tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062393990151070192024-02-18T22:46:45.041-08:00EmilogueMay 12 - November 3, 2007Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-55303262780961739652007-11-03T14:26:00.000-07:002007-11-03T15:00:10.499-07:00The sun sets on Emilogue<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HU_tSdx9IZSIkBlaQDnaf_6lC4kUE_nGmE9IkMNNjq0hb1ut4HAeEokh0_zday95nOnQk_0dezct3ZCsBtdlgiodJOBos_UN3SLagBEGEwfZ0tPszREEiEhfB9p9_8CHqSsIJ3EY0m-W/s1600-h/4cm611.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HU_tSdx9IZSIkBlaQDnaf_6lC4kUE_nGmE9IkMNNjq0hb1ut4HAeEokh0_zday95nOnQk_0dezct3ZCsBtdlgiodJOBos_UN3SLagBEGEwfZ0tPszREEiEhfB9p9_8CHqSsIJ3EY0m-W/s400/4cm611.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128736889457176418" /></a><br />Please slip into something less comfortable and step <a href="http://1000001nights.blogspot.com/">this</a> way.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-92037468327644623392007-10-28T11:51:00.000-07:002007-10-28T12:35:17.621-07:00Jacques Barzun in Time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_986v-ynS6Zd4FoA7cSyLv1ojDwWAPcafvUFxH_MEF0P00cbkl8tnZEWr7Ia30juXB4ZuB1NVkT0RRSiZDcpem4Pek64Y5Wa5a-pm2v-j-s-zXhQRE7YvpmMkobLJCv75OsFCHTH9Xvy/s1600-h/1101560611_400.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_986v-ynS6Zd4FoA7cSyLv1ojDwWAPcafvUFxH_MEF0P00cbkl8tnZEWr7Ia30juXB4ZuB1NVkT0RRSiZDcpem4Pek64Y5Wa5a-pm2v-j-s-zXhQRE7YvpmMkobLJCv75OsFCHTH9Xvy/s320/1101560611_400.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126464254757138258" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,862171,00.html">This 1956 cover story</a> was mentioned in Arthur Krystal's recent <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/">New Yorker</a> profile of Barzun. <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/22/071022fa_fact_krystal">Krystal's piece</a> is way better.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-83053800519275650152007-10-28T11:30:00.000-07:002007-10-28T11:50:35.744-07:00Richard K. Betts in Foreign Affairs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZWTUUI1MmHf83_y8uUESWYFAFUtX_iaFBmmZsvofDsfW49HVAo8OyCxdxbAIa44oMeD7imwra2_S5bZcYF32yAWvKUH87jjvqXGJOzGoyoGL9P1fKewSeYBzasKMDs6TZfC6UW_Qmtgu/s1600-h/wargames.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZWTUUI1MmHf83_y8uUESWYFAFUtX_iaFBmmZsvofDsfW49HVAo8OyCxdxbAIa44oMeD7imwra2_S5bZcYF32yAWvKUH87jjvqXGJOzGoyoGL9P1fKewSeYBzasKMDs6TZfC6UW_Qmtgu/s320/wargames.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126460707114151746" /></a><br />How compelling it would be to imagine <a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20071101faessay86605-p10/richard-k-betts/a-disciplined-defense.html">this</a> is what Donald Rumsfeld once meant by a <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_14/b3827114_mz029.htm">"smart, lean"</a> and efficient U.S. military. The facts, however, show <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1113/p03s03-usmi.html">he didn't mean this at all</a>.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-3078529744081446262007-10-03T19:38:00.000-07:002007-10-03T19:54:37.531-07:00H.L. Mencken on Lincoln's atheism<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq3NAe5TMYETXSr6QAqm6uChnwAgktT3CZzM3tfN1ZoL_GWdzq8kOjSxofqjtde7fFDleGi4O-8XJJ40AJ6wlXMjuA1MCPFo6QksQpzVdzhpTCIwT3QTUFwczlPLEYMz0iRR1SBnxEDTfr/s1600-h/image.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq3NAe5TMYETXSr6QAqm6uChnwAgktT3CZzM3tfN1ZoL_GWdzq8kOjSxofqjtde7fFDleGi4O-8XJJ40AJ6wlXMjuA1MCPFo6QksQpzVdzhpTCIwT3QTUFwczlPLEYMz0iRR1SBnxEDTfr/s320/image.