Blogwichteln bilingual
If a blogwichtel kommt daher and reads this blog and thinks “o, jemine, o graus, das ist ja ois änglisch” please don’t worry, I can also read German. Or Frankonian or Bavarian or Suebian. Whatever. Now, as for me, o jemine, o graus, jetzt muss ich allerdings dorten auf Deutsch schreiben, sonst fliegt das ja […]
Kings of Convenience: Know-how
Accoustic samba from the Kings of Convenience, two indie Norwegians. Calm, subtle music to beat the seasonal ho-ho-ho madness. You have to know how. Riding on this know-how. Never been here before. Peculiarly entrusted, possibly that’s all. Is history recorded, does someone have a tape? Surely, I’m no pioneer, constellations stay the same. Just a […]
Escape Christmas
We can’t escape Christmas, can we? Wait, maybe we can, by staying locked in this room. Try this game from Silke’s email advent calendar. And tell me if you find a way out 😉
The animator
Belli recommended this charming stop motion animation short film by Nick Hilligoss retelling the biblical story of the Garden of Eden, with God as a puppeteer. (2007, 3:42 min.)
RIP Odetta
Odetta Gordon, known simply as Odetta (31 Dec. 1930-2 Dec. 2008), is rockin’ with the angels.
HWGSATQ
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, the curator of Dokumenta 13 in 2012, answered the question where she was from by saying “HWGSATQ – How would Gertrude Stein answer that question?” and then explained that she was conceived in Italy, grew up in Richmond and “returned” to Italy later in life. “Heimat ist eine multiple Erfahrung und Simplifizierungen erscheinen […]
David Sedaris: Santaland Diaries
Production of the Santaland Diaries at Flashpoint Theater David Sedaris suffered through a season of being an elf at Macy’s SantaLand. His story, read on NPR, launched his career. Listen to the whole thing here.
