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Friday June 20th, 2008
La Petite Mort
The noble man estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man by one lower than himself.
The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
Marcus Aurelius
Hi folks,
La Petite Mort is French for "the small death". The term has generally been interpreted to describe the post-orgasmic fainting spell or unconsciousness some lovers experience. (Which can be a bitch, especially when driving your tractor.) More widely, it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm, or a short period of melancholy or transcendence, as a result of the expenditure of the "life force". A recent study of brain activation patterns using Positron Emission Tomography give some support to the experience of a small death: ‘. . . associated with decreased blood flow in the orbitofrontal cortex, a part of the brain that is crucial for behavioural control.’ (So THAT’S why I have trouble tuning my guitar and tying my shoes at the same time!) Small Death, eh? Guess it’s better than The Big Death, eh esse? Lucky the Cat has nine lives, carnale!
Hey, if you liked the downunder statue of Charles LaTrobe above, Here’s more on the artist and the work:
http://www.sculpture.net/community/showthread.php?t=5024
It IS Rocket Science No. 1
"We can lick gravity but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming." Wernher von Braun
FAVOURITE LETTERS OF THE WEEK
Joe Dolce,
God knows how I got added onto this godforsaken mailing list.. sure as Hell please remove me....if I need to espouse anything profound .. I'll do it myself .. thanks..
David B
Joe,
You truly have brightened up my morning in difficult times thanks for taking the time to put these excellent emails together.. Xx Neda
http://www.myspace.com/neda
(Note: Folks, the above two emails are to demonstrate the wide range of feedback I get weekly. I always recall John Adams words after a particularly grueling debate arguing stubbornly for the Independence of the American colonies, in the mid-1700s, against conservative members of the Continental Congress who wanted to leave the British in control:
‘I have found from experience that you can offend people and still be successful.’)
Hi Joe
RE: Imagine All the Chickens . . .
Did you know that the only months that have Friday 13th are those where the 1st falls on Sunday.Regards and keep up the great work. Rehana
Joe,
Re: September 11th
Thank goodness SOMEONE is singing the sentiments of outrage, disappointment and disgust that saturates these sodden days of willfulness, deceit and greed. 'Thank you for your 'Gift' - and the others . Good on ya ! When finally, the oh so bland consumption media, have the fortitude and gumption to venture into a proper analysis of the events of September the eleventh, and an enraged populous finally calls to task those who orchestrated this trigger for social redesign, perhaps then, America can once again offer some vestige of leadership to the 'free'
world. But don't hold your breath - Though the towers are still falling through a seven year slow motion, for all ostensive purposes, the dust has settled - into the blinded eyes of many. Smarting with tears of realization at the shear magnitude and heartlessness of this conduct, we have to cry out the mud....and then we must cry foul. The foul hide in the Bush. I mean really, how many questions of crossings of roads does it take to work that out. Dom
(Note: I think, one more, Dom.
Why did the Fundamentalist Rapture Neo-con chicken cross the road?
‘It will no longer be neccessary for any chickens to cross any roads;
for, yea, they will verily be plucketh out of their mortal feathers to ascend into Chicken Lickin’ Bliss,
where henceforth they will clucketh at the right hand of St Harlan Sanders.’)
Hi Joe
Re: Music Films
In your list of music centred films, how about the wonderful Latcho Drom, a history of gypsy music, directed by Tony Gatlif who did Vengo. also Gadjo Dilo by Gatlif, about a guy who goes in search of gypsy music by a singer he's heard called Nina Lorca. I highly recommend them.
Sharon Hurst, film reviewer www.cinephilia.net.au
(Note: Sharon, Vengo is my favourite.)
Joe,
Subject: Joke?
I somehow ended up on your mailing list and enjoy your newsletter. Keep sending them!
However I do find racial jokes offensive, and I feel that my Irish identity and culture is as deserving of respect as anybody else's. I object to my people being stereotyped as stupid or violent and expected better from you. I thankfully don't see you publishing Abbo or nigger jokes.
Maybe next time spread the respect a bit more evenly. Incidentally, that Rocks of Bawn pub is pretty close to my home place in Ireland. Regards, Pat McKernan.
