Posted on August 20th, 2017 by Winston Smith
I think ‘Weekend Post 400.0’ needs to be something spectacular but I’m getting a little ahead of myself. I’ve been busy mining bitcoins¹ and helping my friend grieve after his beloved seagulls were promoted to the top flight (hence the lack of posts). I get oodles of spam about LIMESTONE but always ‘legitimate’ requests for […]
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Posted on May 21st, 2017 by Winston Smith
“…when you are stuck, with nothing in your head but your memories, and memories of memories, which form a map, some more recent than others, some about music, which you can almost hear, smashed into the spilling sounds of the segmented, centre-less city below, a vast imaginary landscape waiting to be discovered, about how you […]
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Posted on April 1st, 2017 by Winston Smith
(1) Dust My Shoulders Off (YouTube) (1a) Edward Hopper related posts from the Limestone Archives: Weekend 272.0 (22.2 x 21.5 x 9.8 inches) Subcityscape Weekend 270.0 (…in the shape of a MetroCard®) (1b) Edward Hopper books: Hopper (MoMA) Hopper Drawing (Whitney Museum of American Art) Edward Hopper Paints His World Staying Up Much Too Late: […]
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Posted on March 12th, 2017 by Winston Smith
(1) How great were the 80s (asks the aged Xer)? Phil, Clapton, and Jeffrey Tambor in the same video. (YouTube)
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Posted on February 19th, 2017 by Winston Smith
‘Even though an old proverb says, “too much special knowledge makes you stupid” I, as a craftsman, must say that having gone through an apprenticeship in the field of applied art, gives me certain advantages in the difficult art of design, as compared to those who partly or completely work from theoretical knowledge.’ – Kay […]
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Posted on January 7th, 2017 by Winston Smith
“The future sounds so crazy We all heard that song before Tomorrow’s a name that changed from yesterday to blame When a train just don’t stop here anymore I got starry eyed On a coaster ride Andy said, ‘Man, I need a break from the world outside.’” Scan is from The Hidden Art of Disney’s […]
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Posted on October 31st, 2016 by Winston Smith
(1) Two quotes from Sir Winston Churchill: “…whatever the worries of the hour or the threats of the future once the picture has begun to flow along…they pass out into shadow and darkness.” “Let us be contented with what has happened to us and thankful for all we have been spared. Let us accept the […]
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Posted on August 2nd, 2016 by Winston Smith
(1) String Quartet No. 2 In D Major
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Posted on July 5th, 2016 by Winston Smith
Rush hour in sepia #shareGCT by @anjanihr pic.twitter.com/TnEesprGZx — GrandCentralTerminal (@GrandCentralNYC) July 5, 2016 (1) New Yorkers can start using a secret subway tunnel under Central Park this December (Quartz) (2) Am I Wrong by Love Split Love
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Posted on May 22nd, 2016 by Winston Smith
I saw the NY Philharmonic play Fantasia on Friday Night at Lincoln Center (David Geffen Hall). It’s the 75th Anniversary of Fantasia and the program included selections from Fantasia (1940) and Fantasia 2000 (1999). It was a fantas(ia)tic evening, but they didn’t play my three favorite pieces: Night On Bald Mountain (1940) Ave Maria (1940) […]
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Posted on April 10th, 2016 by Winston Smith
“At nightfall, weeping enters in, but with the dawn, rejoicing.” (1) For the first time, Disney Music Emporium brings its vinyl magic—and cool record player—to independent record stores on Saturday, April 16. (2) Several quotes from Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: Walt Disney and Technology: “Perhaps no other film in the Disney canon showcases Walt’s willingness […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2016 by Winston Smith
“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.” – T.S. Eliot (1) Pink Floyd: The Endless River (COS) (2) David Gilmour and Nick Mason discuss ‘The Endless River’ – The organ on Autumn 68′ is pretty haunting. It was played by Wright and recorded in 1968 at the Royal Albert Hall. According to […]
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Posted on January 17th, 2016 by Winston Smith
“On earth we are wayfarers, always on the go. This means that we have to keep on moving forward. Therefore be always unhappy about what you are if you want to reach what you are not.” – St. Augustine (1) China’s Ghost Cities (YouTube) (2) Light, time, legacy: Francis Towne’s watercolours review – the romance […]
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Posted on November 20th, 2015 by Winston Smith
(1) Make Time For It: Meantime X Brompton collaboration (YouTube) (2) David Gilmour – The Girl In The Yellow Dress (Official Music Video) (YouTube)
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Posted on May 5th, 2015 by Winston Smith
Finished the Michael Korda tome on Ike. I still need to excerpt quotes, but love that his favorite painter was J.M.W. Turner. He “owned” a watercolor of Culzean Castle (by Turner) that hung in his bedroom and that he donated to the National Trust for Scotland shortly before his death. (1) What happens if Greece […]
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