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The livestock auctioneer. Werner Herzog: “How did you learn to speak so fast?” In Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee, the struggle to speak:Further, Further inside. Further than. To middle. Deeper. Without measure. Deeper than. Without means to measure. To core. In another tongue. Same word. Slight mutation of the same. Undefinable. Shift. Shift slightly. Into … Continue reading
The guy who shot Werner Herzog w/ an air-rifle during his interview w/ the BBC. Herzog: “The bottom line is the poet must not avert his eyes. You have to take a bold look at what is in your environment, what is around you, even the ugly things, even the decadent things.” Johannes Göransson on … Continue reading
Kaspar Hauser, 1. who makes an appearance in Ellison’s “The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World” as one of Juliette’s toys. 2. She plays w/ him two times. 3. The first time she sends him back to his time with some of his brain squeezed up (or something), explaining his mysterious … Continue reading
Jack the Ripper. I am re-reading Dangerous Visions. Last night I read Robert Bloch’s “A Toy for Juliette” and it’s sequel, Harlan Ellison’s “The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World” and their wonderful introductions and afterwords. These stories place that horrific bad guy Jack the Ripper in the year 3077 (actually … Continue reading
Alvin Straight. Aristotle instructs us that characters should be four things: First and foremost they shall be good. The second point is to make them appropriate. The third is to make them like the reality. The fourth is to make them consistent and the same throughout, even if inconsistency be part of the man. . … Continue reading
Ahhhhh, whiskers 