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117308941245494962" /></a><br />I thought <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/703308/posts">this</a> was a particularly extraordinary take on Abraham Lincoln - even for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken">H.L. Mencken</a>, who built a legacy on such 'contrarian positions.' I'll be absolutely clear about this: I am a big admirer of both Mssrs Lincoln and <a href="http://www.io.com/~gibbonsb/mencken.html">Mencken</a>, so to see the two mix with such a satisfying result is a real treat.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-52413606350168149372007-10-03T19:34:00.000-07:002007-10-03T19:36:47.788-07:00Louis Goddard on Amis's 'Dead Babies'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iQs5VV82K3VQFUWEyFw5lOAF01lBw2QO36XsWfLdMUt-8rK6xThp5gDP4553CzfDcF20D5pRMLILNadxNwYDqfFl_97DZ-rNSabo5B-4183XWocjxK_ObxSo2TZatf-JaMxnZDW38gS4/s1600-h/41cUqqep7TL._AA240_.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iQs5VV82K3VQFUWEyFw5lOAF01lBw2QO36XsWfLdMUt-8rK6xThp5gDP4553CzfDcF20D5pRMLILNadxNwYDqfFl_97DZ-rNSabo5B-4183XWocjxK_ObxSo2TZatf-JaMxnZDW38gS4/s320/41cUqqep7TL._AA240_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117304672048002722" /></a><br />I've been meaning to link to <a href="http://www.flakmag.com/books/deadbabies.html">this great review</a> Louis Goddard wrote for <a href="http://www.flakmag.com/">Flak</a> a few weeks ago. Finally, the strength of my wi-fi connection and openness of schedule collude to make it happen.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-24100229208738928232007-09-18T22:07:00.000-07:002007-09-18T22:46:12.939-07:00The BBC Radiophonic Workshop<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3lAM9jfPUW5ZiREfl8TudRGJgyYOCJZAFa4Js7BWjm_C1sMFqe7jtOByHgeUkQv-qd5R13nup2YnIGOX9VXVSQlfXyrdFwyUpotNdtUhcme8hWVCM8u0qv1Kgh0UfbZzCJlwahmTwUyh/s1600-h/delia_derbyshire.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3lAM9jfPUW5ZiREfl8TudRGJgyYOCJZAFa4Js7BWjm_C1sMFqe7jtOByHgeUkQv-qd5R13nup2YnIGOX9VXVSQlfXyrdFwyUpotNdtUhcme8hWVCM8u0qv1Kgh0UfbZzCJlwahmTwUyh/s200/delia_derbyshire.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111786634681283186" /></a><br />For over a year I've been craving music made by electronic means which doesn't fit into the "electronica" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgard_Var%C3%A8se">Varese</a>-><a href="http://www.kraftwerk.com/">Kraftwerk</a>-><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa">Bambaataa</a>-><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phuture">Phuture</a>->etc) lineage. Something not reliant on pseudo-futurism. Something which sounds like it was made with hands but put out of reach of our imagination's tendency to picture musicians when listening to music. This is partly why <a href="http://thebooksmusic.com/">the Books</a> have gotten a lot of play in my apartment this year. But I recently saw <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6536811777947317839&q=radiophonic&total=87&start=0&num=100&so=0&type=search&plindex=0">this</a> documentary on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop">BBC Radiophonic Workshop</a> which did the trick. My favorite thing about this film is that it tells a story of electronic music (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te">musique concrete</a>, to be specific) which climaxes in the late '60's and falls with the rise in popularity of the <a href="http://www.moogmusic.com/">Moog</a> synthesizer. Imagine that: the Moog 'killing' electronic music (or a certain tradition of)! Now we're surveying the landscape! Ladies and gentleman ... let us proceed from here!Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-41039785183956305892007-09-09T19:45:00.000-07:002007-09-09T20:08:43.434-07:00Peter Sis recommends Saul Steinberg<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyKsDtY0e4txz4E8p_OIhJ1QbJDi5OdeQI9NkonOCqZ5VEon35KpsVlfPW4hAlXMepWYMRBiRf-7VaNzElo875XSJEE8vzVZSAUI8_nBTSKSFtVBBhG_SyzPWv9xVwvhF8IXstJhrwlPJ/s1600-h/steinberg_saul.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyKsDtY0e4txz4E8p_OIhJ1QbJDi5OdeQI9NkonOCqZ5VEon35KpsVlfPW4hAlXMepWYMRBiRf-7VaNzElo875XSJEE8vzVZSAUI8_nBTSKSFtVBBhG_SyzPWv9xVwvhF8IXstJhrwlPJ/s400/steinberg_saul.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108406507689915858" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?z=y&cid=53172#interview">This interview</a> with <a href="http://www.petersis.com/index2.html">Peter Sis</a>, the extraordinary illustrator, makes glowing mention of the late <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Steinberg">Saul Steinberg</a>. The <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/">New Yorker</a>, where Steinberg gained his reputation from the 1940's on, hosts <a href="http://www.cartoonbank.com/search_results_category.asp?mscssid=D0K3T8E4HHLP8MEPE45ATFAGXBKS5JF8&sitetype=1&artist=Saul+Steinberg§ion=covers&advanced=1">a large online gallery</a> of his covers.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-8022911893619456872007-09-09T19:19:00.000-07:002007-09-09T19:44:24.340-07:00Emilogue gets an agenda<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjNAsBMxHtZl_0Hp0TRu131QDcP3vw_TAcZt0GbhP3PA_gLfrhABLhDbOXAP6S8-RkuAboKUSfFNYK9_RN0p7NNvimrAhW0mRbo-frDhgVcSW8zBgDRTcPnIdr1OExlYKCsFdqlKlbuTU/s1600-h/the-egg.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjNAsBMxHtZl_0Hp0TRu131QDcP3vw_TAcZt0GbhP3PA_gLfrhABLhDbOXAP6S8-RkuAboKUSfFNYK9_RN0p7NNvimrAhW0mRbo-frDhgVcSW8zBgDRTcPnIdr1OExlYKCsFdqlKlbuTU/s200/the-egg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108399382339171778" /></a><br />I've been on hiatus with this blog as the pace of my activity picked up around the beginning of the summer. After a few weeks of deepening confusion of priorities, including two false starts at new articles, it re-occured to me what this blog was set up to do in the first place and what its user (I/me) has recently been lacking. Emilogue helps me sort out pieces of information or ideas which attract my attention before I seriously consider them as subjects to take on for potential articles. I want to extend this use to take on subjects in micro form that I'm sure I won't have the actual time or inclination to follow through with outside a hundred word or so blurb. So there it is - Emilogue has an agenda.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-62022148461115761312007-08-22T13:08:00.000-07:002007-08-22T13:22:10.220-07:00Chris Marker's Second Century<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-6ffGrDxORDrJSUEkWabnIvQzbtDF9FI3o2yNyrany2PwGhXNirDrVVpG1gF43xf5H2J2PZDt2Z764hS1hS2CyhjBCqics-Y2fb4lhpq9K2gkqMnWszvDfqhAQd2Zo2C7-aPE2myKVZc/s1600-h/images-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-6ffGrDxORDrJSUEkWabnIvQzbtDF9FI3o2yNyrany2PwGhXNirDrVVpG1gF43xf5H2J2PZDt2Z764hS1hS2CyhjBCqics-Y2fb4lhpq9K2gkqMnWszvDfqhAQd2Zo2C7-aPE2myKVZc/s400/images-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101622787234510258" /></a><br />Today <a href="http://www.flakmag.com/">Flak Magazine</a> publishes a piece I put together on Chris Marker. The article was edited by Mr. Sean Weitner, the longtime Flak film and games editor. Here's Mr. Weitner's awesome look at <a href="http://www.flakmag.com/film/spielberg/index.html">Spielberg film endings</a>. You can find the Marker piece <a href="http://www.flakmag.com/film/chrismarker.html">here</a>.