"The noir narrative confronts the protagonist with a rift in the familiar order of things or with a recognition that apparent normality is actually the antithesis of what it seems to be: it is brutal rather than benign, dehumanised not civilised. In the course of the story, it becomes clear that the things that are amiss cannot be dealt with rationally and cannot ultimately be put to rights."
~ Lee Horsley, Lancaster University
The Development of Post-war Literary and Cinematic Noir
Crimeculture (http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/Film%20Noir.html)
Experimental and fun; electromagnetic and dream-like. Happiness First. Focus on What You Want. Life is a Dream. What You Focus on Becomes Real.
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Stanley Kubrick, Filmmaker
Strangelove was a film where much of its impact hinged on the dialogue, the mode of expression, the euphemisms employed. As a result, it's a picture that is largely destroyed in translation or dubbing.
2001, on the other hand, is basically a visual, nonverbal experience. It avoids intellectual verbalization and reaches the viewer's subconscious in a way that is essentially poetic and philosophic. The film thus becomes a subjective experience which hits the viewer at an inner level of consciousness, just as music does, or painting."
~ Stanley Kubrick (1969 interview: http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0069.html )
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Cigarette Card - Red Indian Warrior
Churchman Cigarettes, Warriors of All Nations, 1929.
No6 The Redskin Brave
Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Lucid Dreamer - Malcolm Godwin
"The lucid world is so rich, incredibly detailed, and alive, that the normal, everyday appearance of the waking realm can seem almost a flat monotone by its side. For not only is the dreamworld as clear and spatially real as anything in our waking state, but it also can be experienced with all the five senses, including taste and smell."
The Lucid Dreamer - Malcolm Godwin
A Waking Guide for the Traveler Between Worlds
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Fats Waller Favorites
Coutesy of Bryan McIntosh's Vintage Records & Magazines (email: BHMC0200@telus.net)
Ocean / Woman / Sea
Ocean / Woman / Sea : Love the simplicity of this composition
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Aurora Australis
Aurora Australis
Video of the Aurora Australis taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station. This sequence of shots was taken September 17, 2011 from 17:22:27 to 17:45:12 GMT, on an ascending pass from south of Madagascar to just north of Australia over the Indian Ocean.
Video of the Aurora Australis taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station. This sequence of shots was taken September 17, 2011 from 17:22:27 to 17:45:12 GMT, on an ascending pass from south of Madagascar to just north of Australia over the Indian Ocean.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook on the next wave of music companies
Regarding the next wave of music companies:
"They believe that the key to making the music business work isn't trying to block you from listening to songs you haven't bought. It's trying to help you discover so many songs that you end up buying even more content than you ever would have otherwise. "
~ Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (2011 F8)
Vintage Post Card: Los Angeles Civic Center From Hollywood Freeway
Vintage Post Card: Los Angeles Civic Center From Hollywood Freeway, originally uploaded by cwalsh415.
On back of card: The Hollywood Freeway is one of a vast network of major highways engineered and designed to provide unobstructeddriving to and from the metropolitan area of Los Angeles.
Note: Love this photo: reminds me of the old TV show Dragnet.
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