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"My line does not illustrate. It is the sensation of its own realization." - Cy Twombly Critics have described the work of consummate scribbler Cy Twombly as at once "barely there" and overly academic, but what about us art civilians? What is it about these half-baked scraps, scratch, and scrawl that speaks to our own creative impulses, our own inner children dying to grab the crayon and crush the tip in an ecstatic series of fat, juicy loopdeloops? See the images: https://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2025/1/22/episode-67-cy-twomblys-second-voyage-to-italy-second-version-1962 Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, “Inessential,” “Tiny Putty,” “A Burst of Light,” Palms Down,” “Parade Shoes,” “City Limits” Episode sponsor: The Art of Crime Podcast: https://www.artofcrimepodcast.com/
In the summer of 2019, long before COVID was a thing, a foreigner and a newfound Ithacan set out to interview the people of this peculiar town in upstate New York, seeking to answer one question: What it is that holds a community together? Credits Music: Turning to You, Closer, Parade Shoes, Town Market All Tracks by Blue Dot Sessions
This is the Tenth episode of our dungeon world podcast. We are a bunch of friends giving this our best shot while taking some at each other. Listen and laugh with us. In this episode the boys go with breaking into a house instead of knocking on the door. Then They they attempt to rescue and Orc being attack by some gnomes. Music: Surly Bonds by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. Parade Shoes by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
It seems like with a lot of fairy tales someone looked at the original, thought that there was absolutely no way they could tell that to a child, and re-wrote it to get rid of the shocking violence and general terribleness of every creature ever. "The Ugly Duckling" by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen is no exception. It's shockingly violent and sad at times, but underneath its brutality and ridiculousness is a profound theme that still resonates today. Also birds are jerks. The creature this time is the Loveland Frog. It's a large-ish frog from my hometown in Ohio. Ohio is so boring we can't even have a cool cryptid. Sponsors: Three words: FRONT. POCKET. WALLET. Get one, and say goodbye to an achey back from sitting at an angle all the time. Not only that, but they are hard to pickpocket. Not only THAT, but they are RFID shielded, meaning people can't scan your pocket and get your credit card info. Also, they come in cool leathers, like moose. Really, check it out. The owner is a friend of the show and a regular listener. Go to http://rogueindustries.com and use code LEGENDS at checkout for free shipping. Dollar Shave Club: For just $5, you can get their top-of-the-line razor and a tube of shave butter (which unlike the Seinfeld episode isn't real butter and won't lead to Newman taking a bite out of you). Just go to https://dollarshaveclub.com/myths Detour: I've always wondered what I'm missing out on when I'm walking through a city. Now, there's a way to know. Guided tours right on your phone that you can share with friends. Check out http://detour.com/myths Music: “Just a Blip” by Andy G. Cohen “Warmer” by Andy G. Cohen “Faster Faster Brighter” by Blue Dot Sessions “Parade Shoes” by Blue Dot Sessions “Rafter” by Blue Dot Sessions “Tripoli” by Blue Dot Sessions “Like Starlight through a Veil” by Philipp Weigl “Midnight Blue” by Podington Bear
RICHARD KONIGSBERG was one of the youngest agent trainees to ever be promoted at ICM. But Richard ditched the powerhouse talent agency to become an actor himself. Five years later, he returned and was made an agent for a second time -- but not before having to serve another tour of duty as assistant to one of the most demanding agents in the biz. EXPLICIT (45:56) EPISODE NOTES: My first job in the entertainment business was at the powerhouse talent agency International Creative Management. I started in January 1988 and in the two-plus years I was there, I assisted agents in both the motion picture and television departments. And despite witnessing a lot of ego and pressure-driven theatrics and bad behavior, I was very glad to be at ICM because at that time it was one of “the” places to work in Hollywood. From the Los Angeles Times (Column One – By Amy Wallce – Dec. 11, 1998): "In the '80s and early '90s, talent agents ruled the industry. Movie studios and television networks found themselves beholden to International Creative Management, the Creative Artists Agency and the time-tested William Morris Agency, the "big three" agencies that had a lock on most A-list stars. Agents made big money for both their clients and themselves, charging the TV networks, for example, huge so-called packaging fees to assemble talent for shows. Even for the most famous actors, it was often unclear who needed whom more: agent or client?" And as far as agents and clients go, they didn’t come any bigger than ED LIMATO and his megawatt roster, including: Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Denzel Washington, Nicholas Cage, Steve Martin, Matthew Modine and Diana Ross. As RICHARD KONIGSBERG tells me: “Mike Ovitz’s company CAA might have had more stars, but as individual agents go, Ed Limato had the best client list of any agent in town.” Richard was one of the youngest agent trainees to ever be promoted at ICM, which came after spending two