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‘THE CATERER’ by Jeff Lint
“Some things you don’t believe till you see them in the mirror.”
Today’s Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — MANSOOR HEKMAT
June 4 — MANSOOR HEKMAT
Iranian Marxist humanist, council communist.
JUNE 4, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Berga, Spain: Fiesta. “Turks” on hobby-horses stage dance-battle, joined by bizarre devils exploding fireworks, who are then disposed of by Archangel Michael and huge, giraffe-necked mules, eagles, dancing giants and dwarves.
*Queens: Festival of the Sticky Penis.
ALSO ON JUNE 4 IN HISTORY…
570 — Islamic prophet and mystic visionary Mohammed born, Mecca, Arabia.
1798 — Lover and writer Giacomo Casanova dies, Bohemia.
1919 — U.S. women finally get the vote.
1937 — First grocery carts introduced for consumer America.
1989 — Tien-an-men Square massacre occurs, Beijing, China.
Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective
2009/365/154 DIS IS IT
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I am just around the corner from the Slippery Noodle; hope to stop in after tomorrow's meetings and dinner.
Koko Taylor, 1928-2009
One of the great blues voices of the 1960s. And she was in Wild at Heart!
John and me at Bonaventure Cemetery
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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Johnny Mercer’s bench
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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Johnny Mercer’s gravesite
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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
The view from the Conrad Potter Aiken gravesite
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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Dad taking a photo of the Mercer House
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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Going over the bridge
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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Afternoon bike ride
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Afternoon bike ride
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Mom on a bike!
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I honestly never expected to ride a bike with Mom! It was really exciting to go out!
John on a run
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Afternoon bike ride
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Mom on a bike!
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I honestly never expected to ride a bike with Mom! It was really exciting to go out!
Kite flying
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Kite flying & Mom
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Susan with the kites
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Kite!
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Kite flying
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Mom, kite flying
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John making a kite
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Mom and SUsan
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
Susan and Dad
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
John totaling the score
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
John and me
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
John, by one of the verses (this course had a verse at each hole)
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
hawaiian shirts!
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
the water feature
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
Susan tees up
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
Mom golfing
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
John kept score
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
Dad and Susan
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
Mom and John
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
Dad putting out of the water
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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!
Rest in Hardtimes
Rest in Hardtimes
Hardtimes, my great laborer,
Hardtimes, have a seat,
Relax,
Relax for a bit, you and me
Relax.
You can find me, you can feel me out, you can try me,
I am your ruin
My great theater, my haven, my hearth,
My golden cellar,
My future, my real mother, my horizon.
In your light, in your expanse, in your horror,
I let myself go.
-Henri Michaux
(translation by Pepe LePew)
Rob Millis/Sublime Frequencies Film Screenings with Climax Golden Twins this month at the Suoni Festival (Montreal) and Issue Project Room (Brooklyn)
Still, Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan, Robert Millis.
SUBLIME FREQUENCIES Film Screenings
Rare and unseen Sublime Frequencies films, director in attendance (so you can blame him)INDIA AT 78rpm
Folk and classical music in India through the lens of the largest private collection of 78rpm records and dusty ephemera on the sub-continent.MY FRIEND RAIN
Decay and rebirth and death through the endless Asian monsoon cycle. A collage of musical segments and tropical ambiance from Robert Millis and Alan Bishop.PHI TA KHON: GHOSTS OF ISAN
A traditional Buddhist ghost festival from Thailand’s Isan province that features beautiful handmade masks, outrageous wooden phalluses, ceremony, ritual, dancing, and endless music.performances by Climax Golden Twins
at the Suoni Festival in Montreal on June 13th and 14th
also at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn on June 16th
Creatively Getting Things Done
1) Keep coming up with ideas.
2) Record those ideas.
3) Find one you can do quickly an easily.
4) Do that one, just that one.
5) Have a real life.
While this isn't an exact set of rules, they are pretty good. This is because over time you will get some ideas that are possible with potential. If you can get a few made, you have work samples. That's what the fourth step is all about. Pick one, do it and do it well.
Number 1: Keep coming up with ideas.
If you are trying to be known for creativity, don't just be creative on command. Be creative all the time. Having a bunch of half formed ideas can be a life saver, inspiration or an extra bit of content for the on-command idea.
Yet, the big reason is that even for those who can be creative on command, being creative all the time helps. For those fortunate people, the quality of ideas will be better if you are already warmed up and well experienced. For the rest of us it is easier to just be creative most of the time than to be creative on command. Then you are just doing your normal level of creativity.
It also prevents the dreaded scenario of loosing your creativity due to being boring. Sometimes it is harder to be creative after a while having not been creative. If you are always being creative, you're not likely to go for a while without being creative. Yes, it's obvious, but some things just need to be reiterated.
Number 2: Record those ideas.
While it may be a pain to keep track of all those ideas, and worse yet to keep them organized on all those different kinds of paper, it's better than loosing them. That and when you need and idea, you have a bunch to go reading through. It helps.
Number 3: Find one you can do quickly an easily.
With all those ideas flowing and being recorded, you should look for an easy to do idea. Just keep going till you find one. It's important.
Number 4: Do that one, just that one.
See, that one idea is important, because you need something you can actually DO! With such ideas done one at a time, you can build a history, a portfolio, a resume etc... As you go through the ideas you've recorded you can find more. Plus, over time more will become possible and easy. More ideas and increased abilities means you will have more possible ideas you can do.
Number 5: Have a real life.
Look, you can't just be a creative [fill in the blank]. It doesn't work. It's like pouring water out of a jug, not a faucet. There's a limit to what you can do without input. During the time where you're looking for anything you can actually do, you were doing other things. They gave you input.
Read, play, socialize and live life, or you will run out of material.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html
Related Links:
http://www.chrisg.com/just-like-breathing/
http://www.dperry.com/archives/news/dp_blog/the_pirate_bay/
http://www.terrystarbucker.com/2009/05/11/it%E2%80%99s-like-breathing/
http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/05/12/game-production-lessons-from-a-half-marathon-trip/
http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/05/09/the-easiest-kind-of-way-to-prioritize-big-things/
http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/05/06/some-things-dead-wake-development-has-taught-me/
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051026/gabler_01.shtml
Have fun, spread the word and tell me what you think,
Igen Oukan
Alligator!
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Alligator!
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Alligator!
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Dust off Your Lips
Dust off Your Lips, a poem by Travis Catsull
It’s morning in Texas
& deer bones
thaw in the ditch
grapefruit rot on the table
& it pours on the tin
propped against the barn
suddenly water
covers the road
in heavy puddles
& we are praying
& praying so
damn loud
we pray
for bigger mouths
Travis Catsull, from Year of the Girl
Other books by Catsull include Open Spirit and Isle of Asphalt from Effing Press in Austin. Catsull is the editor/founder of Haggard and Halloo and co-founder of The Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band Which won the Austin Chronicle’s choral CD of the year award in 2008 for The Golden Calves.