things related to sound, visual art, architecture, modernism, music, design, fluxus, 78's, literature, film, ephemera, and much more ...basically a space to share "the collection", much of which serves as inspiration for my work...
a winter evening... sometimes space
seems like a panelled room,
blue curtains darkening,
the fire flickering out
while a cold lamp
of snow shines against the wall.
or is it the moon already rising
cleansed of her dust
and the breath of our mouths?
philippe jaccottet, from winter light, 1977
image: 1910 snapshot of train in snow, negative
Labels: negative, philippe jaccottet, quiet breath, snow, train
a home made early radio sound effect disc made by buddy kling. note the hand written label: "sound effect riding on train". you can hear a whistle at times but the rest sounds a lot like a hugely distorted dust storm coming from a giant cloud made of metal.
speaking of large colored clouds, i'm taking the train down to san diego today to see a morris louis show. the paintings should be a lot quieter than this.
the train here is a cluster of droning majestic confrontational transcendence, like henry flynt in a metallic dream house.
with trains, i can't help but think of the films of ozu, and this sounds like one of his early films that hasn't been restored.
take a listen and have a pleasant journey.
Labels: buddy king, listen, sound effects, train
