Just one word - fabulous. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z7ZU&[/youtube] The first time I watched the video I thought, "What can you expect from a picture drawn with MS Paint?" But watch how it unfolds. Other works of his that I also like: here or my personal choice for president. Or check out the…
Click here for a slide show of the works of Spencer Tunick. Incredibly ambitious, delightful, fun, thoughtful. Certainly something you don't see every day. And how interesting that so many people are so willing to sign up to participate. What does that say?
A few months ago the English alternative rock band Radiohead released their long awaited album "In Rainbows" as a free download, leaving it up to the fans to decide what they would pay, if anything at all. As someone who has had the difficult and expensive experience of distributing physical…
Last night I saw The Da Vinci Code for the first time. I had read the first chapter of the book some time ago and frankly it so did not capture my imagination that I haven't picked it up since. Years before, I'd read Holy Blood Holy Grail, the book…
Missouri's first State Poet Laureate. Walter Bargen. I can't tell you how pleased I am by this. Walter is a first-rate poet and, just if not more importantly, a decent human being. He will be formally introduced on February 13th at the state capitol. After that, he will serve a…