Further Riffing

Another off-handed bit over at the 'Seventies blog. This time, brief unpackings and dispatchings of various science fiction, movie-of-the-week films from my childhood.

And with that, back to working on some serious and substantial things. For both here and there.

(Might be time for a redesign, too...a new template. Been encountering constant bugginess with drafting and posting, lately. Some of it might be due to the general bugginess I've been experiencing with Blagher lately, but some of seems to be specific to this particular blog.)

Circular Breathing

For those inclined to bother: Me going on an off-the-cuff riff over at the team-effort '70s blog, clearing a few stray thoughts out the attic.

On malleability

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"Versions 2010" and "The Missile Variation," by Oliver Laric. (Not-entirely-safe-for-work 2009 preface "Versions" can be viewed here.)

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Third Edition

            Table of Contents


            1       Artificial Life
            2       Means of Escape
            3       Eastern Promise
            4       Instead of Flowers
            5       Archetype
            6       The Truth Has Come
            7       Art on 45
            8       King of Sham
            9       Franciable Headcase
           10       Hung Up To Dry Whilst Building An Arch
           11       Untitled
           12       The Dignity of Labour, Pt. 3
           13       Slow
           14       God With Us
           14       Hymen

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Another hodgepodge mix of era-specific sounds -- from the last gasps of the old order and the reputed advent of neoliberalism. This time around with a little more geetar, since some probably feel there was a deficit of such on prior outings, eventually degenerating into a simmering amalgam of DIY lo-fi electronics & percussion. A few additions on this are recent enthusiasms, by some overlooked or forgotten artists that a couple of acquaintances from across the water either recently brought to my attention or reminded me of after many years.

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The Fog of War

"Control of space means control of the world. ...From space the masters of infinity would have the power to control the earth's weather, to cause drought and flood, to change the tides and raise the levels of the sea, to divert the Gulf Stream and change temperate climates to frigid. That is the ultimate position: the position of total control over earth that lies somewhere in outer space."

-- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1958

Lateral Time

Auditorium and Gym, Tbilisi, 2005

Hotel Intourist, 2010

Law Offices, 2009

Misha's Living Room, Tambov, 2005

Birch Trees, Vladimir, 2005

Refrigerator, Tambov, 2005

Probiotics, 2010

Hairdye Girls, Serpuxov, 2005

Pedagogical Institute, 2010

Yellow Palm Tree, 2009

Red Square, 2010

Watermelon Peels, Moscow, 2004


Sasha Rudensky. Images from the series Remains and Novij Mir.