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alex lines on the tumbldore.
music and found digital objects.
alex dot lines at gmail.
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Le Grande Bleu is 370 feet long and one of the largest private yachts in the world. sailed by it yesterday and it is enormous - that’s a 60 foot sailboat on the deck. click through for higher res.
“The essence of XML is this: the problem it solves is not hard, and it does not solve the problem well.” — Phil Wadler, POPL 2003
“It was a weekend-long party at an isolated mountain cabin in Georgia in the late 80’s. Gibby was there with some friends. He made everybody drop acid and listen to Rembrandt Pussyhorse over and over. It was absolutely terrifying. Also, Amy Carter was there. I think.”
— Andy’s mention of Gibby reminded me of this story from my friend Robert.
of course the yip yips are on youtube. maybe my favorite sesame street characters. love when they hide under their lower lip. I’m going to pull the audio and make their impression of a telephone my new ring tone.
Antony & The Johnsons - All Is Loneliness (Moondog Cover), live in Sevilla, 2005. Although this is haunting live, I’m afraid the magic doesn’t quite come through in this recording …
Moondog, aka the Viking of 6th Ave, is a street character from New York’s past. Often seen on the streets of New York dressed in his home-made clothes, viking helmet, and carrying a spear - a colorful character but no mere crackpot. He was also a prolific avant-garde composer (he was blind and composed in braille) with 18 albums to his name. The Band named an album after him, Janis Joplin covered one of his songs, he collaborated with Steve Reich and Philip Glass, who wrote, “We formed a music group, Moondog, Steve Reich, Jon Gibson and myself. For a time, we had weekly sessions playing Moondog’s compositions. We took his work very seriously and understood and appreciated it.” His obit in the times is fascinating. [photo by Walter Karling]
