Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis is an amazing documentary about the unique filmmaker, actor and performance artist. Smith was unique, to say the least, his art undefinable. He claimed to bring back "the baroque" in art and in life. I have seen "Flaming Creatures", his one completed major work, and have probably seen some of the ( Read more... )

Work, and how to get it
While waiting to be paid for the end of my Long Beach contract, I had two good interviews in two days.  The last one was a followup and I heard lots of nice things like "This is just the kind of experience we need for this position" and "Yes, we need to know the right people and you know them".  (Hint:  She's Berkeley, I'm ( Read more... )