Category Archives: arts

A Wellmeaning Oaf

Posted on Sunday, 2002 July 28 by Anton

The List of Possible Bandnames, for those who have musical talent or a knack for names, but not both.

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it’s just as well

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 July 24 by Anton

A month or two ago an old chum and I, time on our respective hands, discussed seeing a movie together. In brief, I suggested she meet me for Y Tu Mamá También, wires crossed, and she saw it alone. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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the work environment

Posted on Monday, 2002 July 22 by Anton

Thursday I learned that radio soap-opera exists, and sounds just like the tv kind, except that the latter has silences. I also learned that learning an arbitrary sequence of tasks by rote, in a room where a radio is playing … Continue reading →

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Tandra

Posted on Monday, 2002 July 22 by Anton

I recently re-read some comicbooks that I bought in 1984. They were published in the Seventies and the only place I found them was a shop that happened to be adjacent to the laundromat I used then. Tandra is part … Continue reading →

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don’t invest in Picasso

Posted on Sunday, 2002 July 21 by Anton

New Book Uses Statistical Methods to Analyze Avant-Garde Art The patterns emerging from Mr. Galenson’s crunched numbers suggested that the careers of avant-garde artists tended to fall into two categories, embodying distinct kinds of innovation. Some painters developed new techniques … Continue reading →

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Take Phi

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 July 17 by Anton

I wonder whether it’s possible to write decent music with a fractional number of beats to a measure; by which I mean not that each measure should end with a fractional beat, but rather — imagine that a lunar month … Continue reading →