from killers of the flower moon to the killer today. scorcese to fincher. out now on netflix. made me think of the hit which i watched over the summer. another knight errant. just went back to look at the article i linked to about that and it itself was inspired by hemingways the killers. 

did i like this movie, yes? was it a great movie? probably not. some suggest its a satire of the omnipresent revenge porn assassin movies like john wick or even a self mocking of a fight club ethos that has come to be fetishized by a certain cringe element of the proud boy type christofascists among us. theres not a lot to point to politics in this tho. and the comedy may be derived from the over indulgent self certain voice-over that is undermined by the actions of the protagonist. maybe its a bit of both or maybe its just a more realistic portrayal of revenge not set in some video game killzone thats more about the coreography of endless action sequences. still we dont get much of the inner working of the clock only that its a few seconds off.

i dont really know. im just a watcher. maybe its about the myths we keep telling ourselves to build ourselves up to keep moving forward and how we deal with the consequences when theres a glitch in the matrix. in this case the facade held together and few consequences were paid which maybe felt cheap though in keeping with the genre. at least john wicks dog was killed for his sins.

ooh, and the smiths. love letter or hate mail? the answer may surprise you! 

Christopher Williams at moma 

Can’t watch these outtakes enough times pic.twitter.com/9VmfCPh0Oy

— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) August 18, 2020

 

Cornelius Cardew was a fascinating figure. Both in his life, and through his music, he posed questions with which I find myself in equal sympathy and conflict. He is undeniably one of the most important figures in the Post-War British avant-garde. Cardew, by all accounts, was a prodigy. During his early twenties he worked at the highest levels of performance. In 1958 (age 22) he won a scholarship to study at the Studio for Electronic Music in Cologne, and was promptly asked by Karlheinz Stockhausen to serve as his assistant. Stockhausen’s recollections of Cardew are drenched in respect. He was one of the few people whom he allowed to work on his scores unsupervised. During the late 50’s, influenced by John Cage and other members of his generation, Cardew abandoned Serialism and began to compose scores utilizing indeterminacy and experiment. It was this period of his work for which he is most remembered, and from which Treatise (our subject) comes. In 1967 he joined the iconic free-improvisation collective AMM with Lou Gare, Eddie Prévost, Keith Rowe and Christopher Hobbs, which advanced his sense of compositional possibility. The following year with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons he formed the equally important Scratch Orchestra, which grew into a large ensemble, preforming over the following four years.

 

A shout-out today for Bow and Arrow Gamay from Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer of Canal House.

spoiler: Johnnie Walker Black

"In all, 22 lots, or almost a third of the sale, were guaranteed. One was “Apocalypse Now,” a 1988 painting by Wool, who’s the subject of a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The work spelled “Sell the house sell the car sell the kids” in black on white. It fetched $26.5 million, more than three times Wool’s previous record. Art dealer Christophe van de Weghe bought the work for a client."

cooks illustrated founder profiled in nyt mag.

If 2011 was the year of the French New Wave, 2012 is shaping up as the Mexican revolution. As Christopher Israel readies to open his anticipated, high-low seafood-centric Corazon on May 10 (1205 SW Washington St), another plan is shaping up to send Mexican food in a fresh direction. Eat Beat has learned that Kelly Myers, Nostrana’s respected chef de cuisine and a farmer’s market insider, will head up the kitchen at Xico on 3715 SE Division St

occasionally right, often entertaining, usually drunk... rip, christopher hitchens.

tea w/ hitch

Happy Thanksgiving.


Why Is Our Thanksgiving Bird Called a Turkey?
(Answer: Because, of course, it came from Turkey)

by Larry E. Tise, Historian
East Carolina University

i was looking for something to recommend watching season 2 of extras on hbo but this interview by ricky gervais of christopher guest will have to do.

Christopher Hitchens on why he thinks women aren’t as funny as men, (ok, with the exception of rita rudner - ah hahahaha)

hopeless pictures is quite humorous. its an animated short series with a christopher guest cast sending up hollywood agentdom. michael mckean stars. it on tonight at 11and again later on.

