Tag Archives: Michael Lang

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 →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged Antonin Artaud, Artie Kornfeld, Bill Pester, Francisco Goya, Friedrich Nietzsche, Herman Hesse, J.D. Salinger, Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey, Marquis de Sade, Martin Buber, Martin Buber Institute for Dialogical Ecology, Michael Lang, Michel Foucault, Neil Armstrong, Owsley Bear Stanley, The Grateful Dead, Timothy Leary, Vincent Van Gogh | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Artie Kornfeld, Artie Ripp, Babson College, BNN, Eli Kazan, Flaubert, Frank Genovese, Freud, Ghandi, Gustave Flaubert, Howard Green, Jesus, Madame Bovary, Mark Jenkins, Michael Lang, On The Waterfront, Pete Seeger, Sigmind freud, The Road to Woodstock, Wobblie, Wobblies, Woody Guthrie | 1 Comment

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

Bird on a Guitar Wire.

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Dave

Controversy about the origins of one of the most important symbols of the Woodstock generation. The logo used on posters and publicity for the Woodstock Music and Art Festival is credited to Arnold Skolnick. The iconic dove sitting on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Arnold Skolnick, Mark Jenkins, Matisse, Matisse Paper cut-out, Michael Lang, Woodstock, Woodstock '69, Woodstock Music and Arts Festival | Leave a comment

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 →