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Never Again... For Everyone

Prophets Without Honor by Frederic V. Grunfeld

by Pier Marton | Dec 21, 2010 | Antisemitism, Art, Books, Ego, Highlights, Human Rights, Jewish, Music, Politics, Shoah

One of the best books about Jews in Germany/Austria between the two wars and a good way to know some of the extremely rich life that existed then. Hard to put down. – You should be able to find a used copy somewhere. ==== The horrible atrocities of the Nazi war...

Les Juifs – Chanté par Philippe Clay (sans doute en l’honneur de son ami Serge Gainsbourg)

by Pier Marton | Nov 16, 2010 | Antisemitism, Death, France, Highlights, Humor, Jewish, Juif, Racism, Shoah

(Composé par H. Djian – S. Balasko) D’abord, ils ont un nez Un nez, un drôle de nez Et puis, un nom, un nom, Un drôle de nom Ils ont comme un accent Oui, c’est ça, un accent Un drôle d’accent qui fait… Comment dire… pas français On dit qu’ils ont d’ l’argent Oh oui,...

The Army of Crime/L’Armée du Crime

by Pier Marton | Oct 18, 2010 | Antisemitism, Ego, Film, France, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Idées, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Review, Shoah, STL, Women

My short review: Once upon a time and yet this is NOT fiction, some individuals gave their lives so that we could attempt to live. A tight script recounts in small troubling vignettes the sacrifice of twenty three of them, and two hours seems too short of a time frame...

Roger Shattuck of “The Banquet Years” fame

by Pier Marton | Sep 13, 2010 | Art, Books, Ego, France, Highlights, Humor, Ideas, Mystery

A jewel of a book that conveys some of the energy behind Satie, Jarry, Apollinaire and Douanier Rousseau. This is his obituary in the New York Times. Were he not a satrap of the College of Pataphysics (“The Science of Imaginary Solution”/”The Science of Exceptions”)...

Faces I Come From (Or Go To): Visages/Voyages – vois l’âge…

by Pier Marton | Aug 31, 2010 | Antisemitism, Art, Ego, Highlights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Magyar, Photo, Time, Travel

VARIATIONS ON A (HUNGARIAN JEWISH) THEME the poet György Faludy the composer György Ligeti the mathematician Paul Erdös the pianist/composer Ervin Nyiregyházi “A new Liszt……..and that truly seems to be the case, assuming that Liszt was actually this good” — Arnold...

John Giorno’s Classic “Suicide Sutra” (1973)

by Pier Marton | Aug 19, 2010 | Art, Death, Ego, Health, Highlights, Ideas, Mystery, Now, Sound, Time

Dial-A- Poem, as available on Ubuweb Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus