‘Orson Welles, Volume 3: One-Man Band’, by Simon CallowReview by Christopher SilvesterOne-Man Band shares its title with that of an unfinished Welles documentary film, a series of comic segments about life in Britain filmed between 1968 and 1971, and aptly evokes his career-long battle for freedom from studio control. This battle brought chaos, but a … Continue reading Orson Welles, Volume 3: One-Man Band’ by Simon Callow
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Ezra Pound and Film adaptations of fragments from the Cantos
Hamilton celebrates Ezra Pound’s 128th Birthday By Max Newman '16October 31, 2013 Forum on Image and Language and Motion (F.I.L.M.) celebrated Hamilton alumnus and late poet Ezra Pound’s 128th birthday last Wednesday with a night full of history and experimental film adaptations. Associate Professor of English Steve Yao opened the discussion with a detailed history … Continue reading Ezra Pound and Film adaptations of fragments from the Cantos
Bigendig of Mayan Long Count in Panoramas
At Chichen Itza last week--between playing drums for Fantuzzi, The Earthlings, and The peace tribe band at the chaotic 'synthesis2012 festival--ifly, made some panorama photographs using my I-Pad, and shot some weird underwater video in a cenote called Encantado (rumored to have a female crocodile living in it!)My journey was really FAR OUT and mystical, … Continue reading Bigendig of Mayan Long Count in Panoramas
Orson Welles’ fans push for commemorative U.S. stamp in time for centennial celebration
Orson Welles' fans push for commemorative U.S. stamp in time for centennial celebrationPublished: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 8:11 PM Updated: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 8:12 PM By The Republican Entertainment Desk Follow Share Email Print AP file photoOrson WellesWith the approach of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Orson Welles, Woodstock, … Continue reading Orson Welles’ fans push for commemorative U.S. stamp in time for centennial celebration
Orson Welles’s lost Heart of Darkness screenplay performed for the first time
Orson Welles's lost Heart of Darkness screenplay performed for the first time Orson Welles’s audacious adaptation of Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness’ has never been performed - until now. A fictional poster for Orson Welles's Heart of Darkness by Fiona Banner Photo: Fiona Banner and La Boca By Tim Robey8:24AM BST 30 Mar 2012 3 Comments It … Continue reading Orson Welles’s lost Heart of Darkness screenplay performed for the first time
Hearst shows heart after 71 years, black and dry like a stone.
Hearst family forgive Orson Welles for Citizen Kane after 71 yearsScreening of Welles' masterpiece at former home of William Randolph Hearst will lay to rest long-running feud Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane provoked the anger of newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/RKO When Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane first hit cinemas in 1941, newspaper … Continue reading Hearst shows heart after 71 years, black and dry like a stone.
TTOTT in 12 lines or less
TTOTT in TWELVE by Steve 'fly agaric 23' Pratt. Fly On The Tale Of The Tribe: A Rollercoaster Ride With Robert Anton Wilson by Steven James Pratt Link: http://a.co/gOGNKyV without pip center/ever changing cyclic world/Brunocentral gods hero's and men/recycling through the ages/recorsi vico eternal return/the gods nietzsche left us here/beyond either or oak branching forces/ideogramic method/Fenollosa's … Continue reading TTOTT in 12 lines or less
Twenty Twelve Line Verses v3.0 (Icosoheedrome)
Twenty Twelve Line Verses to 'the tale of the tribe' (v3.0) by Fly Agaric 23To be printed as TWENTY TRIANGLES to build an Icosohedron.Thanks to Mark Pesce for kicking this into 'hyperspace'GymJoyceOilysseasMetempsyficPortrait ProsodyEpiphany ProcessMudernism QuarkitectIconoclaste CosmologistHolographish Cubed EarwickerWaking Finnegan Stephen DeadalusVicorecourse Bruwnitsche IbsenPoundUbermatrix Holocalips TranslitteringClaudeShannonInternetsCyberneticMaxim FourierInformation TheoryRevolution ScientistCommunicate MicroprocessComplexity Coding ShannonbitNyquist Equations Weaver LanguageCalculating Holographique … Continue reading Twenty Twelve Line Verses v3.0 (Icosoheedrome)
TTOTT TEXTS v2.0
ARGUABLY The greatest single resource for the study of DR. Robert Anton Wilson's tale of the tribe.--Steve fly agaric 23.Marshall McLuhan: Renaissance for a wired world By Gary Genosko.The medium and the magician: Orson Welles, the radio years, 1934-1952 By Paul Heyer.The classic Noh theatre of Japan By Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, Ezra PoundThe legacy of … Continue reading TTOTT TEXTS v2.0
FINNEGANS WAKE: THE MOVIE (1966)
This movie was shared over at the maybelogic blog, thanks to Bobby. It sparked a flurry of visions. I thought of BOB. He would have loved this movie, I think. I find the TV scenes and treatment of the multi-media mixture of signals, more generally, mind blowing.--steve fly""A half-forgotten, half-legendary pioneer in American abstract and … Continue reading FINNEGANS WAKE: THE MOVIE (1966)
DEEP SCRATCH (REMIX) 