(Note: Pat, thanks for alerting me to possible racial profiling. I don’t think I am doing it – but if anyone else wants to comment please let me know. I try to mix them up but lately I have been getting better Irish jokes than any other type! I will keep an eye on it in future and make sure that the joke is worth telling in the first place. In my defense, however, I would like to point out that, firstly, many of the Irish jokes sent to me are sent by Irish friends. (Joe Creighton, you might want to put your two pingns worth in here.) Secondly, I have consulted my ‘Racial Slurs’ dictionary and a comparable Irish slur to abbo or nigger might be either Thick Mick, Bog-trotter, Cat-lick, Narrow Back, Potato Breath, Spudnigger, Turf-Cutter, Shilaeli Hugger, Coal-Cracker, Fire Crotch, Frotch, Fumblin' Dublin, The Green Race, Green Nigger, or Mackerel Snapper - not to mention the cross-breeds such as McChigger, McKraut, McSpic and McWop - none of which I have ever used – although some of them are bloody brilliant, especially Fire Crotch! I had an Irish girlfriend in High School that everyone called Carrot Top but Fire Crotch would have been much more accurate. Personally, I have grown up with the gamut of Italian slurs such as Dago, Geep, Ginzo, Wop, and Grease Ball, not to mention the infinite variations thereof. Lenny Bruce once advised intentional overuse of these kind of racial caricatures in order to disarm their firing mechanisms. Many people thought I was making fun of Italians – my own background, by the way, - with ‘Shaddap You Face.’ Italians understood it perfectly, though. Well, except for the odd eye-tie who was thick as a brick. But I even got a special letter, which I’ve framed, from the Italian-American League in the States commending me for the song.
Many of these Irish jokes or Polish jokes or Italian jokes – the good ones – can actually be told about any nationality, and they will still be funny. Because they’re not really about race. They’re about fucking idiots – which are common to all cultures. Here’s a recent lyric from my ‘Leadbelly Ballad Novel’ on the theme:
THE ZIGABOO PECKERWOOD WALTZ
(Coloured Ladies Choice)
Verse:
Now, I've never really sung the Blues,
'Cause I've never been a Slave,
But I've never owned a slave myself,
And of that I'm proud to say.
Chorus:
Jig is short for Zigaboo,
And a Nigger is a Negro, it's understood,
Most white folks are Whities or Honkies,
But a Cracker's just a damn Peckerwood.
Verse:
The only Cotton I've ever picked
Was out of a Vitamin Bottle,
A Silver Spoon's been in my mouth,
Ever since I could toddle.
Chorus:
Jig is short for Zigaboo,
And a Nigger is a Negro, it's understood,
Most white folks are Whities or Honkies,
But a Cracker's just a damn Peckerwood.
Verse:
Now I've been called some awful names,
And I never much liked to hear it,
'Cause Sticks and Stones may break your bones,
But Names can break your Spirit.
Chorus:
Jig is short for Zigaboo,
And a Nigger is a Negro, it's understood,
Most white folks are Whities or Honkies,
But a Cracker's just a damn Peckerwood.
G'day Joe,
Re: Bill Henson Photos
Always something interesting from you. I rarely respond, but I've been thinking about this for some years.
I have to say that I agree with Kavisha [Mazzella]; some of Henson's images have left me uneasy.
While many men argue Henson's photos are legitimate as Art and that showing images of sexual awakening may not be exploitation of the photographed models, many women have spoken of being left with a creepy feeling after viewing some of Henson's work. 'Rather like being perved on' was the way one of my teenage students put it some years ago in a class discussion about the impact of the exposures. This was after attending an exhibition involving menstrual blood as well as the vulnerable looking young people in large pictures like 'stills' emerging from a sinister movie. While it could be argued that most teenage girls are over sensitive about people looking at them, I still feel there is a responsibility for adults to protect the young from exploitation and suffering during a vulnerable period of life. It may not be criminal, but there is an onerous responsibility on adults making money from their art knowing what the market desires. There is no denying Henson's exposures are deftly manipulated photographs. Vulnerability is an aspect in Fiona Hall's intricately carved images of genitalia in silver sardine tins linked to stages of plant and tree growth yet the impact is very different. It may be that they are not photographs of a recognisable model that they do not leave me with a feeling one has witnessed abuse or exploitation and been too intimidated to question or act. Dale Dengate
(Note: Dale, it’s good to hear from you and thanks for speaking your mind honestly.
