The Stolen Scream (via Steve Bissette’s Facebook page). Creative theft is a global phenomenon. “The Stolen Scream” is a snapshot of just one such phenomenal, almost spontaneous international appropriation of an artist’s (in this case, a photographer’s) work.
A death that was also a birth. “As a midwife, I’ve spent the last 30 years taking care of women in pregnancy. But nothing prepared me for this.”
It’s a horrible cycle I’m quite familiar with and occasionally adore. After all, anxiety is king, and I am its lowly peasant. Going into public, whether a store, the movies, a restaurant or a family function, is exhausting. (New blogger, a friend of a friend.)
Another Supermarket Interlude.
James Lipton gives Mitt Romney advice on how to come across as a more “authentic” human being. Of course, while some cannot forgive his economic policies, Willard being the Demon Barber of Wall Street and/or a flip-flopper, there are others who want to forget every mean word they’ve ever said about him.
Will the leaning tower of Pisa fall over?
It’s the second half of Mark Evanier’s story about his high school yearbook that’s really entertaining. He also writes about The $10,000 Pyramid, one of my three favorite game shows ever, and shares someone’s story about Dick Cavett, who I used to watch religiously on late night TV.
Upfronts: 2012–Video Trailers. Clips of the various new shows from the networks.
Steve Bissette has me wanting to see the new Dark Shadows movie, which I had previously dismissed. A Pac-Man movie and Movies With Matching Titles.
A Yank’s Humble Guide To Kiwi Music (Part II)
The Music of Nick McKaig, performing the Star Wars Theme (which Jaquandor linked to), some Christmas songs, plus TV themes such as The Simpsons, The Muppets, Friends, The Office, Mission: Impossible, and more.
Pictures at an Exhibition – especially check out the guy playing it on solo acoustic guitar.
THE QUID IS A COOL ROCK BAND that gained some success during the Garage Band era in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from the POV of the wife of a former band member.
The obligatory Muppets segment: Racialious crushes Kevin Clash and Harry Belafonte; the latter has a song that shows up on SamuraiFrog’s 50 Favorite Muppet Songs. Do I want GPS via Sesame Street?
Brothers In Arms, the Dire Straits album, covered. Also, Coverville 867: The Beastie Boys Cover Story (and Adam Yauch tribute), and Coverville 871: The Donna Summer Cover Story, and Coverville 872: The Robin Gibb/Bee Gees Cover Story III.
Dustbury: “It bothers me a great deal that we’re now down to one Bee Gee. And I think it’s because it’s Barry, the oldest of the brothers, who’s still with us;” he speaks from experience. Arthur’s complicated feelings about the BeeGees, and especially Donna Summer. And here is Donna Summer’s MacArthur Park Suite (Extended Version), all 17+ minutes of it, the way I remembered it.
The New York Times obit of Doc Watson, legendary guitarist and folk singer.
The True Story Of The Traveling Wilburys
FROM THE OTHER BLOGS
What happens to your online content when you die?
Dumb and dumber?: Study finds level of Congressional speech in decline
GOOGLE ALERTS
On April 24th Joe Sampson performed a ten-song set with some of his friends joining him onstage. Nathaniel Rateliff, Roger Green & Esme Patterson joined him on stage and together they performed songs from Joe’s latest album.
Love these – I always find one or two new blogs to follow.
The Stolen Scream – The guy posted the image(s) on Facebook, so whaddaya expect. One particular image turned out to be iconic, so everyone grabs it and uses it. That’s how it works. He’s not bothered by all the “art” on walls and posters, he’s bothered by corporations that make a profit off his image.
Under current law as I understand it, the Facebook posting is proof of ownership by the originator and therefore he is entitled to collect royalties. But in order to collect the originator has to initiate legal action against the “corporate citizens” that steal images for profit, an impossibility for real humans.
I propose, to level the playing field, we compel all “corporate citizens” to pay a guaranteed percentage of profits for any image or writing that they steal from human citizen. Simple solution.