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-7941435027074339232007-07-30T06:39:00.000-07:002007-07-30T06:57:21.726-07:00The Clumsy Globalist<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED9Zsm0b_CizVjhsKwVoOZxTzGfIESKl2yvYjwkCfVWIbzhXbaZftRA1_TU-94zNW9fQwRxusHHzcZWDE8_bvZjZ3hy5O-4iQatdeKGl9avKqQbQ1Kln6GCrmXeKUi9PqLtf4OlavVfVo/s1600-h/2907BK2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED9Zsm0b_CizVjhsKwVoOZxTzGfIESKl2yvYjwkCfVWIbzhXbaZftRA1_TU-94zNW9fQwRxusHHzcZWDE8_bvZjZ3hy5O-4iQatdeKGl9avKqQbQ1Kln6GCrmXeKUi9PqLtf4OlavVfVo/s320/2907BK2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092986837600565186" /></a><br />Today <a href="http://www.flakmag.com/">Flak Magazine</a> publishes my <a href="http://www.flakmag.com/books/travelswithherodotus.html">piece</a> on Ryszard Kapuscinski. Once again, the editor was <a href="http://www.flakmag.com/misc/louisg.htm">Louis Goddard</a> who does a great job here; as he did on the <a href="http://www.flakmag.com/books/reagan.html">Reagan piece</a> last month. Here's a <a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/profiles/ipswich_rock_city.php">piece</a> Louis recently wrote for the <a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/">Morning News</a>.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-58653627051514373492007-07-13T01:14:00.000-07:002007-07-13T01:26:48.701-07:00Record-Head no. 7<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMdbbPQCLCBj8yLvK7FjPkkPJ5-DjTdwhglLXeUqWGh574LHk9SJAmuj8zqWMXEOm1JPziowlnYEQI8QqCk4lqvOpK54ZfpbloikyjsoeIJw95lmU0LvnCGdtsl2Q1qMBctvuA_O3RJ6V/s1600-h/Cristina1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMdbbPQCLCBj8yLvK7FjPkkPJ5-DjTdwhglLXeUqWGh574LHk9SJAmuj8zqWMXEOm1JPziowlnYEQI8QqCk4lqvOpK54ZfpbloikyjsoeIJw95lmU0LvnCGdtsl2Q1qMBctvuA_O3RJ6V/s400/Cristina1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086593263522972802" /></a>The record in my head is . . .<br /><br /><br />'Blame it on Disco', a track from <a href="http://www.redoverwhite.org/cristina/queen_cristina.html">Cristina</a>'s album Doll in the Box released by the immortal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_Records">ZE Records</a> in <a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">01979</a>.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-23702350012510233212007-07-13T00:53:00.000-07:002007-07-13T01:07:04.884-07:00In the Washington PostBob Woodward writes this <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/11/AR2007071102451.html?nav=rss_print/asection">overview</a> of the Bush administration's conflicting statements to the Iraq Study Group last autumn.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKy5YhqoRIhGA4RzORiB3JoatAav5yNp95GD_c0AZrzOMcpTE2vkgj49qAeJXcjcpc1SyBd1YdLOg6WSLprYh8_t3UXsS5Rux63dyy_PMyxzCUuNJ8heb-qmJ4P75xXsZtzTptyjb6L-f/s1600-h/hayden0508.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKy5YhqoRIhGA4RzORiB3JoatAav5yNp95GD_c0AZrzOMcpTE2vkgj49qAeJXcjcpc1SyBd1YdLOg6WSLprYh8_t3UXsS5Rux63dyy_PMyxzCUuNJ8heb-qmJ4P75xXsZtzTptyjb6L-f/s400/hayden0508.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086589217663779954" /></a><br />"The government is unable to govern." Interesting insight.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-36299862157784481932007-07-13T00:35:00.000-07:002007-07-13T00:42:10.791-07:00China Development Brief in danger<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrY-moby87Z7sydk4jfkfOwtv3oR94U-VREcTCgzLBqp60j8Pm1qRkiecZjd0oKkjbD05VNWmjHjE7ECugdFliNjV2W_xo8Bmz8PWll3WmzhmTrVZwQGhdPzKK0mA2_yXlzPUAYD0xYLCi/s1600-h/logo.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrY-moby87Z7sydk4jfkfOwtv3oR94U-VREcTCgzLBqp60j8Pm1qRkiecZjd0oKkjbD05VNWmjHjE7ECugdFliNjV2W_xo8Bmz8PWll3WmzhmTrVZwQGhdPzKK0mA2_yXlzPUAYD0xYLCi/s400/logo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086583552601916498" /></a><br />Beijing authorities have ordered the essential NGO to shutdown. Read the editor's <a href="http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com/node/508">letter</a> for a run-down.