Vice Vukov
Posted on June 29, 2008 - Filed Under Videos, croatia, hrvatski, music, people | Leave a Comment
I’m at work on expanding my vocal repertoire again and was searching for the lyrics to “Ribar Plete Mrižu Svoju.” It’s an exemplary Dalmatian song that was beautifuly committed to tape by Klapa Dalmacija some years ago. I couldn’t find a full mp3 of their rendition, sadly, but I did come across a video of [...]
Read More..>>alejandro jodorowsky
Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under art, people | Leave a Comment
My favorite artist explains himself in this interview:
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Read More..>>overheard on streetcar
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under Places, america, dislocated vignettes, life, people, portland | Leave a Comment
“Foolishness is coming and paid for,” said the crazy little black lady on the streetcar.
I’d watched her get on at NW 23rd and Marshall after she’d tossed the remainder of a lit cigarette on the ground in front of a woman who didn’t look happy to have a lit cigarette tossed onto the ground in [...]
panis angelicus
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under music, people | Leave a Comment
As I watch classic 1983 footage of Leontyne Price singing “Panis Angelicus” with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, I cannot help but marvel at the woman’s face and torso. Her broad face, wide mouth, flaring nostrils and wine-barrel bosom appear to have been designed specifically for projecting large volumes of precise musical sound. What a dramatic [...]
Read More..>>nemesis explained
Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under Quotes, life, people | Leave a Comment
“Enemies are so stimulating.” - Katharine Hepburn
Read More..>>Charlie bit me.
Posted on April 8, 2008 - Filed Under Videos, people | Leave a Comment
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Read More..>>Overheard in PDX
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under Places, Quotes, people, portland | Leave a Comment
Near a large plate of fried smelts: “I have never in my life eaten so much smelt.”
Read More..>>A Prayer for Emilio
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under In The News, music, people | Leave a Comment
I trembled when I read of Tejano star Emilio Navaira’s tour bus crash and the injuries he’s sustained. My heart goes out to Emilio, his family, friends and fans.
Read More..>>Laju Psi na Plaži
Posted on March 12, 2008 - Filed Under croatia, europe, hrvatski, life, music, people | Leave a Comment
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Read More..>>the perfume of influence
Posted on March 10, 2008 - Filed Under Places, Work, america, life, people, portland | Leave a Comment
sweat and zen in portland, oregon.
i have completed a sixty-hour work week in five days. i smell like a jock strap full of squid and used feet.
i have not yet sprouted ironic above-lip facial hair for fashion purposes as the local males seem fond of doing, but the capitalization, conjunctions and abbreviations have gone out [...]