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<title><![CDATA[It's the crazy people who are doing really well]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Ich dachte ich kenne dieses Lied. Ich dachte es sei ein kitschiger Klampfensong, von Jugendlichen ]]></description>
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<p><b>Ich dachte</b> ich kenne dieses Lied. Ich dachte es sei ein kitschiger Klampfensong, von Jugendlichen an allen Lagerfeuern der Welt, die drei Akkorde und eine akustische Gitarre ihr Eigen nennen, bis zum Erbrechen zum Besten gegeben.</p>
<p>Da kommt Nina Simone und treibt am Klavier ihre Band hart und unerbittlich vor sich her, singt mit leerer kalter Stimme und eben solchem Gesicht, so dass einem eisige Schauer über den Rücken laufen. Und man hört den Text wie zum ersten Mal und begreift ihn. Simone steigert das Tempo und den Puls des Liedes bis es einen hypnotischen Rhythmus bekommt, keuchend im Kreis rennt, stolpert und taumelt.</p>
<p>Deswegen vermutlich hat der Regisseur Michael Almereyda den Trailer seines neuen Films <a href="http://www.neworleansmonamour.com/">New Orleans Mon Amour</a>, der im kaputten New Orleans nach Katrina spielt, mit Nina Simones Version des Folksongs <i>The House of the Rising Sun</i> unterlegt.</p>
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<title><![CDATA["William Eggleston In The Real World" documentary]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This documentary was playing at the UC Irvine Film and Video Center.  I didn&#8217;t know who Willia]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This documentary was playing at the <a href="http://www.humanities.uci.edu/fvc/">UC Irvine Film and Video Center</a>.  I didn't know who William Eggleston is, but apparently he was one of the first people doing color art photography.  He had the first solo show of color photography at MOMA, and there was a lot of negative criticism towards him and the curator.  Most of his photos are of ordinary everyday things.  His photos have the feel of being snapshots.  The photos seem to bleed color.  Eggleston doesn't like to explain what he is doing or trying to do.  The director of the documentary, Michael Almereyda, was at the screening and he said that he respected Eggleston's quietness and implication that words cannot explain pictures.  I respect him too.  There is a lot of power in words, but not all thoughts are easily put into words, and while trying to find those words, the time for something else is lost.</p>
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