David Rees takes down Christopher Hitchens. He's funny even without the clip art.

(this is the dog we were talking about tonight that has the puppies.)

Reminder:
Afterbirth opens today, Wednesday, at Living with Art (in SoHo)
Opening reception 6-9pm
153 Lafayette (at Grand St.), 7th Floor

Tillamook Cheddar: Afterbirth comprises paintings and sculptures created during the months before—and after—the birth of her first and only litter, six healthy puppies born July 10, 2005.

• Opening Reception with Tillie on Wednesday, November 2nd from 6 to 9 pm.

• Kid’s Reception. Tillie will host an afternoon for kids on Saturday November 5th from noon to 5 pm and will demonstrate her talent with a live painting performance – adults friendly.

• Pet Reception. Tillie will welcome dogs of any breeds on Saturday, November 12th from 2 to 5 pm – human friendly.

Afterbirth exhibit: November 2 to 15. The Living with Art gallery is open for visits from noon to 6 everyday except Sundays and Mondays.



Also, Tillie's first solo museum exhibition opens Thursday:

An Exhibit of Art by Tillamook Cheddar
Curated by Baird Jones
November 3, 2005 through November 24, 2005
The Paterson Museum
2 Market St.
Paterson, NJ (973-321-1260)

and this:

“Who is the Most Provocative
Conceptual Artist of Our Time?”

An Exhibition of Art by

Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson,
Christo, Tillamook Cheddar

Curated by Baron Edmund Voyer and Baird Jones

Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, 10:15 - midnight

Gypsy Tea Nightclub, 27 W. 24th St. (off 6th Ave.)

Private vodka mixed drinks reception from 10:15 - 11:30PM

Free admission for you and your guests from 10:15 until midnight
by saying that you are there for this art show

Weblog dedicated to Christo's Central Park exhibit The Gates.

THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE PRESENTS

Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Two Works in Progress
The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City
Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado

Thursday, November 4
6:30 p.m.
The Great Hall, Cooper Union

Oftentimes only by disrupting space are we able to see it in a new light. Since the late 1950s, the large-scale art installations of Christo and Jeanne-Claude have forced onlookers to constantly reevaluate the surrounding environment. Past projects include the wrapping of the Pont Neuf in Paris (1985) and the Reichstag in Berlin (1995) as well as a host of other projects in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia. One of their current projects, The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City, is slated to open in February 2005 when 7500 saffron fabric panels will be unfurled from vinyl poles 16 feet in height throughout 23 miles of the park. Christo and Jeanne-Claude pay for the expense of all their projects through the sale of original work; they accept no sponsors. For more information about the artist please visit their website www.christojeanneclaude.net.

(If you haven't heard them speak in public... it is a pretty interesting 'process'...)

WHAT
The opening of Sonic Forest ’04 by artist Christopher Janney: an enticing grove of 16 aluminum “electronic trees” that rustle, sing, whisper and sometimes “dance” in response to people’s movements. To celebrate the opening, legendary dancer-choreographer Sara Rudner will perform in the grove with colleagues to set Sonic Forest ’04 into action.

WHEN
Friday, April 23, 2004
6 p.m.

WHERE
Union Square Park
Union Square West near 14th Street

The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Gates, Central Park, New York
April 6, 2004–July 25, 2004
The Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery, 1st floor

This exhibition documents the evolution of the widely anticipated outdoor work of art The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979–2005, conceived by the husband-and-wife collaborators Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Scheduled for presentation during 16 days in February 2005, the completed project will consist of 7,500 saffron-colored gates set up at 12-foot intervals along 23 miles of pedestrian walkways that lace New York's Central Park.

Mr. Wilson, I wonder - knowing you spend a great deal of time in the Park - what you might think of this project? (if you have posted on this already, my apologies).

Had dinner last night at the new Twilight 101. This is Christopher "el teddy" Chestnut's new place in the old Texarcana spot on 10th between 5th and 6th. Only the bar area is open now (including a couple of tables) but the full 80 to 90 seat back room will be open in "about a month."

