From AFTER THE GOLD RUSH by Neil Young
Monday, June 11, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
WEEKEND: The Scene @ Brooklyn's DeKalb Market
Lots going at the junction of Willoughby Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Food + Shopping + Music
More here
Thursday, June 7, 2012
John Cale: Strange Times in Casablanca
I saw "Honi Soit" the 1981 album by John Cale, performed live at a club in Manhattan. Cale was wearing a black jumpsuit and dark glasses, clutching the mike and singing accompanied by a powerful, explosive performance by his band. Andy Warhol suggested the album should be called "John and Yoko", and provided the cover art, in black and white, but against Warhol's wishes Cale colorized it. The musicians on this album are listed as the crew of fighter airplane, with Cale as the flight surgeon.
Personnel :John Cale: guitar, keyboards, viola, lead vocals ("flight surgeon")
John Gatchell: trumpet
Jim Goodwin: keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals ("gunner")
Peter Muny: bass, background vocals ("wing and prop")
Robert Medici: drums, background vocals ("navigator")
Sturgis Nikides: guitar, background vocals ("hellcat")
Bomberettes (members of the Mo-dettes): background vocals on "Fighter Pilot"
The album's title is an abbreviation of the phrase "Honi soit qui mal y pense" (French: "shame upon him who thinks evil of it"), the motto of the British Order of the Garter. The spelling of the word "Honi" is old French, it would nowadays be spelt "Honni".
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Coda to the Coda of the Transit of Venus 2012
String theory: The vibration of the dimensions lead DITHOB here: Prologue to Space is the Place, an 82 minute film starring Sun Ra and his Arkestra, made in 1972 and released in 1974. It was produced by Jim Newman, directed by John Coney, written by Sun Ra, Joshua Smith and features Sun Ra and his Arkestra. A soundtrack for the film was released on Evidence Records. An edited DVD was issued in 2003, following a VHS that was previously available.
Trailer here and info here and background here Sound track available here
Trailer here and info here and background here Sound track available here
CODA: Transit of Venus 2012
New York City's weather continues to remain unsettled, so the fabled Transit of Venus occurred behind a curtain of clouds. For a real view, check out NASA's Ultra- High Definition Solar Astronomy imaging:
Transits of Venus are among the rarest of predictable astronomical phenomena.They occur in a pattern that repeats every 243 years, with pairs of transits eight years apart separated by long gaps of 121.5 years and 105.5 years. The periodicity is a reflection of the fact that the orbital periods of Earth and Venus are close to 8:13 and 243:395 commensurabilities.
Yesterday's transit of Venus on 5 and 6 June 2012, was the last Venus transit this century; the prior transit took place on 8 June 2004. The previous pair of transits were in December 1874 and December 1882. After 2012, the next transits of Venus will be in December 2117 and December 2125.
More here
Transits of Venus are among the rarest of predictable astronomical phenomena.They occur in a pattern that repeats every 243 years, with pairs of transits eight years apart separated by long gaps of 121.5 years and 105.5 years. The periodicity is a reflection of the fact that the orbital periods of Earth and Venus are close to 8:13 and 243:395 commensurabilities.
Yesterday's transit of Venus on 5 and 6 June 2012, was the last Venus transit this century; the prior transit took place on 8 June 2004. The previous pair of transits were in December 1874 and December 1882. After 2012, the next transits of Venus will be in December 2117 and December 2125.
More here
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Transit of Venus 2012
On June 5 - 6, 2012, a very notable celestial event takes place that is so rare that it will not be seen again by anyone now living. On June 8, 2004 Venus crossed the face of the Sun for the first time since the 19th century. This spectacle will be repeated again this June for the last time until 2117. Numerous science and other organizations have some special plans for this rare event, which will be seen by most of the world's population.
The entire transit will be visible from the western Pacific Ocean, northwesternmost North America, northeastern Asia, Japan, the Philippines, eastern Australia, New Zealand, and high Arctic locations including northernmost Scandinavia, and Greenland. In North America, the Caribbean, and northwestern South America, the beginning of the transit will be visible on 5 June until sunset. From sunrise on 6 June, the end of the transit will be visible from South Asia, the Middle East, east Africa and most of Europe. It will not be visible from most of South America or western Africa.
