What is modern? Modern classical music is the music of Beethoven. Modern physics is the physics of Schrodinger and Einstein. Modern dance is the dance of Martha Graham. Modern art is 70 years old. We need the term contemporary to describe the art and dance of our time as if/… Read full post »

“Ballardian”  adj) 1. of James Graham Ballard (born 1930), the British novelist, or his works (2) resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in Ballard’s novels and stories, esp dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological… Read full post »

6:00 a.m., December 21 1993, Seattle Washington. I'm in my apartment in the Cascade neighborhood,. The alarm clock woke me and I'm trying to assess what the Hell is wrong. Last night I thought I had pulled a muscle in my back, I do it all the time,/… Read full post »