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9/11 + 10
On September 11, 2001, I had actually woken up early (for me, at that time, pre-Phoebe). I had gotten up at 8 am so I could go with Sari to vote in the N.Y. primary election being held that day. (The election was later cancelled and rescheduled.) Then Sari went off on the subway to work at her job near Madison Square Park in Manhattan, where her ( Read more... ) -
Katrina, Year 6. Irene, Year 1?
In late August 2005 I was at Sari's parents' house in the Berkshires as Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the U.S. Gulf Coast. It was a frustrating, heart-wrenching time, made worse by our being so far "off the grid." As I wrote at the time, "We've got spotty radio reception, no TV, only the occasional New York Times, and a slow dial-up ( Read more... ) -
CrowdSourcing Experiment: Please Help me Identify a 1970s Western
Hey, so I got this idea from a Tumblr post by actor James Urbaniak from some months back. Basically, someone sent an email around asking for help identifying an obscure movie they had seen when they were a kid. The poor person had tried Amazon, cult film fan sites, and even the guy who ran the famous L.A. video store, Jerry’s Video, with no luck. ( Read more... ) -
Jennifer Shaw's HURRICANE STORY
I strongly encourage you to get a copy of Hurricane Story, the beautiful cloth-bound art book by New Orleans-based photographer Jennifer Shaw. Just out this month from Broken Levee Books (an imprint of Chin Music Press), the slim 7" x 7" volume boasts an eloquent foreword by my old buddy/collaborator Rob Walker.
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Seth Kushner's HARVEY PEKAR Tribute
Today is the one-year anniversary of Harvey Pekar's death. One of the more extraordinary homages appearing today is Seth Kushner's photo comic, "Harvey Pekar: Tribute to 'Our Man.'" (It's #25 of Seth's CulturePop series on ACT-I-VATE.) Weaving wonderful photos of Harvey with Pekar's own words, it takes the reader through his remarkable life and ( Read more... ) -
Now up on ACT-I-VATE: "Operation Les Subs"
I'm back home from Lyon and still processing the incredibly, energizing experience of Les Subsistances' "Points de vue, Nouvelles du monde" festival. Today I'm posting the photo comic which served as the introduction to each of my nightly performances. I produced the photocomic in the two days (June 21 -June 22) leading up to the festival. It's a ( Read more... ) -
Now up on ACT-I-VATE, "Ai Weiwei: Free in Body, not in Voice"
Today is the final day of Les Subsistances' "Points de vue, Nouvelles du monde" festival. It's been a thrilling - and exhausting - journey. I've really enjoyed mixing with the rest of the participants: Congolese dancer Faustin Linyekula, French experimental theatre company Hauts & Court, Italian theatre troupe Compagny Motus, American radio ( Read more... ) -
Off to Lyon with Les Subsistances
So I'm flying to Lyon, France, tonight, for a week. I've been invited by the "international creative research laboratory" Les Subsistances to take part in "Points de vue, nouvelles du monde." For three days, me and a group of other creative spirits will create “on the spot” evening news bulletins in response to the events of the day (as reported by ( Read more... ) -
THE INFLUENCING MACHINE is a New York Times bestseller
Just got word that The Influencing Machine is debuting at #8 on the New York Times Graphic Books - Harcover Best Seller list. (Try saying that five times fast.) And we're the only book not published by DC Comics - and the only one not featuring Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern, or vampires (though Spider-Brooke does make an appearance in our ( Read more... )