Special Video Extravaganza Edition
Four new videos. Literature. Travel. Art. Music.
The first page of the novel Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon, as "sung" by Zĕna Kōan. Recorded in 1981. Music by Can.
2:36
A Screaming Comes Across The Sky - YouTube
from “Gravity’s Rainbow” by Thomas Pynchonvocals by Zĕna Kōan (1981)
Home movie.
Glimpses from a day trip out to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.
Public domain Ukrainian and Russian music.
4:58
(A glance at a day trip to) BRIGHTON BEACH, BROOKLYN - YouTube
The Anomalous Duo went for a day trip from Manhattan to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The ocean. The boardwalk. The Russian neighborhood. Mushroom soup, Ukrainia…
An homage to artist and friend Buster Cleveland (1943-1998).
Video and audio: AleXander Hirka
Buster saying "Don't Expect Buster There (That's All I'm Saying)", from a private recording, plus Buster reading a dada sound-poem by Raoul Hausman (excerpted from the "Hot Dog You Bet!" flexi-disc in Smegma the Magazine #3, 1979).
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“Don’t Expect Buster There (That’s All I’m Saying)” — Buster Cleveland - YouTube
Homage to Buster Cleveland.Audio and video: AleXander Hirka (2022)Buster Cleveland reading a dada sound-poem by Raoul Hausman (excerpted from the “Hot Dog Yo…
John Lennon's birthday — 9 October 2022
Strawberry Fields, Central Park, NYC - A day of joy and celebration!
12:53
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