very intense years working as one of two assistants to the notoriously demanding Limato: “I was putting in at least 11-hour days. I was there at 7:30 in the morning. We took no lunch. We assistants worked through lunch, and we did not leave the office until he was actually seated at dinner. He used to eat dinner 5 nights a week at a restaurant called Morton’s. When his guests arrived, we were allowed to leave. But there were many, many times dinner would be over and he would be calling the office and we were still there.” But the stress and sacrifice that came with the job paid off for Richard. At the age of 23, he became a bona fide agent in ICM’s motion picture department. However, shortly after his promotion was announced, Richard had a surprising announcement of his own – he was leaving the agency: “I was scared. I was insecure. I wasn’t prepared for what was being put in front of me. So, I left and I thought maybe I should be an actor. I said, ‘Look. We represent a lot of people and they’re making a good living. And they’re not that talented.’” Richard got a job as a waiter, started taking acting classes, and began going on auditions. But fairly quickly, he realized that becoming a working actor wasn’t going to be as easy as he thought – or at least hoped – it would be. “I realized that I was not built for that kind of rejection. But then I had to figure out how to get back into the business.” And that would take Richard quite a while. He was eventually hired back at ICM. Not as an agent – at least not right away. No, in order to get back on track for promotion he was required to work again as Ed Limato’s assistant for nearly a year. “That was a hard pill to swallow. Here I am showing back up with my tail between my legs. That was tough. Not because of my age. That was never an issue. But explaining to people that I had to work for a guy that I worked for 5 years ago and go back and be his assistant again.” But, once again, it paid off. “I was made an agent at 23, then I was made an agent again like at 28. And I worked as an agent until 2007 when I was fired.” But that’s just the half of it, because ultimately this episode is the candid, firsthand telling of an unexpected love story. It’s a touching tale of a deep and life-changing friendship that Richard formed with Ed Limato – a friendship that ended up transcending and outliving the power, prestige and pressures of making multi-million-dollar movie deals. BP Many thanks to the composers of the music featured in this episode royalty free through Creative Commons licensing: 1. "Jazzy Funky" by TA2MI - blocsonic.com/releases/bsmx0154 2. "Nesting" by Blue Dot Sessions - sessions.blue/sessions/ 3. "Slider" by Blue Dot Sessions - sessions.blue/sessions/ 4. "Sunset Stroll" by Poddington Bear - soundofpicture.com 5. "Chill Wave" by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com 6. "Pensacola Twilight" by Lee Rosevere - leerosevere.bandcamp.com 7. "Tranceless" by Blue Dot Sessions - sessions.blue/sessions/ 8. "Parade Shoes" by Blue Dot Sessions - sessions.blue/sessions/
Dust off your verbs, it's time to make sense out of chaos. See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2016/11/30/episode-12-jackson-pollocks-10-1949-1949 Music used: Eric Dolphy, "Out To Lunch" The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Parade Shoes", "Inessential", "City Limits", "Lacquer Groove" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”
“It ain’t that I don’t care, it’s that I don’t really care.” -Bishop Glen A. Staples About: We live in a strange time, at least that’s what the story of the praise break reminds us. It’s the tale of an ecstatic dance rooted deep in race, religion and American history. It traveled centuries of oppression and made its way to present times where it’s been rejected by today’s social elites. Maybe because it looks crazy? Or maybe it’s dismissed because it unearths some dark reality that we’re not comfortable dealing with? You be the judge. Show Notes: [03:03] “Clap Hands” by Tom Waits [03:20] “Temple of Praise ~ Praise Break” [04:45] The Temple of Praise [05:10] @bishopstaples [08:20] “Parade Shoes” by Blue Dot Sessions [09:40] “Slow Strutt” by Blue Dot Sessions [14:00] @cornelwest [14:02] More on the late Marion Barry (Washington Post, 2014) [14:04] @tdjakes [14:06] Pastor Sherman Watkins [17:10] “When We Set Out” by Blue Dot Sessions [20:35] Dr. Harold Dean Trulear [21:10] The Triangular Trade [21:25] “The Silver Hatch” by Blue Dot Sessions [21:45] On Rudyard Kipling’s White Man’s Burden (Wikipedia) [22:00] More on slaves and Christianity (Christianity Today, 2014) [22:10] And another worthy read (PBS, 2004) [23:30] “Shout” by the Isley Brothers [25:00] On Daniel Alexander Payne and the African Methodist Episcopal Church (Wikipedia) [25:38] “Transit Vidal” by Blue Dot Sessions [26:25] “Oh Happy Day” by the Edwin Hawkins Singers Another video of Mahalia Jackson worth watching [26:40] “How I Got Over” by Mahalia Jackson [28:28] “Streamer” by Blue Dot Sessions [29:53] Joshua Lazard [31:15] C. Erick Lincoln [31:20] The Uppity Negro A recent sermon Lazard gave on the praise break [31:40] “This is Why Folks Don’t Take Church Seriously” [35:05] Related: Neil Postman writes on this topic in his book “Amusing Ourselves to Death” [35:20] Joel Osteen on 60 Minutes (CBS News, 2007) [35:30] The Real Preachers of Atlanta [40:45] “Is God a White Racist?” [42:45] On Rachel Dolezal. (Vanity Fair, 2015) [48:10] Send your thoughts, questions or complaints to info@thisissomenoise.com.