by Pier Marton | Jun 25, 2013 | France, Humor, Music, Poet, Spectacle
Paroles de J’entends Des Airs: Qu’est ce que j’entends J’entends des airs J’entends vraiment Je te le jure Ca fait longtemps La vie entière J’entends des chants Ca j’en suis sûr Ca vient de où Ca vient du haut Ou du dessous Je...
by Pier Marton | Jun 24, 2013 | Antisemitism, History, Humor, Jewish, Media, Racism, Spectacle
Forwarded to me this morning by A.W., currently 102 years old and a friend of my family, one of three people still alive that knew my grand-mother – she was gassed in Auschwitz (as reported by an eyewitness who saw her standing in the “wrong line”)...
by Pier Marton | Jun 2, 2013 | Art, iOS, iPhone, Music, Mystery, Software, Sound, Spectacle
Soundscape 2 Visual music for VJs or those who want to “see music.” WARNING: this software does not work only with bad music! Anemone 1.5 will probably also fascinate & hypnotize you! From the developer, David De Candia’s website, Dean Radin:...
by Pier Marton | May 11, 2013 | Health, Media, Politics, Spectacle, Youth
Reminds me of the depleted hospital food… May 9, 2013, 4:39 pm – from the NYTimes The Michael Moore of the Grade-School Lunchroom By INDRANI SENGuerrilla filmmakers often face crackdowns by the powers that be, and Zachary Maxwell is no exception. His...
by Pier Marton | May 1, 2013 | Death, Humor, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Spectacle, Theater, US, Wars
… to state in unison that they can’t do much more than smile and laugh… now that the NRA has once more won and that Guantanamo will remain indefinitely open. War relief, comic relief? What is on: the joke is ON, the show is ON, the spectacle goes...
by Pier Marton | Apr 24, 2013 | Books, Film, France, Humor, Idées, Music, Poet, Spectacle
With the release in France of a second film version of L’Écume des Jours – Mood Indigo – by Gondry (cf. below for the 1968 version) the marriage of two French zany authors is a done deal! Boris Vian (writer, poet, musician, singer, translator,...