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Thoughts on containers. I recall a version of processed luncheon meat called Klick. A brand name very similar to the sound of the key used to open the can. A lever actually with one end like the eye of a … Continue reading →

Hockney, David. from the brochure for “fresh flowers” which was on view at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto With the iPhone I often drew with my thumb. I could hold it in my right hand and my thumb could … Continue reading →

Frenchtown: a drama about Shanghai, P.R.C. by Lawrence Jeffery. It is also about India. Bloody India… I’ve been everywhere everyone thinks they want to go: China, India, Africa, the Middle East — Afghanistan, for fuck’s sake. The only place that … Continue reading →

Granularity can drive one wild. Especially in the world of markup. Consider <c> for character <w> for word Example….. “what it might be to hug the clouds” <c>…</c> <w><c>w</c><c>h</c><c>a</c><c>t</c></w> <c> </c> <w><c>i</c><c>t</c></w> <c> </c> <w><c>m</c><c>i</c><c>g</c><c>h</c><c>t</c></w> <c> </c> <w><c>b</c><c>e</c></w> <c> </c> … Continue reading →

David McFadden on Stompin’ Tom Connors. “What I See in Tom’s Boot” in Open Letter Second Series. No. 5 (Summer 1973) p. 40. It’s a thing that’s often overlooked, especially by people who have heard him only on records, but … Continue reading →