[Occupy Wall Street Poster No. 4
analog drawing digitized & captioned in PhotoShop]
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Nascence, or, Occupy Everything Occupiable
By Jack Brummet
[Occupy Wall Street Poster No. 4
analog drawing digitized & captioned in PhotoShop]
[Occupy Wall Street Poster No. 4
analog drawing digitized & captioned in PhotoShop]
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Strange Scene On The Highline
By Jack Brummet, NYC Metro Editor
We saw this trio when Keelin and I were walking along The Highline in NYC last Monday. I was a little hesitant about snapping a picture. . .it was hard to tell if this was some sort of tender private moment, or a performance. I went with performance. The man on the right is holding a bald baby doll with baby blue sunglasses, dressed identically to both of the men. On the front cover of the three ring binder from which he seemed to be reading to the doll is the legend "Digby 1990-1992." We can just all fill in the rest of the story.
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Bank Transfer Day - November 5th, or, Where to stick it!
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
The sculpture garden at the Museum of Modern Art
By Jack Brummet, Visual Arts Editor
Since it was such a warm day, I spent my last half hour in the sculpture garden.
On my last day in New York, I finally got to the Museum of Modern Art. I never miss a visit to MOMA. I was especially eager to see the huge Willem de Kooning retrospective, and it did not disappoint. The number of canvases and drawings was just astounding--from early students drawings and paintings to works he created in old age. I was especially knocked out by his 50's post "Women Series" paintings, where he took his abstraction to a new level. Those paintings are just gorgeous and kinetic.
Since it was such a warm day, I spent my last half hour in the sculpture garden.
One of my favorite Joan Miro sculptures - Moonbird
Pablo Picasso's She Goat
Auguste Rodin (you know, The Thinker guy) - Monument to Balzac
Alberto Giacometti - Standing Woman
Max Ernst - The King Playing with the Queen
Katharina Fritsch. Figurengruppe (Group of Figures). I think this
is new--at any rate I didn't remember it.
Henry Moore - Family Group
Yoko Ono's Wish Tree (with contributions by many others)
Auguste Rodin again - Saint John the Baptist Preaching
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Photos and notes from The Staten Island Ferry
By Jack Brummet, NYC/Metro Editor
It may sound corny, but The Statue of Liberty was always one of my totems when I lived in NYC, and maybe even more so now, since my other totem was demolished on 9/11/2001. When I actually lived in New York, the Staten Island Ferry cost either a nickel, a dime, or a quarter; it's free now.
Taking the Staten Island Ferry, you see the fantastic working harbor, sailboats, cabin cruisers, cruise ships, barges, Governor's Island, and, of course, Ellis Island, and Staten Island. As the ferry pulls away from South Ferry you get great vistas of downtown, and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. You see the new skyscrapers in Hoboken, and after a while, the massive and extremely long Verrazano Bridge, that links Staten Island to Brooklyn.
It was good to see the Lady of the Harbor up close once again. I saw a few older folks--probably one-time immigrants--with tears in their eyes as we pulled alongside The Statue of Liberty.
On my last trip here. . .three or four years ago, I didn't get out into N.Y Harbor, so it was a priority on this visit. I like the Statue as a work of art, but mainly as a symbol of not so much what we are, as what we can be.
It may sound corny, but The Statue of Liberty was always one of my totems when I lived in NYC, and maybe even more so now, since my other totem was demolished on 9/11/2001. When I actually lived in New York, the Staten Island Ferry cost either a nickel, a dime, or a quarter; it's free now. Taking the Staten Island Ferry, you see the fantastic working harbor, sailboats, cabin cruisers, cruise ships, barges, Governor's Island, and, of course, Ellis Island, and Staten Island. As the ferry pulls away from South Ferry you get great vistas of downtown, and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. You see the new skyscrapers in Hoboken, and after a while, the massive and extremely long Verrazano Bridge, that links Staten Island to Brooklyn.
It was good to see the Lady of the Harbor up close once again. I saw a few older folks--probably one-time immigrants--with tears in their eyes as we pulled alongside The Statue of Liberty.
On my last trip here. . .three or four years ago, I didn't get out into N.Y Harbor, so it was a priority on this visit. I like the Statue as a work of art, but mainly as a symbol of not so much what we are, as what we can be.
-Click photos to enlarge-
The Staten Island terminal at South Ferry
Near the ferry dock, with a view of--I think--Hoboken (Jersey City? Seacacus? I don't know...)
Downtown, as the ferry pulls away. In the left 1/3 of the photo, you
can see 1 World Trade Center under construction. They recently
changed the name from the previous and misguided title,
Freedom Tower.
The Verrazano Bridge, linking Staten Island to Brooklyn
a closer shot of the Verrazano, the longest bridge in
North and South America; when it was built in 1964,
it was the longest bridge in the world
The gal, with tourists lining the base
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
A tale of (failed) gun safety from Seattle
By Jack Brummet, Second Amendment Editor
From yesterday's Seattle Police Department Blotter:
"On October 11th at approximately 4:30 p.m. officers responded to a 911 report of an accidental shooting at a residence in the 900 block of North 96th street. Preliminary investigation indicates that a father and his adult son were sitting together on the floor of the living room portion of the father’s apartment. They were showing each other their handguns and explaining to each other the proper way to safely load/unload and disassemble the different makes and models of each other’s handguns.
"The father had just finished showing his son how to properly make his gun safe and was about to hand the gun to the son when the father pulled the trigger. The gun discharged and a bullet struck the son in the upper thigh and buttocks area.
"(When the initial 911 call was made it was reported that the son had accidently shot himself).
"SFD responded to the scene and transported the victim to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
"This remains an active and on-going investigation."
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From yesterday's Seattle Police Department Blotter:
"On October 11th at approximately 4:30 p.m. officers responded to a 911 report of an accidental shooting at a residence in the 900 block of North 96th street. Preliminary investigation indicates that a father and his adult son were sitting together on the floor of the living room portion of the father’s apartment. They were showing each other their handguns and explaining to each other the proper way to safely load/unload and disassemble the different makes and models of each other’s handguns.
"The father had just finished showing his son how to properly make his gun safe and was about to hand the gun to the son when the father pulled the trigger. The gun discharged and a bullet struck the son in the upper thigh and buttocks area.
"(When the initial 911 call was made it was reported that the son had accidently shot himself).
"SFD responded to the scene and transported the victim to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
"This remains an active and on-going investigation."
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Kent, Washington in the news
By Jack Brummet, Green River Valley Editor
My home town makes the news once again. The caption reads: "Dave Anthony toasts his achievement after driving his truck onto the roof of a friend's soon-to-be demolished Kent home on the West Valley Highway."
Thanks to our favorite contributor, Jeff Clinton, for passing this along.
My home town makes the news once again. The caption reads: "Dave Anthony toasts his achievement after driving his truck onto the roof of a friend's soon-to-be demolished Kent home on the West Valley Highway."
Thanks to our favorite contributor, Jeff Clinton, for passing this along.
click to enlarge
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Abe Lincoln, Paranormal Investigator
Thanks for the picture and caption to Dean Ericksen!
This explains what we've always sensed. Abraham Lincoln's haunted look comes straight from from his heavy paranormal baggage.
This explains what we've always sensed. Abraham Lincoln's haunted look comes straight from from his heavy paranormal baggage.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Saturday, October 08, 2011
The New Demographic In NYC
If you lived here in the late 70's/early 80's, the ratio of women to men on the streets was about 1:10. It's now roughly 1:1--a most welcome change. And the women, from 12 to 80, are beautiful.
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