I proposed some reasons why I think some of these photos make us uneasy in my response to Kavisha last week. You might want to read over my comments to her again. These kind of nude images, in the particular age group Henson is photographing, are still TABOO in our culture. Period. It doesn’t matter whether there is a sexual overtone or not. We aren’t allowed to see each other naked at this age. Imagine showing an exhibition in Iran of portraits of mullahs’ wives without their veils on! You’d get stoned to death. Forbidden by the law and culture. But in our country, totally innocent. I can imagine the criticism being similar: perved on, etc.
Although he is successful at what he does, I don’t think Henson is just doing it for the money. I think he sincerely believes in what he is doing. Documenting the undocumented, so to speak.
I respect that your teenage student, and you, feel uneasy about work like this. But sometimes it is the precise function of effective art to make us feel uneasy. I’m sure we irritate the shite out of a lot of people with our views on the US government and its policies in Iraq.
Regarding the genitalia in silver sardine tins exhibition, many people object to this kind of objectification of women by extreme focus on specific body parts. Personally, I’d rather have my genitalia in the sardine tin rather than the sardine tin in my genitalia.
But don’t get me wrong - I am not a big fan of Henson’s work myself – maybe one out of ten are interesting to me - but it is certainly obvious that he photographs boys, as well as girls. And not all women object to his work with young girls, either. You will recall that the Letter of Support for his work was drafted by Alison Croggon, from Creative Australia 2020, who is also a poet, children’s writer and mother. Of the forty-five signatories to her letter, twenty-seven were women – over fifty percent. http://www.abc.net.au/news/opinion/documents/files/20080528_hensonletter.pdf
Now as a man, a father and a grandfather myself, I don’t find his pictures of teenage boys or girls offensive. If he was placing himself into the photographs, or portraying adults and underage minors engaged with each other in illegal sexual acts, I would find that extremely off-putting and be the first one to suggest tar and feathering him. Maybe I haven’t seen the really offensive shots. Have you? Has anyone? Do they even exist? I consider an average issue of Italian Vogue or French Elle, with their ‘innocence’ marketing campaigns around young girls, to be much more sexually provocative and worthy of protest than anything Henson is doing.
Architect Zahava Elenberg was 12 when she posed for Henson. That was twenty-two years ago! Now, a 34-year-old mother, she has "absolutely no regrets". She also has said: 'I never felt uncomfortable. Bill made you feel incredibly safe ...”
The context (or the context one imagines is there) creates different shadows in which all manner of things might creep. Or nothing at all. For instance, Henson showing a series of moody portraits of 15 year old children cavorting nude in a black river, in green shadows, is one thing. A Catholic priest showing the very same exhibition is quite another. And a young woman showing the very same shots would be seen differently again. Victoria Larielle (20) exhibited a series of nude photographs of 11-year-old children last week as a protest against the recent censorship of Henson. Her exhibit was provocatively titled: "I am not a photographer nor a pedophile but an artist". The Vice Squad were there to check it out but didn’t arrest her. All charges against Henson have also since been dropped. I think the bottom line therefore, if it’s not illegal, and you say are not interested in actively trying to change the existing laws, as some groups are, is that it is simply a matter of personal taste. And personal taste has an unpredicatable habit of changing over time. Remember Picasso’s classic reply when critics told him his portrait of Gertrude Stein didn’t look like her. He said, ‘It will.’ I still don’t think it looks like her, but what do I know?)
It IS Rocket Science No. 2
"Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft--
and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor." Wernher von Braun
Fantasies, Fables No Longer Enough For Fragile World
by Caroline Arnold (served 12 years on the staff of U.S. Senator John Glenn and is now active in community and environmental affairs in Kent, Ohio.)
