Category: music
Thinking of the Fayum Portraits
Luca, Cutlery. July, 2011 I am obsessed by the Egyptian Fayum portraits. It seems a morbid thing, to acknowledge a relationship between these funerary portraits and my work, which has always (duh) been of the living and loved. But I don’t see the Fayum paintings as being about or of death—they are vital, even as […]
mixes, the wire, china
The Wire magazine has been having a happy back and forth with Steve Barker. This is one mix, with jumps to others, by Wire’s Lisa Blanning. Bliss. (A nice slide into post-Olympic Chinoisserie – Thanks Mr. Barker!)
new orleans – its standing up
Back from a weekend in NOLA and, although I feel heartened by how far the city has come since Katrina, it still irks me that more has not been done by the federal agencies. But then, perhaps we should all be thankful that our president and FEMA did not just leave things as they were […]
before knowing
I am starting to review work made in India during 1995 and 1997, before I knew what I would miss. This one is for all singers of ghazal. Thank you!
Record Envelope Bliss
Kavel Rafferty’s collection / blog, described by him as ‘A reference for vinyl geeks and graphic artists.’ A visual delight.
Music and food
Music and food heard at a restaurant called Rupununi, Bar Harbor ME: a CD called A Danca Da Moda with D J Dolore & Orchestra Santa Massa. And be sure to eat mussels with their special coconut curry Brazilian sauce. Try the Crab quesadillia with fries and Crab cakes with sweet corn, chillies, cilantro and […]