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caliban r & b
At the end of The Tempest, the enchanter Prospero says of his half-human slave Caliban: “This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.” Caliban, the native slave has really no articulation of character. He is a thing. A primate. Colonized. Shakespeare … Continue reading
new morning: water the roses break the vase
You wonder if all the Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger protest songs was simply social pap to feed a consumerist society. If I had a hammer, would you want a fair wage, nailing something solid to feed the family, or … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged a.ashbolt, alina marazzi, Amy Goodman, arthur j. miller, cornel west, deborah shaffer, edward bellamy, elena borghi, Jack London, james oppenheim, Joe Hill, joyce kornbluh, Ken Loach, laurence gronlund, Martin Buber, Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, ralph chaplin, ralph fasanella, Theodor Adorno, utah phillips, Walter Benjamin
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shaggy dog stories: the dog peeling the banana…
Sometimes the bark is worse than the bite. Sometimes its not…In the tradition of Greek mythology, Cerebrus, a triple headed canine, guarded the entrance of the gate of the dead, and served as a protector for those crossing over.Generally, the … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Alphonse de Lamartine, B.F. Skinner, Carpaccio, Conrad Lorenz, Decaisne, Edgar Peters Bowron, Eric Knight, Gustave de Smet, Honoré Fragonard, Jack London, Jan van Eyck, Joshua Reynolds, Konrad Lorenz, Pierre gobert, Sigmund Freud, Thorstein Veblen, Vittoro Carpaccio, white fang jack london
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CALL OF THE WILD: Magic Realism of the Fang and Club
Most of us regard the malevolent animals of the Amazon as a biological miracle, essential for the survival of the planet, their health a sacrosanct reflection of our attitudes towards the environment. However, being actually plunked down into the Amazon … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Adam Gabbatt Guardian, Adrian Cowell, Alexander von Humboldt, Alfred Russel Wallace, Algot Lange, Candice Millard, Charles Darwin, Charles Waterton amazon, Colonel Percy Fawcett, Dr. George Gardner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George Miller Dyott, Henry Walter Bates, Jack London, Janet Maslin, Javier Silva-Meinel, Jeremy Wade, Josh Alan Friedman, Mark Power, Martin Goodman, Richard Spruce English botanist, Stephen Jay Gould, W.H. Edwards, Wally Richards, Walter Dubois Richards
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OH DEMON ALCOHOL: STRAIGHT UP
Here’s a story about a sinner, He used to be a winner who enjoyed a life of prominence and position, But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements, And his selfish wife’s fanatical ambition, It turned him to … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous
Tagged Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Wilder, Bing Crosby, Blake Edwards, Dudley Moore, Edward Copeland, Edwin S. Porter, Frank Sinatra, Fred Topel, Grace Kelly, Hays Commission, Jack Lemmon, Jack London, Jackie Gleason, James Cagney, Lee Remick, Nicholas Cage, Norman K. Denzin, Peter Mullan, Ray Davies, Ray Milland, Robert Hays, Steven Porter, Susan Hayward, W.C. Fields, Walter Matthau, William J. Felchner
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