(Excerpt:)
According to the Old Testament, the last time God got fed up with the mess humans had made of the Earth, He instructed Noah to build a big watertight vessel and stock it with one breeding pair of every living thing and provisions for 40 days. Those lucky few would thus ride out God’s planned “ethnic cleansing” of serious but unspecified earthly “wickedness”(perhaps gay marriage and evolution?) and survive to replenish the Earth.
Of course not everything went according to plan. Apparently a couple of snakes balked at the instructions relayed by Noah to “Go forth and multiply,” claiming that they couldn’t do that because they were Adders. (boom boom!)
But Noah was no dummy. He cobbled together a table out of some tree trunks and presented it to the snakes, saying: “This is a log table. Now you can multiply by adding.” (boom boom!)
. . . . Since we disembarked from the Ark, planted crops behind receding glaciers, or crawled out of the primeval ocean [choose your favorite story] we’ve not only filled Earth with 6.7 billion humans, we’re eating it up, driving other living things to extinction, consuming forests and fisheries and stores of fossil energy, and on the verge of creating our very own flood. Spurred by cultural and religious myths and political and economic fables, we are killing one another with advanced technologies of war, robbing our fellow humans of the means to sustain themselves, and triggering new forms of hunger and disease.
The stories we use to justify our actions and beliefs are squushy at best - fables or fantasies that reassure us that we belong to human society, that we see what others see and reason as others reason, that we do the right thing most of the time, and that we share a common reality, one that will be the same tomorrow morning.
But it’s fairly apparent that most of these stories aren’t adequate for a world approaching seven billion human souls and bristling with deadly weapons. Since no God has commissioned an Ark this time, we’d better get busy ourselves.
Can we say ” No” to war and weapons? to unlimited personal consumption of oil? to the proliferating fictions and frauds of infotainment?
Can we say “Contraception”? “Renewable energy”? “Sustainability”?
Can we say “Impeachment”? (full article)
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/14/9630/
GAY RETIREMENT VILLAGE PRANK PHONE CALL
Listen to this excruciatingly funny prank phone call! Get out your tissues!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lhp5o2WCXI
(thanks to Joe Creighton)
Folks, YouTube is loaded with these kinds of prank phone calls. Some of them are so funny, and so wrong, but you still laugh so hard you feel like you’re going to die.
In the next one, someone calls a Chinese Restaurant to put in a take-away order. Then, they ask the restaurant to repeat the order – but first, they put them on hold for a second while they dial a second Chinese restaurant to put in an order with them. Then they connect the two lines and let them talk to each other:
Chinese Food Prank Call
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TXjtbl2y3U&feature=related
It IS Rocket Science No. 3
"There is just one thing I can promise you about the
outer-space program: your tax dollar will go farther." Wernher von Braun
Singaporean Armpit Sniffer Gets Jail and Cane
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore man with a penchant for sniffing women's armpits was sentenced to 14 years in jail and 18 strokes of the cane for molesting his victims, a local newspaper reported on Friday. The 36-year-old, who the Straits Times said was mentally unstable, had previous convictions for drug and sex-related offences.
He molested 23 women over the course of 15 months, smelling their armpits and touching them in lifts, staircase landings and their homes, the paper said. He was caught after a housewife reported him to the police. The court meted out the jail term, normally reserved for hardcore criminals, saying the man was likely to commit crimes again, the paper reported. Caning on the buttocks is an additional punishment for male criminals in Singapore for offences ranging from vandalism to illegal possession of drugs and rape.
WORLD POETRY TRANSLATION PROJECT
Volunteers needed to translate poetry into different languages. Please help us correct the translation of these poems. We currently have 79,663 translations and are trying to create the largest and most accurate database of world poetry translations. We have started with machine translations which are very inaccurate. Please translate your favorite poem on this site. You will be given credit for your translation and a link to your site if desired.
http://www.bryantmcgill.com/World_Poetry/
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THE ‘RAT MAN’ TOLD ME TO DO IT
Japan executes notorious cannibal killer
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Tuesday executed three people including notorious serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki, a fetishist convicted of murdering four little girls and eating some of their bodies, officials said. Miyazaki, 45, was nicknamed the "killer nerd" for his obsession with sexual cartoons and pornography. But defence lawyers contended he was mentally ill and could not be held fully responsible for his actions. Japan is the only major industrialised nation other than the United States to apply the death penalty and has been stepping up the pace of executions, which enjoy wide public support.