Mediterranean tapas menu. Wines from Spain, France, and Italy produced within 100 miles of the sea. Everything we had was simple and good. Same with the moderately priced list (all available by the glass as well.) The room has a nice feel with lots of little details. Very enthusiastic staff. Great spot for a drink and small bite (or more) of food. Worth a look I think.

You know Ari Fleischer's lyin' about 90% of the time, but it's always nice to catch him in one. Here's what he said Mar. 28 about the difficulty of the Iraq invasion:

"The statements the White House has always made about this is that people should be prepared for the fact that it would go longer," Fleischer said. "That's exactly how the White House explained what we expect.

"When the White House says to you that it can be long, lengthy and dangerous, we're anticipating that any number of scenarios can develop."

*sound of buzzer*

Here's what the Administration and its supporters (OK, it wasn't precisely the White House) said during the run-up to war (compiled by Salon):

Vice President Dick Cheney, on NBC's "Meet the Press" March 16:

"The read we get on the people of Iraq is there is no question but that they want to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they will welcome as liberators the United States when we come to do that."

"My guess is even significant elements of the Republican Guard are likely as well to want to avoid conflict with the U.S. forces and are likely to step aside."

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN March 23:

"The course of this war is clear. The outcome is clear. The regime of Saddam Hussein is gone. It's over. It will not be there in a relatively reasonably predictable period of time."

"And the people in Iraq need to know that: that it will not be long before they will be liberated."

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars March 11:

"Over and over, we hear reports of Iraqis here in the United States who manage to communicate with their friends and families in Iraq, and what they are hearing is amazing. Their friends and relatives want to know what is taking the Americans so long. When are you coming?"

"In a meeting last week at the White House, one of these Iraqi-Americans said, 'A war with Saddam Hussein would be a war for Iraq, not against Iraq.'"

"The Iraqi people understand what this crisis is about. Like the people of France in the 1940s, they view us as their hoped-for liberator. They know that America will not come as a conqueror. Our plan -- as President Bush has said -- is to 'remain as long as necessary and not a day more.'"

Richard Perle, recently resigned chairman of the Defense Policy Board, in a PBS interview July 11, 2002:

"Saddam is much weaker than we think he is. He's weaker militarily. We know he's got about a third of what he had in 1991."

"But it's a house of cards. He rules by fear because he knows there is no underlying support. Support for Saddam, including within his military organization, will collapse at the first whiff of gunpowder. "

Ken ("Cakewalk") Adelman, former U.N. ambassador, in an Op-Ed for the Washington Post, Feb. 13, 2002:

"I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk. Let me give simple, responsible reasons: (1) It was a cakewalk last time; (2) they've become much weaker; (3) we've become much stronger; and (4) now we're playing for keeps.

Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a breakfast meeting March 4, 2003:

"What you'd like to do is have it be a short, short conflict. The best way to do that is have such a shock on the system, the Iraqi regime would have to assume early on the end is inevitable."

Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair writer, in a debate Jan. 28, 2003:

"This will be no war -- there will be a fairly brief and ruthless military intervention.

"The president will give an order. [The attack] will be rapid, accurate and dazzling ... It will be greeted by the majority of the Iraqi people as an emancipation. And I say, bring it on."

On Wednesday afternoon the Senate narrowly voted to pass an amendment that took consideration of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge out of the fast-track budget reconciliation bill, so a vote of Yes was a vote to protect the Refuge.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Boxer-Chafee Amendment
Passed by a vote of 52-48, 3:38 pm, 3/19/2003 thus removing the Arctic drilling language from the Senate Budge Resolution.


