The Soft, Soft Shakes

Preview of what will be the cover for the upcoming Autumn in Halifax record The Soft, Soft Shakes. It is the best record I have heard all year.
More shots to follow. (That is photographer Robert Frank)
www.autumninhalifax.com

Part I of III

A Flattened Geodesic Dome for R. Buckminster Fuller

Fuller’s ideas of ephemeralization (or simply “doing more with less”) as well as his exploration of communication through geometry go well beyond doodling with cardboard.

With the Right Kind of Eyes Hunter S. Thompson Can Almost See the High-Water Mark

The good doctor is my favorite patriot. He has keen eyes for showing us our own culture, warts and all, without vilifying it. He reminds us that America is an experiment still worth improving upon.

Raymond Queneau is to Francois Truffaut as Italo Calvino is to Federico Fellini

New Wave cinema and the OuLiPo literary movement have an odd symbiosis that has long fascinated me. Both groups have informed new ways of seeing and reading, and so the two French fathers and the two Italian Renegades all together at last.

Marcel Duchamp Sees in Three Dimensions, With One Eye Tied Behind His Back

Art work utilizing reclaimed materials of any kind owes a great deal to Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades and the entire DaDa movement.

Lenny Bruce Pulls the First Amendment From Out of His Sleeve

The First Amendment, as we now know it was forged by Lenny Bruce. He gave the right to speak honestly back to the individual, and for this I am eternally grateful.