Tag Archives: Artie Kornfeld

unreason: the sound of one hand clapping

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Dave

The denunciation of reason has always been the reaction of choice since the sunset of the Middle Ages as a general form of criticism; a manner of dealing with its ambiguity, menace and mockery. Unlike madness which could be rationalized … Continue reading →

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UTOPIA: PARADISE DEFERRED, DELAYED & DETOURED

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dave

Its the Utopians versus the Dystopians, and at this juncture the latter have prevailed. Communities with European roots embraced the equalizing demands and freedoms of the New World’s open frontier, even as the new country claimed the pursuit of happiness … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Alfred Uhry, Ann Lee Shakers, Arnold Skolnick, Arthur Solari, Artie Kornfeld, Brian Dennison, Brook Farm, Brotherhood of the Spirit, Bruce Geisler, George Rapp, Henry David Thoreau, John Milton, Martha Clarke, martha Clarke Garden of Earthly Delights, Michael Dashkin, Mike Metalica, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neal Stephenson, neal Stephenson Snow Crash, Noam Chomsky, Paul Simon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ray Bradbury, Renaissance Community, Richard Dawkins, Robert Owen, Sara Davidson, Simon Schama, Sir Thomas More, Thomas More | 2 Comments

STAYING MELLOW YELLOW: WHERE TO GO IN CASE OF A REIGN OF TERROR

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Dave

In 1793, France’s smart set checked into a “hospital” on the rue de Charone, where, for a paltry $50,000 a month, they could drink champagne, play cards, and discuss the current theatre. …The script for the Reign of Terror in … Continue reading →

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THE ULTIMATUM TEAM: ARE WE ALL PLAYING IN THE SAME BAND?

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Dave

We’re all playing in the same band There’s enough guitars for you and me Stand beside your brother and take his hand Seems the times are changing finally We’re all playing in the same band Sing the song together and … Continue reading →

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PARADISE LOST

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Dave

On looking back on 2009, one of the most telling signposts was the 40th anniversary of Woodstock Music and Arts Festival. The film ”Taking Woodstock” appeared to be filled with inaccuracies, stereotypes and false archetypes which folded back onto each … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Ang Lee, Artie Kornfeld, Charles Reich, George Harrison, Jerry Garcia, Jesse Helms, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Melissa Anderson, Michael Lang, Rick Griffin, Saint Anthony, Saint Augustine, Taking Woodstock, The Grateful Dead, The Incredible String Band, The Village Voice, Theodore Roszak, Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, Woodstock nation, Yoko Ono | 8 Comments

Pete Seeger & The Road to Woodstock ( part b )

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Dave

“They had the complexion of wealth, that clear white skin which is accentuated by the pallor of porcelain, the shimmer of satin, the finish on handsome furniture, and is maintained at its best by a modest diet of exquisite foods … Continue reading →

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Pete Seeger & the Elephant at Woodstock ( part a )

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Dave

Somewhere, there is a numerologist who had connected to the poetry of numbers and concluded that the 40 th anniversary of Woodstock and the 90 th birthday of Pete Seeger is of statistically coincidental relevence and that the two added … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged 13, Artie Kornfeld, Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Lydgate, Mark Jenkins, Michael Lang, numerology 13, Pete Seeger, Revolution, Shirley Kornfeld, The Canterbury Tales, The Road to Woodstock, The Spirit of Woodstock, Tracey Chapman | Leave a comment

They're Thru With Love

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Dave

Princess and Prince Harming with a noose around their neck, gently twisting in the wind on a gallows pole of our imagination. Woody Allen is the unlikely bourreau, the bespeckled anti-hangman with his obliquely absurd message on love after pulling … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Aristotle, Artie Kornfeld, Billy Wilder, Chicken of the Sea, Love, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Jenkins, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

Woodstock as Commodity Fetish

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Dave

No pretension about social change, art and culture.A certain cynicism for Liberalism. In a way its refreshing to see the detachment from the zeitgeist of the moment, the ”noise” that distracts. Artie Kornfeld was essentially a street-wise Brooklyn boy from … Continue reading →

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Woodstock & The Sanctity of Illusion

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Dave

Whether so called agents of change and ”radicals” of the Woodstock generation were lulled into a state of passiveness and psuedo individualization by pop culture seems probable.The illusion and reality of Woodstock seemed opposed to each other. A purported attack … Continue reading →