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-85903771770381532902007-07-13T00:26:00.000-07:002007-07-19T15:09:37.995-07:00Ryszard Kapuscinski on Charlie Rose<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyDqft_ZcuDMt5KUKnH9G2b3z1DokCgqst6r5si8X1-RhI3Vi5mufZEsbQuqkZi266zmF1PTFz0bysdvEBREN3FN3Kt-saMNaIh5HGnU1TmjCRCBgUUy2EnSBke78a8XMmZRzBR72Ksys/s1600-h/Kapuscinski_Ryszard.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyDqft_ZcuDMt5KUKnH9G2b3z1DokCgqst6r5si8X1-RhI3Vi5mufZEsbQuqkZi266zmF1PTFz0bysdvEBREN3FN3Kt-saMNaIh5HGnU1TmjCRCBgUUy2EnSBke78a8XMmZRzBR72Ksys/s320/Kapuscinski_Ryszard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086581267679315010" /></a><br />The recently passed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Kapuscinski">Polish journalist</a>'s <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2000/05/01/1/a-conversation-about-international-journalism">two</a> <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2001/05/31/3/a-conversation-with-journalist-ryszard-kapuscinski">appearances</a> on the PBS talk show in <a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">02000</a> and <a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">02001</a>.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-87054499040894185972007-07-04T18:36:00.000-07:002007-07-04T19:03:19.968-07:00China's Green numbers scandal at the World Bank<a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8f40e248-28c7-11dc-af78-000b5df10621.html">The story</a> was broken by the <a href="http://www.ft.com/home/us">Financial Times</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv76ooLTyy8GCqn0iCWt1RPgBtFYZencEtuWWuA2ttHr33SCAT2SBy5jmbY7O0A7QEPxBgrez0p70C4i5dXK7L5rRuqHcQrnRbKh38jCsU0VMsEheST-aCXVl2ZdFogzwFkrqcGALBXTGZ/s1600-h/25trade.600.2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv76ooLTyy8GCqn0iCWt1RPgBtFYZencEtuWWuA2ttHr33SCAT2SBy5jmbY7O0A7QEPxBgrez0p70C4i5dXK7L5rRuqHcQrnRbKh38jCsU0VMsEheST-aCXVl2ZdFogzwFkrqcGALBXTGZ/s400/25trade.600.2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083524569759054610" /></a><br /><br />Before the China-bashing begins, however, be reminded of the US's own <a href="http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200503/032305.html">manipulation of information</a> in official Green reports.<br /><br />Even without the figures published in FT, <a href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPREGTOPENVIRONMENT/Resources/China_Cost_of_Pollution.pdf">the report</a> is rather damning.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-66787903596134540722007-07-04T17:51:00.000-07:002007-07-04T18:02:17.107-07:00Shi Guorui's photography<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolPcic3ctSdNGEwyteRsslpOgaIiiQl4P7RNVFIKevhAohgb_LRfGJPYF-0HNtNJz6FBpmwavHTuptS8vMH_CukBvnxhaYI5MhJwp8Xn0vTqhC_KKyTW-PdiKHV9eDDmNlgOJRMzhxIq0/s1600-h/shi_guorui.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolPcic3ctSdNGEwyteRsslpOgaIiiQl4P7RNVFIKevhAohgb_LRfGJPYF-0HNtNJz6FBpmwavHTuptS8vMH_CukBvnxhaYI5MhJwp8Xn0vTqhC_KKyTW-PdiKHV9eDDmNlgOJRMzhxIq0/s400/shi_guorui.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083510701309655794" /></a><br />An image of Shanghai, captured through a hotel room the <a href="http://www.for-site.org/projects/detail.php?id=7">Beijing artist</a> converted into a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura">camera obscura</a> (<a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">02004</a>).Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-65916036637069642582007-06-30T20:34:00.000-07:002007-06-30T20:53:38.094-07:00Record-Head no. 6The record in my head is . . .