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Here is a link to an analysis of intelligence by Isaac Asimov. It is humbling and quite funny.
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Birth of the Cool
I am backing my computer onto DVDs.In order to maximize space, I sorted my music files by size.Since i-Tunes organizes music by artists, I was able to see who takes up the most space on my hard drive: (top twenty in order)Miles DavisBob DylanLeonard CohenVelevet UndergroundMorrisseyJohnny CashThe ClashViolent FemmesPixiesFrank SinatraDevoThe SmithsTalking HeadsThe BeatlesLoveXElvis PresleyNirvanaThe Rolling …
Living in the past/present
Compiling that book of old poems, plus looking at other ones from my past has been a bit of a head-trip. I am all about moving forward, but now I am having intense dreams about nostalgia and changing the past and all weirdness – I blame the book, but I cannot blame the book maker …
Oh shit, I used to be a Poet
I used to stay up late and write poetry. I saved all my poems, promising myself I would publish them somehow one day. So this week I began fulfilling that promise to myself. There is a preview feature of IF YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH THEY WILL DENY YOU. It is 60 pages, written in 1993, …
Woke up Wednesday with a migraine, now I got more work done in two hours than in the previous ten. No time to relax, more work here now to do before bed!
The Queen
We went and saw The Queen. It was very funny even though it is not a comedy.The British really are subjects! Hilarious.Monty Python couldn’t have done better. I hope the lady wins best actress and the British re-rigidify their class structure so every last one of them knows his or her place in that oppressive …
Art L.A.
Art L.A. at the Santa Monica Civic was a bit of a disappointment. The opening was crowded but not full. About one-third of the galleries had what you might call “name” artists. The other bunch really threw together as much brightly colored eye-catching gloop as possible. The problem is that it was once a tacky …
Coagula Art L.A. Booth 01-25-07 Top (L-R): My bodyguard Eduardo Gomez, Artist Michael Salerno, Yeah me again. Bottom: Artists Stephanie Mercado and Leigh Salgado with Philosopher Stephanie Du Tan (R)
Steve Jones
I got an email from Steve Jones – and I am thinking, WOW, the guitarist from the Sex Pistols an DJ on 103.1 is emailing ME. It was spam wanting me to send my bank account for a wire transfer…
L.A. Art ’07 Show
We have a booth at the Los Angeles Art Show – Wednesday was the gala opening. “Gala” of course means “feedbag central” as there was a lot of free food. They went overboard with trays of bite size food and dessert, wine and snacks, and then whole cubicles and of food – sushi, salads, seafood, …
Visual Radio
Well, my first “official” 1 hour radio show was posted on Art Scene Visual Radio today. They sold all of the commercial time on it – it really follows a radio format. Luckily I did not trash any shows at the advertisers’ galleries – that would have been disastrous (but funny). I am pretty happy …
So a few people saw me on the evening news on Tuesday and called and/or emailed and that was cool, the funniest response was from my nephew Joseph who told me he liked my haircut (I had removed a ski cap like ten minutes before they taped me and the hair was everywhere). I went …