State Party Senator Vote


AK R Murkowski, Lisa N

AK R Stevens, Ted N

AL R Sessions, Jeff N

AL R Shelby, Richard C. N

AR D Lincoln, Blanche Lambert Y

AR D Pryor, Mark Y

AZ R Kyl, Jon L. N

AZ R McCain, John Y

CA D Boxer, Barbara Y

CA D Feinstein, Dianne Y

CO R Allard, Wayne A. N

CO R Campbell, Ben Nighthorse N

CT D Dodd, Christopher J. Y

CT D Lieberman, Joseph I. Y

DE D Biden, Joseph R. Y

DE D Carper, Thomas R. Y

FL D Graham, Bob Y

FL D Nelson, Bill Y

GA R Chambliss, Saxby N

GA D Miller, Zell B. N

HI D Akaka, Daniel K. N

HI D Inouye, Daniel K. N

IA R Grassley, Charles E. N

IA D Harkin, Tom Y

ID R Craig, Larry N

ID R Crapo, Michael D. N

IL D Durbin, Richard J. Y

IL R Fitzgerald, Peter G. Y

IN D Bayh, B. Evan Y

IN R Lugar, Richard G. N

KS R Brownback, Sam N

KS R Roberts, Pat N

KY R Bunning, Jim N

KY R McConnell, Mitch N

LA D Breaux, John B. N

LA D Landrieu, Mary L. N

MA D Kennedy, Edward M. Y

MA D Kerry, John F. Y

MD D Mikulski, Barbara A. Y

MD D Sarbanes, Paul S. Y

ME R Collins, Susan M. Y

ME R Snowe, Olympia J. Y

MI D Levin, Carl Y

MI D Stabenow, Debbie Y

MN R Coleman, Norm Y

MN D Dayton, Mark Y

MO R Bond, Christopher S. N

MO R Talent, Jim N

MS R Cochran, Thad N

MS R Lott, Trent N

MT D Baucus, Max Y

MT R Burns, Conrad N

NC R Dole, Elizabeth H. N

NC D Edwards, John R. Y

ND D Conrad, Kent Y

ND D Dorgan, Byron L. Y

NE R Hagel, Chuck N

NE D Nelson, Ben Y

NH R Gregg, Judd N

NH R Sununu, John E. N

NJ D Corzine, Jon S. Y

NJ D Lautenberg, Frank R. Y

NM D Bingaman, Jeff Y

NM R Domenici, Pete V. N

NV R Ensign, John N

NV D Reid, Harry Y

NY D Clinton, Hillary Rodham Y

NY D Schumer, Charles E. Y

OH R DeWine, Mike Y

OH R Voinovich, George V. N

OK R Inhofe, James M. N

OK R Nickles, Don N

OR R Smith, Gordon H. Y

OR D Wyden, Ron Y

PA R Santorum, Richard J. N

PA R Specter, Arlen N

RI R Chafee, Lincoln D. Y

RI D Reed, John F. Y

SC R Graham, Lindsey N

SC D Hollings, Ernest F. Y

SD D Daschle, Thomas A. Y

SD D Johnson, Tim P. Y

TN R Alexander, Lamar N

TN R Frist, Bill N

TX R Cornyn, John N

TX R Hutchison, Kay Bailey N

UT R Bennett, Robert F. N

UT R Hatch, Orrin G. N

VA R Allen, George F. N

VA R Warner, John William N

VT I Jeffords, James M. Y

VT D Leahy, Patrick J. Y

WA D Cantwell, Maria Y

WA D Murray, Patty Y

WI D Feingold, Russ Y

WI D Kohl, Herbert H. Y

WV D Byrd, Robert C. Y

WV D Rockefeller, John Y

WY R Enzi, Michael B. N

WY R Thomas, Craig N

I can't wait for Alex's comments on this.

I was wondering about those ubiquitous Chevy ads, the "walking on the sun" campaign. Did they buy a Zombies song and re-write it? No, Christopher Caldwell of NY Press explains that it's Smash Mouth, in the process of selling out. (see "In Any Event" down the page) But I don't buy his critique. It's not that these folks don't understand irony; the situation is the height of irony, or what irony used to mean. In fact, it's so ironic it's subversive, but in the wrong direction. Nowadays irony is just the echo chamber of meaninglessness; postmodernism's aversion to any commitment requiring a value judgement. 'Course I knew that years ago, which is why I thought the Clash were a joke even then. Smash Mouth and the admen are all of one condition: nobody sells out anymore; they just buy in. And the moral is: the only thing you have to pay the Zombies is homage.

my friend bowman just got back from a trip to spain and he was raving about this restaurant which was recommended to him by our (me and jim) old friend christopher(the actor turned chef).