Arts – Page 14 – Postcards

Too Many Cooks…

November 8, 2014March 25, 2015 No Comments

Much Bizarre. ESQ: How did you come up with the idea for this? CK: It was one of those shower ideas that I know Andy Kaufman or David Letterman would have—to repeat something until it gets annoying and just keep going until it gets funny again. The idea was for it to be a sitcom […]

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Arts Politics

Immigration

September 27, 2014September 27, 2014 No Comments

Very well done. Via @spleenal

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Arts

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi…

September 17, 2014 No Comments

I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on […]

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Arts Photography

“I’m a photographer. No, let me rephrase that: I would like to be a photographer.”

September 10, 2014September 13, 2014 No Comments

I’m a photographer. No, let me rephrase that: I would like to be a photographer. In reality I’m merely an obsessive who takes lots of photographs in the hope that some day, just once, he will produce an image that is really, truly memorable. Like the images that Henri Cartier-Bresson captured, apparently effortlessly, in their […]

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Cycling Environment Films Science!

London air pollution: which mode of transport has the highest exposure? – video | Environment | The Guardian

September 2, 2014March 25, 2015 No Comments

The answer surprised me, anyway. Worth a look – London air pollution: which mode of transport has the highest exposure? – video | Environment | The Guardian.

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Music Sounds

Music Monday (Delayed): Zeptember!

September 2, 2014March 25, 2015 No Comments

So, it’s September again, and that’s Led Zeppelin month in my calendar. Here’s ‘Bring it on home’ from Led Zeppelin II, Live at the Albert Hall, 1970.

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