stumbled across this yesterday: the detectorists. definitely wistful and subtle. think its on netflix.
This "wistful, subtle comedy" (Guardian, UK) was selected by the New York Times and the Hollywood Reporter as one of 2016's best shows. Winner of the BAFTA Award for best comedy, the series follows the eccentric members of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club as they search for treasure in the English countryside. Written and directed by star Mackenzie Crook (The Office), Detectorists also features outstanding performances by Toby Jones (The Hunger Games), Rachael Stirling (The Bletchley Circle), and Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones).
watched two more netflix series over the long weekend, the soderbergh produced western, godless and another margaret atwood adaptation, alias grace. the second was more engrossing but both entertaining. upcoming, curious bout the marvelous mrs maisel out in a couple of days on amazon then season 2 of the crown and the errol morris docudrama wormwood, both on netflix. does tv happen on tv anymore?
Captain Beefheart, a rock legend, recently died. Your gallery represented him as a painter under his real name, Don van Vliet. How did you discover him?
I owe Penck for Beefheart. In East Germany, there was a lively black market for LPs, and Beefheart’s records were the most expensive of all. Penck was a huge fan of Beefheart as a musician, and revealed to me one day that Beefheart was also a painter; so I got in touch with him. He had stopped playing music because he hated the music market, and although as a painter he was totally authentic, no one really took him seriously. The most unbelievable freaks -- rock fans -- came to his exhibitions; occasionally a few pictures would be sold.
However, I was not able to position him, and so far there has been only one museum exhibition of his work, in San Francisco. I visited him a few times in California. He lived in a wooden house, and I could always find him sitting on the veranda and looking out to sea. Once I asked him what he saw. He replied: “Seals. Seals. Sometimes it looks like a seal, but it’s a surfer. And then a shark gets him.”
"Slough" Performance by Steve DiBenedtto, Steven Doughton, Mr. Alexander Wilson. Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Doomtown Curated by Kristan Kennedy and Steven Doughton
sorry sweetie but your dad is a fucking scumbag. looking forward to his future indictment.
I’m going to take half of Chloe’s candy tonight & give it to some kid who sat at home. It’s never to early to teach her about socialism. pic.twitter.com/3ie9C0jv2G
good news! i can finally feel uncomfortable outside of specifically designated "free dance zones."
A nearly century-old law that turned New York bars into no-dancing zones, prevented singers like Billie Holiday and Ray Charles from performing and drew protest from Frank Sinatra, is finally set to be struck down.
im not watching the world series but i kind of track on espn.com. some absolutely batshit games. heres the scoring summary thus far for tonights epic heading towards hour five. theres been a lot of talk about the construction fo the ball this season as homeruns are up dramatically but even more so in the playoffs as the complaint relates to the slickness making it harder to grip.
Scoring Summary
INNING
LAD
HOU
9th
Taylor singled to center, Barnes scored.
12
12
9th
Puig homered to left (349 feet), Bellinger scored.
11
12
8th
McCann homered to right (363 feet).
9
12
8th
Seager doubled to left center, Pederson scored, Taylor to third.
9
11
7th
Correa homered to left (328 feet), Altuve scored.
8
11
7th
Altuve doubled to left center, Bregman scored.
8
9
7th
Springer homered to left (448 feet).
8
8
7th
Bellinger tripled to center, Hernández scored.
8
7
5th
Altuve homered to center (415 feet), Springer and Bregman scored.
7
7
5th
Bellinger homered to right (378 feet), Seager and Turner scored.
7
4
4th
Gurriel homered to left (389 feet), Altuve and Correa scored.
4
4
4th
Correa doubled to shallow left, Springer scored, Altuve to third.
4
1
4th
Barnes singled to left, Forsythe scored.
4
0
1st
Forsythe steals second. Hernández scored on throwing error by Gurriel.
3
0
1st
Forsythe singled to left, Taylor and Turner scored, Hernández to third.