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Re: The Omnipresence of Gene Hackman

Sean Lotman — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:17:52 -0000

You're getting me excited to call it day, close the shades, and turn on the projector.

Some more Hackman fantastique: Cisco Pike, from 1971, in which he plays a crooked cop. And of course, he's great in Penn's Bonnie & Clyde robbing banks with Beatty and Dunaway as well as the patriarch of The Royal Tannenbaums.

Need to catch Night Moves. That sounds like my cup of tea.

Re: Send In The Clowns – Absurdity and the Japanese Radical – Part 1

Damon Coulter — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:37:04 -0000

Thanks William. Didn't think it was. Have thought about doing this sort of story or book myself sometimes but never seem to get around to compiling all the info and working out a narrative. Will be interested in seeing all the hard work you must have done to even start working doing this. Well done.

Re: Send In The Clowns – Absurdity and the Japanese Radical – Part 1

William Andrews — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:49:06 -0000

@Damon Coulter

Thank you for the insights.

Fear not, the silliness is in no way reported as an entertainment -- and certainly not intended as ridicule -- as I hope the second part of the article will clarify.

Re: Send In The Clowns – Absurdity and the Japanese Radical – Part 1

Damon Coulter — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:09:48 -0000

Interesting read. Will have to wait for more and the book I suppose for the in depth analysis of a oft overlooked, even ignored, part of Japanese political life. The radicalism here is at time absurd but as the author lists is at other times brutally damaging to life and society. When mainstream politics is such a farce is it surprising that the fringes act any differently? I do hope that the silliness is not reported as an entertainment though and the more serious calls for an improvement in Japan's political maturity and the passions that some Japanese people have for those changes (passions that have created heroically inept, yet heroic nonetheless, actions like pencil assignation attempts and at other times, kamikaze pilots) is equally reported. I have been following the extreme left's story here, on and off, for many years. True they may have little hope of achieving their aims in the current climate of disinterest and conservatism and the constant coat-tailing of any issues in a desperate search for relevancy is easy to ridicule. But the pragmatics aside their determination is laudable and worthy of serious reporting especially as the usual leitmotif regarding Japanese political participation is infantile apathy.

Re: Extreme Planting Interview With Arnaud De Grave on Loggers – Planters in British Columbia

Lari Richardson — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:21:13 -0000

I read this interview with great interest, I met Arnaud De Grave around Dec., 2011. He was on his way up to BC and traveling with my son, Brett Richardson and they made a pit stop here in Canby,OR. Actually I felt awed by Arnaud, he listened to some of my experiences, chatted about food and just
had a great evening. I feel inspired by his accomplishment.Watch out world!

Re: HESO Best Documentary Films of 2012

Uchujin — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:48:05 -0000

Looks like I'll be having a busy morning with my fave search engine :)

Re: Cold n beautiful

hern42 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 02:06:44 -0000

beeches?

Re: Pop Zeitgeist Heso Magazine’s Endorsement of Barack Obama

Manny Santiago — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:01:50 -0000

Sure, it's over in a few hours (if there are no "ties", thereby instigating the lawsuit machinery ala Florida 2000), but is it ever really over my friend, which begs the question: how did we get here in the first place...?

Re: Pop Zeitgeist Heso Magazine’s Endorsement of Barack Obama

Jon — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:22:29 -0000

Much to agree with, but it's hard, as an 'outside', not to just want it to be over...

Re: Interview with Photographer Julia Skobeleva

Клининговая компания в Алматы — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 06:59:58 -0000

cool))

Re: I Wrote This For You

Manny Santiago — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:20:10 -0000

Thanks, Go here to support the project: http://amzn.com/1926760689

Re: I Wrote This For You

sim — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:55:22 -0000

great interview! But please tell me there is a hard cover available??

Re: I Wrote This For You

sim — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:51:50 -0000

great interview! please tell me there is a hard cover available??

Re: Cool Heads Must Prevail To Help Cool The Rods Updated Response to This Is Not Chernobyl

Alex James — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:02:42 -0000

I know its two years later but I happened upon this post and wanted to stand up for Japanese media. It is far far better than western media (in Japan). NHK, Nikkei press (Nikkei weekly in English is very good for business), Asahi Shinbun (the most circulated newspaper in the world) combined with a variety of small independent publications will keep you very very well informed. Japanese TV also gives earthquake warnings. Compare that to Japan Times and a bunch of drunk lazy expat reporters who I assume cant speak Japanese - the Japanese press looks very good.

And retrospectively (on 3/11) the Japanese reporting was level headed. The western reporting was crap. Thats fact.

Re: Interview with Tokyo Photographer Ontoshiki

Justin Vun — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:47:54 -0000

thanks ! appreciate your words. ill keep trying to bring something different and evolve and i am sure that will happen over the course of my 1 year stay in europe.

Re: Interview with Tokyo Photographer Ontoshiki

flickr.com/user/sanderholsgens — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:05:12 -0000

Thank you both for the interview. I am following your Flickr page for quite a long time right now and a lot of stills really move me on a fundamental level.

Re: Interview with Tokyo Photographer Ontoshiki

Justin Vun — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:28:11 -0000

www.ontoshiki.com

Re: Modern Japan Photographed through the Lens of a Nikon

Manny Santiago — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:36:30 -0000

I love it as well, especially when you think it might happen if you do A, B, or C at a certain time. After all the years of experimentation on various cameras with different film stock, both fresh and expired, it's nice to know a kind of order has emerged. It's not always predictable, but when it clicks, it certainly is beautiful. Thanks & good luck with the Rollei!

Re: Modern Japan Photographed through the Lens of a Nikon

Justin Vun — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:30:38 -0000

i love the red scale. i have a rollei nightbird that i have yet to shoot. so i might give that a go !

-ontoshiki

Re: Modern Japan Photographed with Bronica Zenza

motionid — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:52:17 -0000

That is a cool shot

Re: Stinky French Cheese

Hern42 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:45 -0000

I miss cheese... you need to sell a kidney to get some barely decent ones here... sigh... that will make my next trip "home" even more enjoyable.
Quality post, as ever.

Re: Stinky French Cheese

Jrim — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:30:54 -0000

I didn’t realise it was possible to capture smell visually, but I think you might just have nailed it.

Re: Stinky French Cheese

Manny Santiago — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:10:41 -0000

It must be Cheese Day somewhere, because technically it's Spring, so what better excuse to take a day off of work and sit at the park or the beach than eating cheese? Maybe you have some secret Dutch favorites to share...

Re: Stinky French Cheese

Renzo Akkerman — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:43:10 -0000

Is today cheese day on the internet? :-) [http://www.smbc-comics.com/ind...]

Re: HESO Photo of the Week Yuki Aoyama

Hern42 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:30:30 -0000

Quality.