Tag Archives: Levon Helm

expression of the soul

… Rock and roll “is the most brutal, ugly, desperate vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. Rock n’ roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous … Continue reading

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homer: arcadia americana

It’s art that arrives at its destination from the outside and then pays attention to observation. Homer is part of the strong figurative tradition in American art, and although appropriated as a popular stereotype it reaches back to older, quite … Continue reading

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the w.s. walcott election show

Get involved. Donate now. Are you in? Want to buy some cool looking swag? A bobble head doll of our glorious leader? Is their clairvoyancy in politics? Should we care? As the Canadian election yawns into the back nine with … Continue reading

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HE COULDN’T MAKE THE HILLS

I can’t make the hills The system is shot I’m living on pills For which I thank G-d I followed the course From chaos to art Desire the horse Depression the cart I sailed like a swan I sank like … Continue reading

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REMEMBER: ECHOES and MEMORIES

In his Rolling Stone interview,John Lennon said that it was pain which had made the great artists what they were. Memory, oh memory, what you do to me? /Today is all I really need to know. /Why do you have … Continue reading

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