June 2011
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WatchDay at the beach. Glory glory.
leringitis:
Louisiana -> Mississippi -> Dauphin Island, Alabama ——-> SAND CITY IN MY PANTS (glorious)
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Detroit Ascending
It seems that everyone is talking about Detroit.
Artists are decamping there to do site-specific installations in abandoned properties, city planners from around the world are testing out ideas about shrinking cities and generally working to reimagine the city, and photographers are documenting the decay and destruction that a 25% drop in population over 10 years reaps on a city.
Meanwhile,...
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“The tragic truth of modern life is that it hardly leaves room for the necessary...”
– From The Incredible Shrinking American Vacation
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“They will say, ‘They lived in
The days of the good comrades.
It must...”
– For Eli Jacobson by Kenneth Rexroth
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Lipstick Traces
Benny Spellman, the baritone New Orleans rhythm and blues singers, died on Friday. He sang back up on Ernie K-Doe’s “Mother In-Law” and worked closely with Allen Touissant for years. His biggest hit, however, was “Lipstick Traces”.
Dance on.
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“This is theater,” he said, gesturing at Frenchmen Street. “New Orleans is living...”
– Clarke Peters talking about “Treme”