Pennsound at the University of Pennsylvania continue their fine series of poetry recordings with the collected poetry recordings of Ezra Pound. (see also Tributes to Two Great American Poets in this blog.) Pound’s poetry and voice, whatever you might think of his political views, are extraordinary. The way he rolls his Rs is fabulous. I [...]
Extraordinary video by Andy Huang, who’s a senior Fine Arts major and Animation minor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Doll’s Face is reminiscent of Björk’s All is Full of Love video, another amazing work, but is nevertheless distinctive and original.
I’m sure you’ve had friends and/or family die of cancer. I certainly have had friends die of both brain and breast tumours. I came across this report about the US government suppression of evidence that marijuana kills tumours, which, if true, will make me very angry indeed. Of course because the site promotes the benefits [...]
The poet Mark Granier rang me up about a literary matter the other day and in the course of our conversation mentioned his photo blog on blipfoto, which I must confess I never heard of. It’s called Skyroad, after his forthcoming collection from Salmon. I logged into it while were talking and was blown away, [...]