01. This Is Not a Manifesto, It’s Just My Opinion
“It’s almost as if tattooers are evolving, finally able to set aside trivialities in order to agree upon the more important issues. All this TLC outrage is kind of encouraging. Not simply because people are pissed, but because pissed people can affect change.” (TAM)
02. Trey Anastasio interviewed by Ross Simonini
“In a time when jazz is barely a smudge on the cultural radar, the marriage of improvisation and popular music continues nowhere more apparently than with the Vermont rock band Phish. Other artists may be touring and improvising—and they are—but they don’t sell out Madison Square Garden for three nights in a row and continue to host a series of annual, one-band festivals that draw upward of seventy thousand people, all for the adventure of musical improvisation.” (Believer)
03. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Above)
“The idiosyncratic and overlapping careers of Michael Powell (1905–1990) and Emeric Pressburger (1902–1988) are arguably the strongest challenge to the auteur theory, which holds that a single artist, the director, is the primary creative force behind a film. What happens when there are two directors? Andrew Sarris, in his seminal The American Cinema, pretty much evades the question by not allowing Powell and Pressburger a spot in any of the 11 categories (including “miscellany”) by which he defines directors worth mentioning. Yet I would find it hard to believe that Andy does not find more to admire in Powell/Pressburger than others he deemed worthy of inclusion, like Gordon Douglas or Arch Oboler. He does include several P/P films in his annual rankings (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp earns P/P a ranking of 25 for 1945; The Red Shoes got them their highest rating, 19, in 1948. Personally, I would rate both of these—and several of their other films—somewhat higher.)” (Inside/Out)
04. Former NFLer Amos Zereoue Returns to his Soccer Roots at Cosmos Copa
“Amos Zereoue played seven seasons in the NFL as a bull of a running back, running through tackles and slamming into linebackers. In his post-American football life, he’s gone back to his roots as a soccer player.” (KCKRS)
, the latest model in Sennheiser’s “audiophile” category has burned in splendidly.
, the 558 brings just a touch more response in areas that many consumer consider important: bass and clarity. Like the Sennheiser 555, the 558 can be driven by just about any output device: from the iPhone, iPad, to your mobile, desktop computer, and beyond. While it may not come with the right-angle 3.5mm jack found on more portable models, there is an adapter for easy plug-in.
