Sunday, October 4, 2009
now it is Atwood
reading Atwood's new book, The Last Flood...really has an effect on me. Even though the book is futuristic and apocalyptic, it feels very current, as if she was describing the world as it is today. will keep you posted on this..
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Jacoby's new book
Susan jacoby's book the Age of American Unreason is a must read...dense but replete with tons of information...You can become an overnight intellectual reading this book. she hits issues head on, such as the dumbing down of America by fundamentalists who would rather see no education that did not use the bible for as a main source, as well as for all the laws...on and on...great read.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
julia and me
just saw this marvelous film Julie and Julia, mesmerizing to watch, life of Julia Child and her ascent to publishing her classic book...totally totally mesmerizing and Merryl Streep is fantastic...
apparently book was created on a blog, this one, blogspot...not sure how true this is, need to find out...
apparently book was created on a blog, this one, blogspot...not sure how true this is, need to find out...
Monday, August 3, 2009
shopping
so I go back to Wal-Mart with Cath and got her to buy the same printer...but they had a canon with all the stuff, 2 cartridges, total for $30, I got that one, a black model...and gave my printer to Cath for $30, WITH the wires and extra cartridge...and now she finally broke down and has a printer she likes, small and simple.
Is that weird or what? the Canon had all the wires and cartridges for $30...
now I am thinking of getting a better camera...sick and tired of those small ones, where you can't see what you are doing and I want manual focus control...and I think even the Nikon D40 has it.
I think it is available for $449...so I got to Target and they priced at, get this, $695!! so I tell the guy that is a mistake for sure...and he checks on the computer and he says, No, that is the price...fucked up.
Best Buy wants $495....
so it goes...
I want a normal camera with a viewfinder, manual focus etc...and big enough so I can see the controls, not the small ones that are designed for Mickey Mouse with tiny paws...
The Samsung I have is nice, a jewel actually, but a jewel is something you wear no take pictures with...the results are great, but it is touch and go, literally.
I mean I used to do photos professionally and used Nikons all over the place, still have them, loaded with film.
Of course Nikon has gone psychotic with models up to $8000. Only guys working for the New York Times can afford to get one, it is free from the company to use. And to say nothing about lenses, which cost a mint as well.
charles
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Rotmil
To: charles rotmil
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: pirnter
Cheaper on ink but you won't get as good a print. You should look into ripping the guts out and making your own Piezzo printer for photographs. Plenty of info online.
On Aug 1, 2009, at 9:06 PM, "charles rotmil" wrote:
hi adam
irony of shopping
I ran out of ink for my epson printer...7 cartdriges!!!!
so what do I do go to Staples...$78 for the color ones and $27 for black....shit!!!!more than I paid for the damn thing $75....
so I went to Walmart and bought a HP printer, a small one with two cartridges for $32!!!!
is this something or what?
I gave the printer to the cleaning guy in the building, he was thrilled.
dad
_____
and now as soon as I wrote this Nikon comes out with the D3000 for lest than $700 at some stores...what to do? it does not have video...so what? but no live screen....
Is that weird or what? the Canon had all the wires and cartridges for $30...
now I am thinking of getting a better camera...sick and tired of those small ones, where you can't see what you are doing and I want manual focus control...and I think even the Nikon D40 has it.
I think it is available for $449...so I got to Target and they priced at, get this, $695!! so I tell the guy that is a mistake for sure...and he checks on the computer and he says, No, that is the price...fucked up.
Best Buy wants $495....
so it goes...
I want a normal camera with a viewfinder, manual focus etc...and big enough so I can see the controls, not the small ones that are designed for Mickey Mouse with tiny paws...
The Samsung I have is nice, a jewel actually, but a jewel is something you wear no take pictures with...the results are great, but it is touch and go, literally.
I mean I used to do photos professionally and used Nikons all over the place, still have them, loaded with film.
Of course Nikon has gone psychotic with models up to $8000. Only guys working for the New York Times can afford to get one, it is free from the company to use. And to say nothing about lenses, which cost a mint as well.
charles
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Rotmil
To: charles rotmil
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: pirnter
Cheaper on ink but you won't get as good a print. You should look into ripping the guts out and making your own Piezzo printer for photographs. Plenty of info online.
