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Henry Miller Recalls NYC

nick — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:01:26 +0000

“Every bloody street I look down, I see nothing but misery, nothing but monsters.”

Everybody reacts to New York, but from the brief period that I lived there, I can’t say I have the same visceral response to the city as Henry Miller does. Of course, this is Henry Miller we’re talking about. And he sure is fun to listen to:
Warning: language NSFW

(go here for an additional, longer video of Miller pontificating in his bathroom.)

Charlie Rose interviews himself

nick — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:30:47 +0000

In a piece titled “‘Charlie Rose’ by Samuel Beckett,” filmmaker Andrew Filippone Jr. splices together footage from a single episode of the famous PBS program, replacing the interviewee with a second interviewer. The result is a wonderful bit of postmodern minimalism (hence the Beckett reference) that’s equally absurd and disturbing.

From the artist’s description:

Something has happened to PBS favorite “Charlie Rose.” The erudite conversations and sober intellectualism have been replaced by an absurd world where illogic, inane dialogues, and open hostility rule. The one-on-one interview between Charlie and his guest begins as usual but quickly goes awry, so much so that Charlie is warned that, somewhere, a man named “Steve” is “not happy.” Though this seemingly random statement might confuse us, Charlie understands it for what it is — a threat. But who is “Steve” and why is he angry? And why does the mere mention of his name stop Charlie cold?

Vienna Vegetable Orchestra

nick — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:50:51 +0000

The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra, founded in 1999, makes all their instruments out of — you guessed it — vegetables. The music they make is truly impressive, ranging from Jazz to Electronica to Dub, all played with hollowed out carrots, cucumberphones and leek violins.

Check out their website for photos of their instruments and audio samples.

Weiner Poopie

nick — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:51:39 +0000

Thank God for CNN. How else would we ever come across a story with two of the most compelling narrative aspects ever to be combined: weiner poopie and a ransomed Jesus?

(Thanks to a local news follow-up, it was revealed that the 80 lb. Jesus was taken – and returned – by a family member.)