Saturday, June 28, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
bardo pond per tricia donnelly's request
wednesday night i saw bardo pond at the ica in philadelphia. they played at the request of the san francisco born artist tricia donnelly. in the cavernous gallery a discreet retrospective of her work is lined up against a back wall. bardo pond set up under an over hanging ceiling opposite the work and inbetween we sat on the floor like psychedelic beachgoers. in fact when tricia introduced the band she remarked about growing up by the ocean and how listening to bardo pond is a close match to the sound and expanse the ocean gives her.
i first saw bardo pond when i think i was 19 and i am now 32. i think i can honestly say i have seen them more than any other band. wednesday at the ica was in my opinion the best i have ever seen them. so very loud so very discreet so very gentle so very visceral. they were the ocean. the band was the water and lead singer isabelle the wind. howling, whispering, pleading, panting and pushing sound through a floating flute line. i went back later and reexamined tricia donnelly's work. the video of her in white jumping in the air like frothing water. the photograph of two twisting embracing black leather clad gloved hands the ink night sky. a wonderful wonderful night.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Kevin Garnett - Finals G6 Postgame Interview (June 17, 2008)
i hate the celtics but i hate the lakers more. that being said kevin garnett man, he deserves this. i was at the celtics win vs the sixers earlier this season. philly home game. throwback jersey game. the sixers wore the classic 83 uniforms. kevin garnett though, man if we had him when we had AI. well played to the dreaded C's. better luck never kobe.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
- Madonna - BORDERLINE (1984)
on june 11 at 4:36 pm est i heard madonna's hit song borderline on wogl 'oldies' 98.1 fm in philadelphia. it played right after a station id with the 'oldies' jingle. it felt like they were rubbing it that it really has been that long since i first heard this wonderful song in the back of a sweltering station wagon on the way home from the IGA nursing a free sticky lollipop from the bank. after the song played the dj announced that they play all the great hits from the 60's and 70's. so was this some sort of test, like slipping madonna in there to see if they can get away with it. barring the unfortunate playing of songs that sound like oldies (eg. bob seger's 'old time rock and roll' or billy joel's 'tell her about it') i guess they are tip toeing into their greatest oldies of the 80's now. i think borderline is a good choice for first oldie of the 80's. the beginning of the song is so beautiful, and the tempo is perfect i could imagine a great doo wop band like the flamingos singing a stellar version of this song.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
tuesday weld
last night i watched my first tuesday weld movie, 'thief' a 1981 movie which was the feature length debut of michael mann. it was a great movie, can't believe i never saw tuesday weld on the screen before. apparently she turned down two of my favorite films, 'bonnie and clyde' and 'rosemary's baby' this film 'thief' is alot like 'heat' and even jimmy caan and jimmy belushi, two actors i normally cross the street to avoid couldn't ruin it.
Monday, June 09, 2008
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