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In which Tintin subcontracts his music journalism to Snowy. From Tintin in the Land of the Soviets,...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:58:05 -0800

In which Tintin subcontracts his music journalism to Snowy. From Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, by Hergé.

"M. Vinteuil belonged to a good family, and had once been music-master to my grandmother’s sisters;..."

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:07:00 -0800

“M. Vinteuil belonged to a good family, and had once been music-master to my grandmother’s sisters; so that when, after losing his wife and inheriting some property, he had retired to the neighbourhood of Combray, we used often to invite him to our house. But with his intense prudishness he had given up coming, so as not to be obliged to meet Swann, who had made what he called “a most unsuitable marriage, as seems to be the fashion in these days.” My mother, on hearing that he ‘composed,’ told him by way of a compliment that, when she came to see him, he must play her something of his own. M. Vinteuil would have liked nothing better, but he carried politeness and consideration for others to so fine a point, always putting himself in their place, that he was afraid of boring them, or of appearing egotistical, if he carried out, or even allowed them to suspect what were his own desires. On the day when my parents had gone to pay him a visit, I had accompanied them, but they had allowed me to remain outside, and as M. Vinteuil’s house, Montjouvain, stood on a site actually hollowed out from a steep hill covered with shrubs, among which I took cover, I had found myself on a level with his drawing-room, upstairs, and only a few feet away from its window. When a servant came in to tell him that my parents had arrived, I had seen M. Vinteuil run to the piano and lay out a sheet of music so as to catch the eye. But as soon as they entered the room he had snatched it away and hidden it in a corner. He was afraid, no doubt, of letting them suppose that he was glad to see them only because it gave him a chance of playing them some of his compositions. And every time that my mother, in the course of her visit, had returned to the subject of his playing, he had hurriedly protested: “I cannot think who put that on the piano; it is not the proper place for it at all,” and had turned the conversation aside to other topics, simply because those were of less interest to himself.”

- Proust

An exercise for you. From Combinatorial Species and Tree-like Structures by Bergeron, Labelle, and...

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:11:50 -0800

An exercise for you. From Combinatorial Species and Tree-like Structures by Bergeron, Labelle, and Leroux.

Kombucha, End.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:00:49 -0800

Kombucha, End.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:36:57 -0800

“First Turning of the Wheel (for Bob Graettinger)” by Susan...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:41:45 -0800

“First Turning of the Wheel (for Bob Graettinger)” by Susan Alcorn.

José Antonio Sistiaga. (via)

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:53:00 -0800

José Antonio Sistiaga. (via)

“Pink Sheep Blood” by Fabio Orsi and Valerio Cosi. From the...

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:51:24 -0800

“Pink Sheep Blood” by Fabio Orsi and Valerio Cosi. From the album We Could For Hours.

By Travess Smalley for computersclub.

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:28:40 -0800

By Travess Smalley for computersclub.

Canale della Giudecca I, Venezia by Sze Tsung Leong.

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:03:00 -0800

Canale della Giudecca I, Venezia by Sze Tsung Leong.

“There Will Be a Happy Meeting in Glory” by Joseph Spence.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:44:25 -0800

“There Will Be a Happy Meeting in Glory” by Joseph Spence.

A lie: “That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is”.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:12:00 -0800

A lie: “That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is”.

Series XIV

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:18:00 -0800

Engravings of instantaneous photographs of the splash of a drop of water falling forty centimeters into milk. From A.M. Worthington’s The Splash of a Drop, published in 1894.

Rediscover your inner desk

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:37:05 -0800

Rediscover your inner desk

John Cage performs Water Walk on the 1960s television program...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:03:57 -0800

John Cage performs Water Walk on the 1960s television program I’ve Got a Secret. (via)

David Tudor and John Cage. (via)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:48:46 -0800

David Tudor and John Cage. (v ia)

“The Tiny Goat” by the Gothic Archies.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:01:00 -0800

“The Tiny Goat” by the Gothic Archies.

The desire lines of leafcutter ants. Foraging trails up to 300 meters long connect separate nests;...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:56:00 -0800

The desire lines of leafcutter ants. Foraging trails up to 300 meters long connect separate nests; humans investigate their efficiency. Aerial photograph via the Smithsonian.

Inclusion, Exclusion. Image from the NYPL Digital Gallery.

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:35:01 -0800

Inclusion, Exclusion. Image from the NYPL Digital Gallery.

“I am Sitting in a Room” by Alvin Lucier, recorded in 1969....

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:31:00 -0800

“I am Sitting in a Room” by Alvin Lucier, recorded in 1969. (via)