Tag Archives: The Beatles

MOURNING HAS BROKEN: “Mother” & Wedded to Distortion

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Dave

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live….Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative… ( Oscar Wilde ) The more justification there is for a grievance, the more … Continue reading →

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POETRY OF REVOLT: Beware of Dionysians Wearing Masks

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Dave

Dionysus. . . is the genuine mask god. ──Walter F. Otto In the case of Dionysus, the mask disguises him as much as it proclaims his identity. －－Jean-Pierre Vernant The mask is a symbol both of the ‘pure presence’ of … Continue reading →

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BONFIRE OF THE DIVINITIES

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Dave

640 A.D. : According to legend, the caliph Omar burned all 200,000 volumes in the library at Alexandria in Egypt. In doing so, he said: “If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God they are useless … Continue reading →

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KARL POPPER & SEEING IS BELIEVING: INDUCTION,DEDUCTION and SEDUCTION

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Dave

” Well, I don’t think the bridge is all that immediate, but I do think you could develop a theory of art according to which art is a method of creating responses.( Karl ) Popper once said or wrote that … Continue reading →

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VENTRILOQUIST ITCHING FOR REVOLUTION: STEPPE BY STEPPE

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Dave

Been away so long I hardly knew the place Gee, it’s good to be back home Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case Honey disconnect the phone I’m back in the USSR You don’t know how lucky you are, … Continue reading →

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THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOYS

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Dave

There is a great deal of definitional ”fuzziness” regarding the term viral media. it has become very clear in the world of marketing and media that viral media, is subject to multiple and often conflicting interpretations , with one constant; … Continue reading →

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BILLION DOLLAR BASH

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Dave

The story of Goldman-Sachs, the mystique of the firm and the interest, excuse the pun, it has created, lends much credence to the view of the powerful, influential, yet ultimately precarious and fragile role of the ”Court Jew ”; individuals … Continue reading →

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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Dave

“The time has come”, the walrus said, “to talk of many things Of shoes and ships and sealing wax Of cabbages and kings AND WHY THE SEA IS BOILING HOT and whether pigs have wings” Lewis Carroll – Through the … Continue reading →

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FOOLS ON THE HILL WITH THE KARMA MEN

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Dave

Tea for two with the Maharishi. The drift along hippie life purported to be inherently religious, but even among the hippies there were always a few who tried harder. These are the various sages of the movement, who appointed themselves … Continue reading →

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TO BE and NOT TO BE: Outwitting Destiny

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Dave

”Since the death of Picasso, Francis Bacon has more than any other painter provided the age with an image, in Ezra Pound’s phrase, of its accelerated grimace. The key to his work is its ambition. He has taken on the … Continue reading →