"We are carrying out executions by selecting the people whom we can execute with a feeling of confidence and responsibility," Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama told a news conference. . . . .
. . . During the nearly two-decade judicial process, Miyazaki never uttered a word of remorse to the victims and their families. He cryptically said that a "rat man" -- a cartoonish image of which he drew -- committed the crimes. (full article)
http://au.news.yahoo.com/080617/19/17ban.html?f=mv
It IS Rocket Science No. 4
"Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory that,
with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month." Wernher von Braun
~ FAMOUS DOLCES OF THE WORLD ~
The Town of Dolcè
Dolcè is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 km west of Venice and about 20 km northwest of Verona. It has a population of 2,387 and an area of 39.4 km². The municipality of Dolcè contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Ossenigo, Peri, Volargne, and Ceraino.
Dolcè borders the following municipalities: Avio, Brentino Belluno, Fumane, Rivoli Veronese, Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella, and Sant'Anna d'Alfaedo.
http://www.comunedolce.it/
MS-13 Primer: 'The Most Dangerous Gang' In North America
They are called by one source "the most dangerous gang in America." And it's one U.S. import Toronto definitely wants to stop at the border. They're known officially as "Mara Salvatrucha 13," but most people refer to them by a much simpler name: MS-13 and are believed to have originated in El Salvador, as a response to a brutal civil war. But some immigrants to the U.S. brought the gang mentality with them, where it spread like a disease. They are known to be extremely violent and seem to go out of their way to commit the kinds of atrocities that will get them noticed by police and the press. Membership is said to range in age from as young as 11 to as old as 40. (full article)
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_23489.aspx
It IS Rocket Science No. 5
"Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing." Wernher von Braun
(thanks to Dr. Mardy Grothe)
RECIPE
Pop Your Brain
My friend Ramon Sender sent me this group of videos showing people using mobile phones to pop popcorn! Sheeeeee-it! Ring me on my mobile and pass the butter!
You can try this at home kids!
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4969270/
* See footnote.
Meanwhile, next time you make yourselves some real popcorn, try substituing oils, herbs and spices for added flavour. Pop the corn in different kinds of oil: corn oil, olive oil, ghee, rosemary oil etc. Heat up some butter in a pan and then add garlic, chilies, cayenne, pesto, fennel, rosemary, sage or anything else you like to season. Just think ‘corn on the cob’ - or ‘polenta’ - or ‘corn tacos’ - and see what ideas you can bring over from those other corn recipes. A Bacalla Popcorn or Popcorn with Quail may not be out of the question.
SMART POPCORN (WITH FLAXSEED OIL)
A great alternative to using butter on popcorn. (And it's GOOD for you.)
1. Make popcorn the usual way, in safflower, sunflower or olive oil. (NOT the flaxseed oil!)
Tip: Leave the lid slightly ajar while popping to allow the steam to escape. This will make a crisper result.
Note: DO NOT POP THE POPCORN IN THE FLAXSEED OIL! Flaxseed oil should always be used raw and unheated.)
2. Sprinkle some unheated organic flaxseed oil over the top, in place of butter.
3. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well. Serve. (Add garlic, chilies or even whole flaxseeds, for variations.)
Flaxseed oil, used in this manner, is also tasty replacement for butter on toast, with jam, promite or vegemite, on corn-on-the-cob, in mashed potatoes, etc.) Just remember never to cook it.
