“Without respect for the body as it is, social memory as it stands, there is no such thing as a workable or humane architecture. And that’s why a place like this – La Defence outside Paris, is experienced by everybody, including those who live in it, as a piece of social scar tissue, gimmicky, condescending alphaville modernism. Stick ‘em in concrete boxes and give them some concrete to play on, and then paint it all bright colours because that’s what the kiddies like, and if the kiddies don’t like it, they can write to the minister!”
Robert Hughes, art critic 1980.
The New York Times Magazine asked artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari to interpret the 1971 Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library. While photographing the dishes, Cattelan said they styled the food “with humor and without mercy.”
Published in the NYT Magazine Food Issue, 11 November 2015. [Found here, more about it here, and there’s a video.]
Armed with vintage Fender gear, Solon Fishbone has spread jazz-flavored blues throughout Brazil and South America since 1984. He doesn’t have a functional website, but Wiki has some info (in Brazilian Portuguese).
Canadian-born guitarist, singer-songwriter Wolf Mail began playing at the age of fourteen and has recorded eight full-length internationally distributed albums and has toured in over twenty-six countries..
Wolf Mail – Lead vocals & Guitar
Slawek Semeniuk – Bass & Vocals
Tomek Dominik – Drums
Laurence Jones is a classically-trained guitarist from Liverpool, England. He was 17 in 2009 when he formed his own blues trio AND enrolled at the University of Birmingham. When his final exams came around, Jones chose to go on tour with Johnny Winter and Walter Trout instead.
Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon didn’t pick up a guitar until he was 22, but he picked it up fast: “Gary Clark, Jr. declared, ‘Toronzo is a beast. He lights the room up,’ and Joe Bonamassa rightly pronounced, ‘Toronzo’s a great guitar player, excellent vocalist and an amazing personality.’ ”
News of the Week: The nation commemorated the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. A lone juror refused to exonerate Lindsay Clancy for murder. Iran is still effing around, the GOP convention happened, and the debate on data centers and AI rolls on.
It’s been hotter than h-e-double hockey sticks, but you all know what to do. Show up for Porch Time tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 