CAUTION: Safe viewing of the Transit of Venus: The sun, a very bright star, is of course very dangerous to human vision. There are safe ways to view the transit directly and interdirectly. See information here
Ten facts about the The Transit of Venus here
Astronomers Without Borders: One People One Sky free ToV apps here
See a live NASA webcast here
Shirley Hazzard's novel, Transit of Venus here
The entire transit will be visible from the western Pacific Ocean, northwesternmost North America, northeastern Asia, Japan, the Philippines, eastern Australia, New Zealand, and high Arctic locations including northernmost Scandinavia, and Greenland. In North America, the Caribbean, and northwestern South America, the beginning of the transit will be visible on 5 June until sunset. From sunrise on 6 June, the end of the transit will be visible from South Asia, the Middle East, east Africa and most of Europe. It will not be visible from most of South America or western Africa.
Transit of Venus 2004.
2012's Transit of Venus will be the last until the 22nd century.
CAUTION: Safe viewing of the Transit of Venus: The sun, a very bright star, is of course very dangerous to human vision. There are safe ways to view the transit directly and interdirectly. See information here
Ten facts about the The Transit of Venus here
Astronomers Without Borders: One People One Sky free ToV apps here
See a live NASA webcast here
Shirley Hazzard's novel, Transit of Venus here
Monday, June 4, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Friday Going Down
Tornado warnings in D.C. Here in Brooklyn, nothing profound, no connectivity. Nothing wired or networked, cabled or wireless. Only a lovely Friday morning at the end of the holiday week, morphing into some grey breezes. Rain always behind the forecasts, as though to make up for a snowless winter. Dreaming of the terrace over Via del Gambero, a sunny December day near the Mediterranean (“middle of the world”)..a strange, millennial urban paradise, listening to Bob Dylan’s Absolutely Sweet Marie on the other side of the world.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Facebook Pushback Continues
Williamsburg, Brooklyn's Best Emerging Artists Fest
Starts today, Wednesday May 23 @ Brooklyn Bowl - ELECTRONIC STAGE -10:00 Zambri; 9:00 Caged Animals;
8:00 AIMES
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Spike Hill - SONGWRITERS STAGE - 11:40 Grace Weber; 10:50 Robin Bacior ; 10:00 Stephie Coplan & the Pedestrians;
9:10 Merrily & The Poison Orchard; 8:20 Mal Blum; 7:30 The Sneaky Mister
Full schedule for the B.E.A.F. here
The Deli: Magazine of Emerging NYC Bands, current issue here
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Cannes: Filmmakers Unchained
Attendees at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival were treated to tantalizing glimpses of footage (extended trailers) of upcoming films. Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master (possibly a fictionalized version of L Ron Hubbard), David O Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook and Quentin Tarantino's Django were three anticipated films that were given the teaser treatment.
Tarantino's Django has garnered plenty of interest, starring Christoph Walz, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio in an Old South, slave era drama. DITHOB previously offered a glimpse of portions of the script back when - script here and casting notes here
Also, a curious film, Antiviral, by Brandon Cronenberg fils of director David here
More details on Cannes 2012 here
Tarantino's Django has garnered plenty of interest, starring Christoph Walz, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio in an Old South, slave era drama. DITHOB previously offered a glimpse of portions of the script back when - script here and casting notes here
Also, a curious film, Antiviral, by Brandon Cronenberg fils of director David here
More details on Cannes 2012 here
Friday, May 18, 2012
Turkish Heritage Celebration at Brooklyn Borough Hall
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| Photos by Tony Napoli for Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn |
-Anthony Napoli
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Within You Without You
The Human Disaster of Unemployment by Dean Baker and Kevin Hassett: "We all understand how the human costs can be so high. For many people, their very identity is their occupation. Few events rival the emotional strain of job loss."
"It seems clear that neither political party was prepared to deal with the crisis of long-term unemployment. In spite of the severity of the downturn, there was a general expectation that the economy would bounce back, as it had after previous downturns." Full article here
Thursday, May 10, 2012
NY Magazine: Has Facebook Peaked?
NY Magazine's profile of Mark Zuckerberg, from tech brat to CEO and Titan of Industry is great reading. And the sidebar on the future of Facebook, exploring the question of whether it has peaked or not, feels like must reading. While the energy and pop celebration prompted by the Accidental Billionaire and its companion piece, David Fincher's film The Social Network may have moved its Founder beyond the saturation point, Facebook as an entity is far from finished.
Full article here
Full article here
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