A day in the life, Dec 5


A day in the life, Dec 5, standing outside looking inside

From my vaults: Nudie Cohn


Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudie_Cohn

First Lines: MacKinlay Kantor - Andersonville


Sometimes there was a compulsion which drew Ira Claffey from his plantation and sent him to walk the forest.

Art: Toshiaki Kato


Find more at:

http://www.minitokyo.net/Toshiaki+Kato

R.I.P. Nelson Mandela


(ph: Adrian Steirn)

Eulogy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/world/africa/nelson-mandela_obit.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&

From my vaults: Harry Cohn


Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Cohn

First Lines: William Faulkner - A Fable


Long before the first bugles sounded from the barracks within the city and the cantonments surrounding it, most of the city was already awake.

New Stuff: Nurse With Wound


Steven Stapleton's most recent work is meant as a hommage to the Krautrock band Sand.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

First Lines: Herman Wouk - The Caine Mutiny


He was of medium height, somewhat chubby, and good looking, with curly red hair and an innocent, gay face, more remarkable for a humorous air about the eyes and large mouth than for any strength of chin or nobility of nose.