Guess Who
May 14, 2013
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Pavarotti without a beard is almost unrecognizable at first glance. 1964 in Moscow. I have no idea who’s playing the piano with their elbows for accompaniment.
Oil Paint And Lighter Fluid
May 13, 2013
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Walt Disney is the only true genius I know of that has worked in Hollywood. Like most geniuses, not many paid any attention to his advice, probably because it sounded so trite. It was also at odds with his image. Disney’s a square telling the freaks to be different, not look different. They don’t want to hear any of that. That sounds like showing up on time and dressing like a bank teller and producing worthwhile work on a regular basis.
The term genius has been debased over time. Lots of brilliant people have worked in the entertainment industry, of course. Being brilliant isn’t the same as being a genius. The term has been dumbed down even further by the Intertunnel, where anyone that gets anyone else to pay attention to them by any means is called a genius.
So, what’s a genius? Napoleon said it was de fixer les objets longtemps sans etre fatigue. The ability to concentrate on objectives for long periods of time without tiring. That’ll do. Walt paid attention to his objective fifty years in advance. His only advice: be yourself, only works if yourself is notable. That’s why creatives shun it, and greenlight Batman XVI instead.
I Suddenly Got The Urge To Hear Someone Play The Guitar
May 12, 2013
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I owned a Telecaster way back when. It was like trying to play a shovel.
2013: When Bagel Makers And Gong Farmers Form An Amalgamated Union
May 10, 2013
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I love to see people making things, and who have pride in their work. It doesn’t really matter what they’re doing.
I used to supervise the construction of commercial food preparation facilities once in a while. While the soundtrack is barrelhouse piano, this video is from the 1970s, not ancient history. I noticed about a zillion current health code violations visible in the video.
But those violations are meaningless, because I imagine the people in the video were personally invested in the quality and cleanliness of their surroundings and product. The raft of rules about food preparation — as well as many other things — are the result of trying desperately to micromanage the behaviors of people that don’t care a whit about themselves, their customers, or the product they’re making.
So the people in the video aren’t wearing hairnets, and we’re supposed to freak out, I guess. I bet everyone in the Nordstrom’s Cafe in San Francisco was wearing a hairnet. Of course you might have contracted typhoid fever from them, but you can rest serene that while they were crapping their insides out in the bathroom from their medieval ailment, they were sitting within eyeshot of a sign in the wrong language telling them to wash their hands after doing so. Which is nice.
Month: May 2013
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