<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpomnHOTGq7xggQn2HB9-4BX9faOGdHZXn83X-_k_8xe-ZTm5jDbv-WJQEFykHyeo96XquQE2U75B7r4b2bzKeD3_j6FOr7HVtrtqrBw8eA2up56kECGPzknyKe5-Y41Gp_C-ld2lvfjaC/s1600-h/lodger.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpomnHOTGq7xggQn2HB9-4BX9faOGdHZXn83X-_k_8xe-ZTm5jDbv-WJQEFykHyeo96XquQE2U75B7r4b2bzKeD3_j6FOr7HVtrtqrBw8eA2up56kECGPzknyKe5-Y41Gp_C-ld2lvfjaC/s200/lodger.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082067948995264818" /></a><br /><br />"Move On" a track from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0uAN5gdhfg&mode=related&search=">David Bowie</a>'s <a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">01979</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_album">LP</a>, <a href="http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1120">Lodger</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Featuring a backwards tape-loop from Bowie's own recording of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7uwbjYSaYY">"All the Young Dudes"</a> and a <a href="http://www.visitcyprus.org.cy/">Cyprus</a> place-name-check.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-58214823769727177892007-06-26T23:22:00.000-07:002007-06-27T00:20:28.584-07:00Margaret Sullavan in Bright Lights<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZN6Z8xVGnQTAq88jpsx7epTyMDliOuhXFzrcl1P8Z0Orb9QSTvs4HUTycYKEqla8huf1xS3AgWDDZXJ3cAt3NMsxCg4yDzdDDO_oHCrHVDyHjXSxdzPG9c1WEeVXAw-hLbqSkWo7Hh6b/s1600-h/Margaret+Sullavan.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZN6Z8xVGnQTAq88jpsx7epTyMDliOuhXFzrcl1P8Z0Orb9QSTvs4HUTycYKEqla8huf1xS3AgWDDZXJ3cAt3NMsxCg4yDzdDDO_oHCrHVDyHjXSxdzPG9c1WEeVXAw-hLbqSkWo7Hh6b/s400/Margaret+Sullavan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080630835884115906" /></a><br />I was delighted to find <a href="http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/49/sullavan.htm">this</a> brilliant piece in <a href="http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/index.html">Bright Lights Film Journal</a> on one of my favorite actors, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sullavan">Margaret Sullavan</a>. Sullavan's most famous role is as the romantic opposite to <a href="http://www.jimmy.org/">James Stewart</a> in <a href="http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,the_shop_around_the_corner,00.html">The Shop Around the Corner</a> (<a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">01940</a>, remade in <a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">01998</a> as <a href="http://youvegotmail.warnerbros.com/">You've Got Mail</a>). Other notable Sullavan performances - <a href="http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/borzage.html">Little Man, What Now?</a> (<a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">01934</a>) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026424/">The Good Fairy</a> (<a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">01935</a>). Though I've never seen a Sullavan film that didn't quickly take a prominent place in my imagination.<br /><br />The writer of the perceptive piece is <a href="http://www.toxicuniverse.com/staff.php?id=10059">Dan Callahan</a>.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-50537744593334374982007-06-25T11:05:00.000-07:002007-06-27T00:20:03.295-07:00Death on television in Germany<a href="http://www.eostv.org/">EosTV</a>, a new 24-hour channel in Germany will devote its airtime to death and mourning. From <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,490174,00.html">der Spiegel</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1c8icUrqwvWq2nPqvPcDYESaMvpFQPxMieW50eUxcp_WS_cJ2-7zOVWbfE2oK0bTj6HUEqtKLL6wlzD3IwtEW2AxNonUCsf_jUzAgsqGoQyljcjOjr5Aq-Opt59H4T7DgtTTMsLgf2_m/s1600-h/Holbein-death.