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DIY community: electronic music with WTMC
To state the obvious: you can build the community in which you want to live. A week ago, I got together with some electronic music makers as they (well, we) put that into practice. My good friend and modest polymath, … Continue reading
1shot #251-Uptown Elvis hatch
Met Brohemus for coffee this morning and caught this Elvis hatch on the side of the old Legion Hall. Hatch is Morrissey-compatible. On Dupont, this is Waterloo. DW
1shot #250-Uptown drillin’
Core sampling on King Street today. This is Waterloo. DW
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1shot #249-some sunny Sunday
“The force that through the green fuse drives the flower…” –Dylan Thomas On King Street uptown, this is Waterloo. DW
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I remember
Private J. Foster, World War I, 1914-15 Star
Man of the cloth takin’ it to the streets
An ordained Anglican minister and a photographer walk into a coffee shop… It’s not a joke; rather it was a great way to follow up a crack-of-dawn photo shoot a few blocks away down King Street. Further on my talking-with-strangers … Continue reading
Doctorow talked digital freedom at UW
I first became aware of author/blogger/activist Cory Doctorow in the web comic xkcd some time in the previous decade. What a perfect way to learn about someone. I pulled on that thread which got me started reading (since lapsed) the … Continue reading
Talking with strangers and shooting film
One of the most interesting ways I meet people is “friend referrals” out of the blue. That’s how I recently met teacher/photographer/furniture maker/synth hardware designer Matt Borland (above). My friend Rob Gorbet who chairs the Department of Knowledge Integration at … Continue reading
1shot #248-three D
First game of the season. On Father David Bauer Drive, this is Waterloo. DW
Eisenstein meets Hitchcock at the Rec Complex
Having watched far too many movies, I couldn’t help thinking of Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin crossed with Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds when I saw this scene on Saturday morning. But these are not the Odessa Steps… but rather the back … Continue reading
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