Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Driving the freeways of LA I am struck by how much it can seem like an 8mm home movie that’s been tucked away in a shoebox since 1924. The light, the washed out colors, the dry, unfurling landscapes, the industry, the red thread of…promise? possibility? Well no, it in part feels over, a dream unrealized, […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
I’m guided by a signal in the heavens/I’m guided by those birthmarks on my skin/ I’m guided by the beauty of our weapons/First we take Manhattan then we take Berlin. ~ Leonard Cohen cafe honoring Austrian playwright Joseph Roth, who lived next door. (click to expand) Its utterly sock-knocking to be back in a proper […]
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