band, 3rdEyeGirl, gave a recent interview to V Magazine, touching on music, art, religion and life...:

Back in the Day: “Think about a young person listening to Joni Mitchell for the frst time on vinyl. You know how fun that is?...”

A Cell What? : "I ask how tech-averse he really is; does he have an iPhone? “Are you serious?” he says. “Hell, no.” He mimics a high-voiced woman. “Where is my phone? Can you call my phone? Oh, I can’t find it.”

Princeheads?: "He talks about people who come to his concerts all the time, akin to the Deadheads. “People come to see us fifty times. Well, that’s not just going to see a concert—that’s some other mess going on. This music changes you. These people are not being satisfed elsewhere by musicians, you feel what I’m saying? It’s no disrespect to anyone else, because we’re not checking for them. But we don’t lip synch. We ain’t got time for it. Ain’t no tape up there.”

Our earlier post on his initial rockin' release with 3rdEyeGirl, Screwdriver, here

Full interview from V Magazine here

'How long, how long will I slide?": Exploring the 'Otherside'

For everyone stuck at work before, during or following the Independence Day holiday, a bit of pop, mystical reflection from Red Hot Chili Peppers' great video, at once German expressionist and surrealistic, for Otherside, released in 2000.