Archive for February, 2017
Eileen Myles on recording her new poetry record Aloha/irish trees, the relationship between poetry and comedy, and finding safety in social media.
Source: The Rumpus Interview With Eileen Myles – The Rumpus.net
A proposed museum in the former Jewish ghetto in Vilnius, Lithuania, features portraits of families who once lived there. (Christian Als)
A remarkable discovery in Lithuania brings a legendary tale of survival back to life
Source: The Holocaust’s Great Escape | History | Smithsonian
With all the Oscar “escapism vs hard reality” debate, #London offers up a split ticket Photo @LealOlivas @AFPphoto #TheresaMay #Trump: image via Reading the Pictures @ReadingThePix, 23 February 2017
Beyond the Pale
Source: TOM CLARK
What the mouth sings, the soul must learn to forgive. A rat’s as moral as a monk in the eyes of the real world. Still, the heart is a river pouring from itself, a river that cannot be crossed. It o…
from Upstream –
It is a silver morning like any other. I am at my desk. Then the phone rings, or someone raps at the door. I am deep in the machinery of my wits. Reluctantly I rise, I answer the phone or I open th…
The earliest surviving musical document preserves a few bars of sung music from fifth-century BC tragedian Euripides’ play Orestes. You can see the papyrus fragment below, written around 200 …
Source: Video: Euripides – Choral Song from ‘Orestes’ | Vox Populi
A female Barred Owl leaves the nest for ten minutes to vocalize to her mate. Filmed in Ottawa, Ontario on May 1, 2014. The Barred Owl’s hooting call, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” is …
Source: Video: Female Barred Owl Vocalizing to Mate | Vox Populi