On Aug 1, 2009, at 9:06 PM, "charles rotmil"
hi adam
irony of shopping
I ran out of ink for my epson printer...7 cartdriges!!!!
so what do I do go to Staples...$78 for the color ones and $27 for black....shit!!!!more than I paid for the damn thing $75....
so I went to Walmart and bought a HP printer, a small one with two cartridges for $32!!!!
is this something or what?
I gave the printer to the cleaning guy in the building, he was thrilled.
dad
_____
and now as soon as I wrote this Nikon comes out with the D3000 for lest than $700 at some stores...what to do? it does not have video...so what? but no live screen....
complaints
for me to look up at the firmament at night in a dark place, like an airport landing (I did this on Islesboro)..is enough for me...to see all those small dots there, suns all of them, and it is just our galaxy and the milky is just dust of stars...is enough for me...to look close at Mars means nothing to me...nothing. it is a bare planet with no life that I can see...I can hardly see life on this planet of apes.
someone once said "I am not sure if we evolved from monkeys but I am sure that we are going back to that stage."
I made a film using a small $600 camera (now worth shit) a full documentary...I know the pros use $50,000 cameras...but do they know how to shoot a good film? same with still cameras..I have taken great shots with simple cameras...because in the end it is the eye that counts.
so, mon ami, my could be drinking companion, be well and enjoy the hot summer coming up. You asked for it, you got it.
From: Jack Hayes
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 10:40 AM
They say that once you retire your brain turns to mush. That may account for that squishy sound I keep hearing between my ears.
To those of you who have already panicked and flung your family members and pets from the rooftops rather than have them fall into the clutches of the invading Martians, WHOOOPS !
Despite all the screeching and preaching that we should always try to check these things out on SNOPES, I got so excited about the chance to see Mars up close that I did NOT check until a friend told me I was just a little behind the times. The Mars information WAS correct .... back in 2003 ! Sorry, We don't get any celestial instant replays !
On the other hand, if you ran out and bought expensive research quality telescopes with the huge economic stimulus checks, GOOD ! That will boost the economy. Enjoy looking at the sky or spying on your neighbors
Now that I have totally ruined your sky-viewing plans for the rest of the summer, are any of you interested in knowing my WEATHER predictions ???
By the way .... anyone wanna buy a brand new expensive research quality telescope that's still in the box (probably just about getting ready for shipment)? Only $27,966.82 or best offer.
I can hardly wait to get all of the constructive comments for not checking the dates on the Mars encounter. NOW you understand why I wasn't accepted into the Astronaut program.
~Jack
someone once said "I am not sure if we evolved from monkeys but I am sure that we are going back to that stage."
I made a film using a small $600 camera (now worth shit) a full documentary...I know the pros use $50,000 cameras...but do they know how to shoot a good film? same with still cameras..I have taken great shots with simple cameras...because in the end it is the eye that counts.
so, mon ami, my could be drinking companion, be well and enjoy the hot summer coming up. You asked for it, you got it.
From: Jack Hayes
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 10:40 AM
They say that once you retire your brain turns to mush. That may account for that squishy sound I keep hearing between my ears.
To those of you who have already panicked and flung your family members and pets from the rooftops rather than have them fall into the clutches of the invading Martians, WHOOOPS !
Despite all the screeching and preaching that we should always try to check these things out on SNOPES, I got so excited about the chance to see Mars up close that I did NOT check until a friend told me I was just a little behind the times. The Mars information WAS correct .... back in 2003 ! Sorry, We don't get any celestial instant replays !
On the other hand, if you ran out and bought expensive research quality telescopes with the huge economic stimulus checks, GOOD ! That will boost the economy. Enjoy looking at the sky or spying on your neighbors
Now that I have totally ruined your sky-viewing plans for the rest of the summer, are any of you interested in knowing my WEATHER predictions ???
By the way .... anyone wanna buy a brand new expensive research quality telescope that's still in the box (probably just about getting ready for shipment)? Only $27,966.82 or best offer.
I can hardly wait to get all of the constructive comments for not checking the dates on the Mars encounter. NOW you understand why I wasn't accepted into the Astronaut program.
