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Solov’ev on Art

Posted on June 11, 2008 by ubu507

For art has a triple task, Solov’ev asserts: the direct objectification of the internal qualities of the living idea, the spiritualization of natural beauty, and the immortalization of nature’s individual phenomena. – Steven Cassedy

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L.A.M.F.: Resurrected and Ready to Kick Ass

Posted on June 10, 2008 by ubu507

I remember that when L.A.M.F. by the Heartbreakers came out I was very hot to get it – earlier that summer in my overeagerness I’d even picked up the first Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album by accident. Being … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Poppies

Posted on June 7, 2008 by ubu507

Cambridge Poppies The woman in The bottom of The canoe shakes The wet branches And for a moment All beauty seems to Die in her awakening And yet she still wants To see this instant The lovely mixed up sight … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: They Found Jesus (In a bush between two trees)

Posted on June 6, 2008 by ubu507

ACROSS THE REGION _____ Stolen Jesus statue found in alley Someone tried to sell it back to church _______________________________ DETROIT ________________________________ By Naomi R. Patton Free Press Staff Writer __________ They will now have to … Continue reading →

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Peace, Bro, Later, Dude

Posted on June 4, 2008 by ubu507

Man, I just found out that one of the guys that runs the barber shop down the street got killed in a motorcycle accident. His brother did the honors last week, but he’s cut my hair as well as … Continue reading →

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Quote Bag: Picking Flowers

Posted on June 3, 2008 by ubu507

Do not all the achievements of a poet’s predecessors and contemporaries rightfully belong to him? Why should he shrink from picking flowers where he finds them? Only by making the riches of others our own do we bring anything … Continue reading →

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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

Posted on May 31, 2008 by ubu507

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective, Kate Summerscale, Walker, $24.95. From the very beginning real and fictive crime have had an inseparable relationship. Novels have influenced the way people think … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Naked and Wet

Posted on May 30, 2008 by ubu507

POLICE BEAT _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Naked man accused of towers break-in A naked Ann Arbor man is accused of breaking into a 10th floor downtown apartment from the high rise balcony this morning – but police don’t know how … Continue reading →

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Another Itasca

Posted on May 29, 2008 by ubu507

Another Itasca It’s here of course in The blondes all the blondes In sunglasses and jean jackets That barefoot girl running to Some assignation carrying Her sandals the braid flapping Down the middle of her back Or the other … Continue reading →

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Quote Bag: Shake

Posted on May 27, 2008 by ubu507

Let’s shake some heavy stuff out of the Quote Bag, shall we? IN THAT YE ARE CANNIBALS, what meat should I offer? – Austin Osman Spare Feeble puffing is not my forte. It will do these fellows … Continue reading →