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1c8icUrqwvWq2nPqvPcDYESaMvpFQPxMieW50eUxcp_WS_cJ2-7zOVWbfE2oK0bTj6HUEqtKLL6wlzD3IwtEW2AxNonUCsf_jUzAgsqGoQyljcjOjr5Aq-Opt59H4T7DgtTTMsLgf2_m/s400/Holbein-death.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080068146168546882" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Death with <a href="http://www.image.pe.ca/index/woodcut/hol2.html">woodcut</a> in EnglandAndrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-6170977031029063062007-06-25T00:14:00.000-07:002007-06-27T00:20:28.584-07:00The first flat disc audio recordFrom a <a href="http://www.cedmagic.com/history/tainter-phonogram.html">website</a> collecting information about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SelectaVision">SelectaVision VideoDiscs</a>, a <a href="http://www.deadmedia.org/modest-proposal.html">dead media</a> format introduced by RCA in the early '80's to compete with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laserdisc">Laserdiscs</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSDgAmwfrg_pOu-vRXwYDqtjubn8W3dSPT-jm7Nog8oaSs_vOZdnY1USkbtkgchD7NxUO-u4oALcs0tRokYELxr7nlr0sAQYfIV7eGXWSIwqvrgtGX1ZSAaR9X1Biq2I9KJgGZfrok1E3/s1600-h/tainter-phonogram.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSDgAmwfrg_pOu-vRXwYDqtjubn8W3dSPT-jm7Nog8oaSs_vOZdnY1USkbtkgchD7NxUO-u4oALcs0tRokYELxr7nlr0sAQYfIV7eGXWSIwqvrgtGX1ZSAaR9X1Biq2I9KJgGZfrok1E3/s320/tainter-phonogram.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079900775587989042" /></a><br /><br />The scribbled note reads, 'This <a href="http://www.cedmagic.com/history/tainter-phonogram.html">phonogram</a> was made Nov 8th <a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">01881</a> -S.T. (<a href="http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/graphophone.html">Sumner Tainter</a>).'Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-67365129838963704152007-06-24T23:42:00.000-07:002007-06-27T00:19:18.605-07:00From Gaza, with Love<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/07/10/my_life_in_gaza/">Dr. Mona El-Farra</a>, a Palestinian physician and Human Rights activist, maintains <a href="http://fromgaza.blogspot.com/">this blog</a>. Though El-Farra has been in the States fulfilling public speaking obligations, she just posted her first entry since last week's <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6755299.stm">bloody takeover</a> by Hamas.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_vXP7wmIBCQs357iq3-P2bV1mH1-RcjpDV8m6XsJ_9aw2VyW4pnai98GVYzEcUrbSYCRQum8FzRsuTkAW5lN-tboNExpP8YGvplBRqYphq5Yu8cOVXrs3mltqXMVr6GToZ_3ATL3I2Pr/s1600-h/14mideast-600.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_vXP7wmIBCQs357iq3-P2bV1mH1-RcjpDV8m6XsJ_9aw2VyW4pnai98GVYzEcUrbSYCRQum8FzRsuTkAW5lN-tboNExpP8YGvplBRqYphq5Yu8cOVXrs3mltqXMVr6GToZ_3ATL3I2Pr/s200/14mideast-600.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079892091164116498" /></a>Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-50048807347583110522007-06-24T22:54:00.000-07:002007-06-27T00:19:18.605-07:00Sir Salman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACqMW-2Syt1MIIGtl0qiubvhN5jBKyId4P-z-sRyUVlCrjItJb2lTqxto9lANpccqKxtm04-_OVnpwEZkDFhDoCs5zb_nyzt72m8DEFuxacXYm2wUF3QPZr_q7q9u0DlTqVVYteF7lD4t/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACqMW-2Syt1MIIGtl0qiubvhN5jBKyId4P-z-sRyUVlCrjItJb2lTqxto9lANpccqKxtm04-_OVnpwEZkDFhDoCs5zb_nyzt72m8DEFuxacXYm2wUF3QPZr_q7q9u0DlTqVVYteF7lD4t/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079881443940189698" /></a><br />The most recent chapter in <a href="http://atheism.about.com/b/a/249280.htm">The Rushdie Affair</a> <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2110188,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront">continues</a>. Why there aren't more public intellectuals in the West at work dismantling the Islamist argument on this, I'm not sure. Maybe it's not an appealing call to answer - sticking up for Britain's own <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6206063.stm">irrationally exclusive</a> institution.