The picture of you in the newspaper saying that, amongst other reasons,
you have come to London to see me has greatly enhanced my credit line in
the neighborhood, and particularly with the greengrocer across the
street ? TS Eliot writing to Groucho Marx on this day in 1964
Since the recent passing of Alistair Cooke, if you have been following the BBC radio as rabidly as I, you surely woulda caught this one (which I paraphrase)
Jazz or Sex or Soup
----Allen Ginsberg
Daev C. Zen Senior Recital
April 18th 1997 In the Rafters
—A flyer I made for my senior recital which, no, was not approved for posting.
Yippy birthday to the late Allen Ginsberg, the anti-Patrick Henry of the beat movement.
Here’s one for the Ginsu:
“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by mediocrity, still living with their parents,
dragging themselves through the Starbucks’ spralls at
dawn looking for an angry dayjob, angelheaded fratboys burning for the
late 70’s Electric Company connection to the New Transformers dynamo in the nostalgia of
back when no one–save Big Bird–believed in the existence of Snuffaluffagus . . .”
I must admit, I haven’t really read all that much from him; but still, I think the coolest thing he did was this testimony at the Czechago 7 civil suit.
No, really, Czech it out. It’s like cliffnotes and a court case in one!
I was waiting to get a ride to my gig today at the old Reise Kneipe, and I was not well at ease. This was the second gig where I played the entire evening alone. Besides which, last week’s gig a Marakech with the trio was a disaster. The Reise Kneipe is in the Neustadt, not really too far to walk by any means, but I didn’t want to have to go the whole way by foot bringing the Fender amp. I’m borrowing that from Ecki.
My favorite part of the article:
The tornado picked up some of Jim Clark's farm equipment and rolled it into another field half a mile away. The equipment was hard to identify after being mangled by the tornado. It also ripped two round granaries off the foundations and tore them into four pieces.
Here’s the trailer for that new film that did so well at Cannes.
It is 1899 and Denzel Washington, the American president, orders Anne Frank and her troops to storm the beaches of Nazi-occupied New Zealand.
Gasp.
The above is the findings of a survey of British children between the ages of 10 and 14. The article was supplied by the Telegraph, which is owned by Australian fascist Rupert Murdoch, who also owns the Fox news network.
My comment: I don’t even need to delve into how misinformed I was at that age about that.
Rest assured, yellow journalism is here to stay.
Hey it’s Pentecost break. None of my students are reading this, so for the other fifty or so readers, here’s the new Dude Dude Chick Mp3: Somothatime (1.8 Meg)
We’ve just had Pentecost Monday.
For those poor wankers without almanacs, that means 50 days since Easter.
Rev it up, Wardrivers, it’s open season to look for holes. But I know y’all will all be cool and duly report any security holes posthaste, right? Right?
Even if you don’t follow soccer at all, anyone walking around the Neustadt today should be well aware that Dynamo won today after a very exciting game. Now, lads in the yellow scarves:
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