The color of nostalgia? I mentioned last week our visit to Stanford Theatre and the showing of “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (and incidentally this movie appeared in my book “Experiencing the Past”). The technicolor print was stunning. Boonville September 2004 Of late, and in connection with my Metamedia Lab’s project to explore the…
ruins and remains
is ethnic identity genetic?
August 27 – DNAPrint Launches EURO-DNA(TM) 1.0 DNAPrint genomics has announced today that it has launched EURO-DNA(TM) 1.0, the world’s first genetic test for determining intracontinental subpopulation (i.e. “ethnic”) admixture. EURO-DNA(TM) 1.0 provides customers their percentages of Northern European, Southeast European (Mediterranean), Middle Eastern and South Asian ancestry. Price for new customers – $399 –…
rural pursuits – crop circles and prehistory
On the subject of rural relationships [Link] [Link], Tim Dilworth, freelancing for National Geographic TV, contacted me last week about crop circles around Stonehenge – and we are definitely in the season for this kind of thing … Here are some extracts from our conversation. TD There are a couple of points I’d really like…
cross-Atlantic rural nostalgias?
An example of that rural nostalgia embedded in a particular look or aesthetic that we have been talking about [Link] I bought the Thomas the Tank Engine stories for my Ben today. The series does very well in the US and plays heavily on something I thought quite unique to the UK – not just…
cupboard under the stairs
more of the abandoned apartment in San Jose [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]
the look of history – New York after 9/11
So just as I was finishing my short comment today about images and the physiognomy of history [Link] under the question – what does historical change look like? Al Bergesen (in Tucson) sent me this picture of the New York Skyline … my son is a photographer and took the attached image of the NY…
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