Nineteen years to the day after Peter Falk started work on the film Wings of Desire, I had the occasion to sit down and talk with him for about an hour. He was in Michigan as part of a speaking tour, and it was one of the happiest days of my life. I plan to […]
Tag Archives: people to bring back from the dead
R.I.P. Peter Falk
Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, OCD, Photographs, Uncategorized Also tagged actors, Alzheimer's, Ann Arbor Paper, another famous person has died, Columbo, Der Himmel über Berlin, fuck, Husbands, interviews, interviews with Mark, John Cassavetes, my idols, pant shitting, Patrick McGoohan, people whom I respect, Peter Falk, the sad state of journalism, The Sky Over Berlin, tits, Wings of Desire 11 Comments
Goodbye Captain Beefheart
There are rumors flying around the internet today that two influential musical giants have died – Justin Bieber and Captain Beefheart. Sadly, one is real. My heart goes out this morning to the entire Beefheart family. Here, in tribute, is Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain” from his book, Leaves of Grass, published in 1900. […]
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged 1900, American Bandstand, Captain Beefheart, Captains, Dick Clark, died, Don Van Vliet, Justin Bieber, Leaves of Grass, Magic Band, O Captain! My Captain!, poetry, visionary musicians, Walt Whitman 8 Comments
Edison, Tesla, electrocuted elephants, and the hiding place beneath the stairs
I spent the day with my parents at the Henry Ford museum, experiencing secondhand the hero worship that the great automotive entrepreneur felt for Thomas Edison. We listened to recordings of Edison speaking, contemplated his dying breath under glass and saw the spot under the stairs of hisMenlo Park laboratory (which had been moved from […]
Posted in energy, Ideas, OCD, Other, Science, Special Projects Also tagged Ford, free power, Google, Greenfield Village, Henry Ford, innovation, Jesus, Mark Twain, Menlo Park, muckers, Nikola Tesla, space elevator, Thomas Edison, Thomas Jefferson, Topsy, War of Currents, Wardenclyffe 9 Comments