About Flax, Flaxseed and Flaxseed Oil
I always try to keep a can of organic flaxseed oil in the fridge. The kind I use is Australian-made Stoney Creek Organic Brown cold-pressed, unrefined and GMO free. The flax plant, an ancient crop, yields the fiber from which linen is woven, as well as seeds and oil. The oil, also called linseed oil, has many industrial uses-it is an important ingredient in paints, varnishes, and linoleum, for example. But Flaxseed oil also comes in an edible form. Like olive, canola, and most other plant oils, it is highly unsaturated and, therefore, heart-healthy because it contains alpha-linolenic acid. Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), is an essential fatty acid used as a source of energy by the body. It also serves as the parent substance to compounds that regulate blood pressure, blood clotting, heart rate, blood vessel dilation, the immune response, and the breakdown of fats. Essential fatty acids are also used to make brain and nerve tissue. (Note: All right! Protection against mobile phone brain popping.) Foods high in alpha-linolenic acid (such as walnuts and flaxseed oil) are a useful addition to the diet of anyone who wants a leaner, healthier body. Flaxseeds have yet another very interesting component-lignans - which may have antioxidant actions and anti-cancer properties. Lignans are a type of fiber, and at the same time a type of phytoestrogen - a chemical similar to the human hormone estrogen. Flaxseeds are the richest source of lignans. When you eat lignans, bacteria in the digestive tract convert them into estrogen-like substances called enterodiol and enterolactone, which are thought to have anti-tumor effects. Lignans and other flaxseed components may also have antioxidant properties - that is, they may reduce the activity of cell-damaging free radicals. Flaxseed oil is also nature's greatest vegetarian source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids - essential nutrients that help keep cells in peak condition, and has been used in connection with Constipation, High cholesterol and Systemic lupus erythematosus.
World's Largest Popcorn Ball
Made in Sac City on June 12, 2004.
https://www.noblepopcorn.com/PDGTemplates/FullNav/popcorn-ball.html
A Physics
When you get down to it, Earth
has our own great ranges
of feeling - Rocky, Smoky, Blue -
and a heart that can melt stones.
The still pools fill with sky,
as if aloof, and we have eyes
for all of this - and more, for Earth's
reminding moon. We too are ruled
by such attractions - spun and swaddled,
rocked and lent a light. We run
our clocks on wheels, our trains
on time. But all the while we want
to love each other endlessly - not only for
a hundred years, not only six feet up and down.
We want the suns and moons of silver
in ourselves, not only counted coins in a cup. The whole
idea of love was not to fall. And neither was
the whole idea of God. We put him well
above ourselves, because we meant,
in time, to measure up.
~ Heather McHugh ~
(Hinge and Sign: Poems, 1968-1993)
NEWS!! 'The Wind Cries Mary,' chosen as ALBUM OF THE YEAR by 97.1 FM, 3MDR Radio, Melbourne!
" . . .multi-instrumentalist Joe Dolce started as a lead guitarist and virtuoso blues harp player, who once backed Muddy Waters in the 70s . . . the Hendrix-penned title track, beautifully played on acoustics and resonators, moving into Third Stone from the Sun, with backwards electric guitar solo, while Cocaine Lil is a rollicking version of an old classic [poem]. . . " Karl Mayerhofer, Australian Guitar Magazine
(Note: ‘Cocaine Lil’ with its awesome 40-bar one-take live closing guitar break is featured on the Australian Guitar magazine bonus CD in the April 2007 issue. You can also hear it below:)
Joe Dolce Electronic Press Kit
http://www.sonicbids.com/JoeDolce
THE FINAL HURRAH
Cwazy Wabbit
A precious little girl walks into a pet shop and asks, ‘Excuthe me, do you have any widdle wabbits?’
The shopkeeper’s heart melts, he gets down on his knees so that he’s on her level, and says,
“ Do you want a widdle white wabbit or a thoft, fuffy bwack wabbit, or one like that widdle bwown wabbit over there?”
The little girl blushes, rocks on her heels, puts her hands on her knees, leans forwards and whispers:
“I don’t’ weally fink my pyfon gives a phuk.”
(thanks to Cinzia Ambrosi)
* footnote: The cellphone popcorn thing was a marketing hoax campaign initiated by Cardo Bluetooth Headsets and over 8.5 million people watched the videos, many of them trying to do it themselves. I was one! Pop Pop! NOT!
http://www.cardosystems.com/pop/