I had an editor at La Jolla Light back in 2001 who was essentially hired as a Winston Wolf-like cleaner. We had a paper that would print anything: Recycled press releases, stories not relevant to the community, editorials on whatever subject that anyone on the staff wanted to write (including interns). The paper lacked any…
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Michelle Bachman with Drew Brees’ Eyes
Yes, I could have spent this morning writing another Rising Tide Recap in the style of Hunter S. Thompson. Or I could have honored this solemn occasion with another commentary on the state of New Orleans after the Federal Flood. But the Muse came around and said I needed to do an image of Michelle…
David Simon’s ‘Standing’ Keynote at RT6
David Simon – Keynote Speaker, Rising Tide VI from Jason Berry on Vimeo.
This Looks Suspiciously Like a ‘Forecast of Least Regret’
Note that this forecast puts a major metropolitan area in the northeast quadrant with an uptick in intensity just off the coast. Remember that. Back in 2007, I did an e-mail Q&A style interview with Chuck Watson, Director of Research and Development for Kinetic Analysis Corporation. In the five-year history of this blog’s goofy musings…
Seven + Seven Sermon
July 17, 2011 ‘scattered showers’ Gospel: By Joe Campbell a studier of mythology “But then comes this discovery of the great cycles of the heavens, and what you find is a great concern to relate the whole organization of the society to this cycling–a tremendous accent on seasonal festivals. These festivals are not meant to…
‘The Feathers Magoos Play Various Traditional Roles’
As a response to this blogger’s unfortunate and hurried reference to a Mardi Gras Indian as “Feather’s Magoo” in this blog post… Altercation at Cafe du Monde I would like to frame up her ignorant disrespect of our fine culture by displaying the Wikipedia article on Mardi Gras Indians below but with her name for…
Eight Good Gillys
Why eight? Because “eight good Gillys” just sounds good. All those vowels sounds syncopated with hard Gs. As noted in yesterday’s post Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are coming to Tipitina’s tonight and I can’t promote the show because it’s sold out. Maybe they’ll do an Indian song or some slow Cajun ballad to thank…
Shut Up and Listen: Encountering The College Student at Music Clubs
Thursday August 11 Gillian Welch, my favorite artists ever, ever, ever will be playing at Tiptina’s. I can’t really get into the ritualistic and profound relationship I have with Gillian and Dave Rawlings but it borders on being spiritual. They their fans wait 8 long years between the release of their last album “Soul Journey”…
Some Good, Bad and Ugly of Social Media in London
But first, this is all so Social Media, Social Justice. The good… Using Twitter handle @Riotcleanup, citizens are coming together following protests of the police shooting a Tottenham man. The Twitter account is raking in thousands of new followers per hour in the process. (At last count they had 59,000.) Meanwhile, Riotcleanup.co.uk lists times and…
2 Poems Written on the Square
Summer last, Cicadas sang strong. The season, long. Summer this, Robes run sour. The hours, showers. ———————————– Pavement pulverized pigeon, horseflies and stink. Perspiring painters ponder, “What would the aliens think?”