~Jack
Sunday, July 26, 2009
false arrest in the 50s in chelsea
about the photos
the one arm bandit..
someone had given me this thing out of their basement apt in the 60s...so I set it up in my loft in Chelsea (then the rent was only $125 a month for a double loft...no bathroom...in the hallway..and it was not legal then to live there, but everyone did)I set it up in my makeshift photography studio, I had background paper up and so on...during that time I let Jay Milder use my loft for an after opening party of his show...when I got back the place was filled with people, filled. I had one record on a tiny record player, lp, of Chubby Checker and every one was dancing to it...Red Grooms, John Chamberlain and who knows who else, they brought their own beer. They thought I was an eccentric millionaire who hated furniture. I mean the place was bare, with only one bed in the corner, a futon on the floor. Robert Frank came and so did this man who was like a patron of the arts and from wall street...can't remember his name right now...
in any case, one day I was blasting some music on my JBL speaker someone had given me of Bach...and I went upstairs to visit a neighbor, the painter Zax? when I came down two plainclothemen were in my apt and checking out the slot machine. Hey this works real good they said....do you any shoes to wear you are coming with us to the station downtown. yes, I was arrested that night, labor day weekend, for breaking gambling laws. Imagine this. Also, no Miranda rule then. They took me downtown, I was fingerprinted, interrogated , "what is it you do?" "I am a photographer" Oh another fucking photographer hey?" so the booked me breaking article 80, gambling. I made it to night court, after spending some hours in a cell. There were two guys across the way in another cells and I asked them what they did and they said they kept books...I said I had one arm bandits. In any case the judge heard my pleas for mercy and he said I could go home but needed to get back for a trial. About a month later I went to court. When my case came the judge yelled "Give him a lawyer!" I did not have one. Of course I bought photos of the slot machine (see photo) and the judge looked at all this and said he had a dental appt for an aching toothache and said "I will give him the benefit of the doubt let him go, dismiss the case". I asked if I could have my machine back and the judge said, as he got to go to the dentist "Tell your client not to press his luck." A reporter from the New York Post or Daily News was there and wrote up a story called "Photog takes wrong picture." I was never able to find it. If you find it let me know...
the one arm bandit..
someone had given me this thing out of their basement apt in the 60s...so I set it up in my loft in Chelsea (then the rent was only $125 a month for a double loft...no bathroom...in the hallway..and it was not legal then to live there, but everyone did)I set it up in my makeshift photography studio, I had background paper up and so on...during that time I let Jay Milder use my loft for an after opening party of his show...when I got back the place was filled with people, filled. I had one record on a tiny record player, lp, of Chubby Checker and every one was dancing to it...Red Grooms, John Chamberlain and who knows who else, they brought their own beer. They thought I was an eccentric millionaire who hated furniture. I mean the place was bare, with only one bed in the corner, a futon on the floor. Robert Frank came and so did this man who was like a patron of the arts and from wall street...can't remember his name right now...
in any case, one day I was blasting some music on my JBL speaker someone had given me of Bach...and I went upstairs to visit a neighbor, the painter Zax? when I came down two plainclothemen were in my apt and checking out the slot machine. Hey this works real good they said....do you any shoes to wear you are coming with us to the station downtown. yes, I was arrested that night, labor day weekend, for breaking gambling laws. Imagine this. Also, no Miranda rule then. They took me downtown, I was fingerprinted, interrogated , "what is it you do?" "I am a photographer" Oh another fucking photographer hey?" so the booked me breaking article 80, gambling. I made it to night court, after spending some hours in a cell. There were two guys across the way in another cells and I asked them what they did and they said they kept books...I said I had one arm bandits. In any case the judge heard my pleas for mercy and he said I could go home but needed to get back for a trial. About a month later I went to court. When my case came the judge yelled "Give him a lawyer!" I did not have one. Of course I bought photos of the slot machine (see photo) and the judge looked at all this and said he had a dental appt for an aching toothache and said "I will give him the benefit of the doubt let him go, dismiss the case". I asked if I could have my machine back and the judge said, as he got to go to the dentist "Tell your client not to press his luck." A reporter from the New York Post or Daily News was there and wrote up a story called "Photog takes wrong picture." I was never able to find it. If you find it let me know...
agnes varda
just got this review about the Beaches of Agnes by Deedee Hallack:
http://deedeehalleck.blogspot.com/2009/07/beached.html
I found it strange in away, since most people have told me how they are dying to see this film, mostly women. In fact one told me that this is the movie she wants to see when she dies...mmmm....sounds a bit like trance...or feverish hallucinations...
http://deedeehalleck.blogspot.com/2009/07/beached.html
I found it strange in away, since most people have told me how they are dying to see this film, mostly women. In fact one told me that this is the movie she wants to see when she dies...mmmm....sounds a bit like trance...or feverish hallucinations...
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