Yes, everybody's posting about Kurt Vonnegut being dead. I think he died some time ago, he was a sad man who had lost all hope. If you've ever seen the film version of Mother Night with Nick Nolte (1996), Vonnegut has a non-speaking cameo in the middle of the film and the expression in his eyes says it all ( Read more... )

From the news summary "ThisisTrue" (the story's about a month old ( Read more... )

Yeah, posting a lot today ( Read more... )

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/kantor.html

X Marks the Spot
Istvan Kantor: two decades of bloodletting
By Julia Dault
January 24, 2005

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New Years was OK, Lianne and I spent it at my Dad's fortified compound on Pender Island. We saw a procession and show down by Magic Lake put on by local people that featured giant puppets, stilt walkers, fire spinners, and a giant glowing dragon floating around on the lake steered by darkened kayaks. It was pretty impressive! I'm sure there were a ( Read more... )

Complete with corny audio soundtrack!

http://www.islandhosting.com/~ltmurnau/pix/statwork.wmv

In two weeks time, comrades, my friend Gary is having a grand studio party and opening ( Read more... )

Well, this was actually a pretty good weekend! Friday night was the Huun-Huur-Tu concert, held in an old United Church. Great acoustics and a performance at least as good as the last (and first) time I saw them in Vancouver in the summer of 2003. Throat-singing as good as it gets, played to a packed house ( Read more... )

Sitting here eating my sandwich early and I want to tell you what I did before I came here to sit and eat my sandwich.
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On a perfect Sunday, after breakfast and shopping with Gary and Betty, we paid a visit to sculptor friend Gary's studio. And I came away with this wonderful little fellow as a Christmas present:

( piccies here )