Experiment
How do we perceive art? How do we value art? In case you missed the original, Pulitizer-prize winning article, it’s all here in the Washington Post’s piece by Gene Weingarten.
Archive for the ‘music’Category
Rev. Franklin’s Daughter (Image)
Aretha, circa 1968. Photograph by Lee Friedlander (via 1968. Photograph by Lee Friedlander (via cdsporch.org)
04
01 2010
He Knows Something She Doesn’t
Extraordinary photo. Thanks, Frango.
25
12 2009
Wonderful
Another good one via Frango.
19
11 2009
At Least We’re Alive
“At least we’re alive” is the rough translation of the German/Yiddish phrase used by Lipa Schmelzer in his rendition of the Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” The rest is, as my grandfather used to say, jargon.
18
11 2009
Casals (Image)
Yousuf Karsh photo, 1954. Via Frango.
06
11 2009
The Best Things So Conservatively
Ray Davies saw us before we were us. His songs of a lost world, or a world that is wonderful in its decrepitude, are melancholy in the way of the best ‘cheap music’ (to use Noel Coward’s characterization of the same) have a powerful effect on me, especially in these old kinescopes that are the most telling memories of my childhood.
06
11 2009
Free Association
Given their popularity throughout the 60s, video of the Association seem scarce. Here they are in 1967; almost the perfect 60s video. Great clothes, great cheesy slo-mo film footage, great facial expressions. Why Windy is in Chicago (at places like the Pickle Barrel in Old Town, Oak Street Beach, Grant Park) is never explained. The obvious answer makes the video ever richer.
15
10 2009
2016
One of the great first lines in any rock song: “Pack it up, buddy gonna shut you down.”
Given Mayor D’s closing speech (which still puzzles me) and the vote, it’s appropriate.
02
10 2009
Del Shannon (Underappreciated)
Too much Brylcreem for the 60s, he got lost in the mix. Great song