December 2010
23 posts
The reason you have two ears and one mouth is because you should talk half as...
– Quincy Jones.
“Podría recordarte que ya no tienes gracia. Que tu estilo casual y que tu desenfado resultan truculentos cuando se tienen más de treinta años” Jaime Gil de Biedma
“In a time like ours, when the genius of engineers has reached such undreamed of proportions, one can hear famous pieces of music as easily as one can buy a glass of beer. It only costs ten centimes, too, just like the automatic weighing scales. Should we not fear this domestication of sound, this magic preserved in a disc that anyone can awaken at will? Will it not mean a dimunition of the...
You take some notes and rub ‘em together – dum, dum, dum, dum – fire, cosmic...
– Sun Ra.
“J’avais dix-sept ans lorsque je remarquai Weegee dans un magasin de photo de Manhattan. J’avais toujours su que je serais lui ou quelque chose comme lui. Lorsqu’il quitta le magasin, je courus derrière lui. Je l’appelai “Excusez-moi, M. Weegee!” Il s’arrêta et mon innocence disparut. Son visage fatigué et impatient me révéla un sadique bienveillant, chassé du paradis, comme moi. Il ne dit rien,...