Deep Forest: Sweet Lullaby
BillHeise | June 28, 2010
In commemoration of events that took place on this date, June 28 1969: I also love the song.
Apemen
BillHeise | June 21, 2010
This week, I wanted to give you an example of what I consider the ‘natural’ perspective on life in music. So I thought I’d been you a bunch of songs about how rock n roll led us to rediscover our ape-like qualities. The first is the Kinks’ Apeman: This is the result of the Baby [...]
Higher
BillHeise | June 16, 2010
As you must know, I didn’t get my whole list of things to accomplish this week done this week. I got tired (which I expected) and busy (with things that came up unexpectedly). But I will get to them eventually. But I think I got enough done to make it clear why I have been [...]
Louise Brooks
BillHeise | June 12, 2010
I’ve been working my way through the silent film era in Germany recently, and I have to admit that silent film is one of those things that takes getting used to. The pictures are often grainy (1920’s Golem), the stories are often abbreviated (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), and scenes take far too long to [...]
The High Modern Photography of Man Ray
BillHeise | June 11, 2010
Steiglitz was one of the innovators of the Photo-Secession Group, which gave rise to a school of its own. Affected by the found object, cubist painting style, and other modern art developments, he replaced the ‘objective’ experience with a ‘subjective’ experience at the center of photography. But he was an innovator. And just like most [...]
Lana Turner Has Collapsed
BillHeise | June 11, 2010
Okay, I missed a day. Sorry readers. But I have yesterday’s post today. I’ve been reading Brad Gooch’s City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O’Hara. Frank was a member of the New York School of poetry. After serving in WWII (the Big One), he availed himself of veteran’s assistance and went to Harvard. [...]
Marx and the Medieval Mind
BillHeise | June 8, 2010
With the fragmentation of news sources, the Enlightenment ideal has come under pressure. We are living in a world where people feel the need to only read something when they know in advance that they are going to agree with what they’re going to hear. This means that no one actually reads works of other [...]
Young Jimmie
BillHeise | June 7, 2010
There’s just one more thing about It Might Get Loud. Here’s an interview that I never saw before of Jimmy Page, god of guitar, being asked what he’s going to do with his life. Interviewer: Are you going to take up skiffle? Jimmie Page: No, I’d like to take up biological research. Interviewer: What do [...]
The Raconteurs ‘Steady, As She Goes’
BillHeise | June 7, 2010
Okay, my wife was making fun of me last week because I didn’t know who Jack White is. This is, undoubtedly because I listen to talk radio when I’m in the car (and mostly sports talk at that). But last week, I watched It Might Get Loud, which (in case you haven’t seen it) is [...]
The Beginnings of Modern Photography
BillHeise | June 7, 2010
This is a video of Alfred Stieglitz, one of the most influential (if not the most) photographers of the Early Modern Age. Unlike sculpture and painting, which were also undergoing vast transformations at the time, photography was an entirely new medium. As you watch this video, you will notice that much early modern photography is [...]