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-52121726468743558322007-06-24T22:26:00.000-07:002007-06-24T22:50:10.508-07:00Record-Head no. 5<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmhFAwO6IAV4XKzkE4L_dzEGPG2f-c7dZNLyTMAf19791FZ5FRnaYb8IRxGtk27ZexYdXPKotTrRHpu0pEg2UqntXX3gZU7yZGalg22G8ze2EEIYaWXeyxUSKTxYqgmrXjN2rlSx0VnAd/s1600-h/didcdr2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmhFAwO6IAV4XKzkE4L_dzEGPG2f-c7dZNLyTMAf19791FZ5FRnaYb8IRxGtk27ZexYdXPKotTrRHpu0pEg2UqntXX3gZU7yZGalg22G8ze2EEIYaWXeyxUSKTxYqgmrXjN2rlSx0VnAd/s400/didcdr2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079873725883958754" /></a>The record in my head is . . .<br /><br /><br />'Messages' from the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark">Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark</a> lp, released in <a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">01980</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sure they're naff. I mean, a synthpop <a href="http://www.wbbc.biz/images/gallery/whistletest/wty/imageswty/omd5.jpg">star</a> with Albert Brooks's <a href="http://www.albertbrooks.com/">hair</a>! But what can you do?Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-50122485596060721782007-06-24T22:16:00.000-07:002007-06-24T22:49:01.797-07:00Antony in the Independent<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJX3xDy5aou3poagp6MPhv9ehu0F4-xFvOTIMkqFY502zN1oqntuQuHrnrn8RdHgkQbLJrCYXtcbOTzpOxHeJ8oEOSVVe_Esok_P95vPQaLk5XaEqgZOGmQFFPpuISExHWCafwKZLagDuO/s1600-h/antony3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJX3xDy5aou3poagp6MPhv9ehu0F4-xFvOTIMkqFY502zN1oqntuQuHrnrn8RdHgkQbLJrCYXtcbOTzpOxHeJ8oEOSVVe_Esok_P95vPQaLk5XaEqgZOGmQFFPpuISExHWCafwKZLagDuO/s320/antony3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079868503203726802" /></a><br />on the <a href="http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/lou-reeds-protege-hits-all-the-right-notes-705047.html?r=RSS">occasion</a> of <a href="http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com/">Antony and the Johnson's</a> show in <a href="http://www.cork-guide.ie/corkcity.htm">Cork</a>. Birthplace, incidentally, of my friend Marian.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806239399015107019.post-68645841953270867382007-06-24T19:31:00.000-07:002007-06-24T22:49:36.371-07:00Film, film, film<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkAhTnqtaIdkd_OqEONQqULsnDD4R-19_sm6SLQxEm4wcdkwNbic9fkWXnwtEDyTlrMcqJ8NXeJQfknf0lGH5qPHdDBQht2wFAsJ3WT7uWBfyd5Mi71ER8atc6CZg0wOI7bsUbPJpp3EV/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkAhTnqtaIdkd_OqEONQqULsnDD4R-19_sm6SLQxEm4wcdkwNbic9fkWXnwtEDyTlrMcqJ8NXeJQfknf0lGH5qPHdDBQht2wFAsJ3WT7uWBfyd5Mi71ER8atc6CZg0wOI7bsUbPJpp3EV/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079826777596446146" /></a><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7006283153720038710&q=soviet+film&total=4628&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0">This</a> Soviet cartoon from <a href="http://emilogue.blogspot.com/2007/05/qwhy-am-i-using-five-digit-years-in.html">01968</a> made my day - perhaps my week. It's directed by <a href="http://russia-ic.com/culture_art/visual_arts/463/">Fyodor Khitruk</a>.Andrew Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890740890038936017noreply@blogger.com0