Archive for 'Qual'

Grilled Chicken, That Temperamental Star

I’m of mixed mind on this whole business of table-top directing. On the one hand, it clearly requires technical skill and a certain sensitivity to presentation aesthetics. On the other hand, anyone who can dismiss food as “banal” has clearly been inappropriately de-sensitized to certain very important things. The Business of Table-top Directing

Great art should be challenging

Just a guess … it probably involves a polar bear and a snowstorm. Woman pays $10,000 for non-visible work of art [npr.org]

Lost in Translation

Yet another entry in the seemingly endless “where was this wisdom 10 years ago when I needed it?” category: Rands in Repose: Lost In Translation    

A Not-so-tiny Bubble

The Tribune’s Blair Kamin writes of the new University of Chicago library, a marvel of both design and technology:

Impressions, The Art Institute, May 29th 2010

Take-aways from last weekend’s visit downtown:

Four Songs: The High Lonesome Sound, 2010

A band of my longtime acquaintance, Portland Oregon’s The Lonesomes, return with a 4-song disc. I, in turn, dish upon same.

Joshua Hogberg’s Buzz on Bees

From the fertile mind of my elder son, future auteur…humbly submitted as his spring science project.  In 3rd grade…suddenly I feel strangely underaccomplished:

From the video vault, circa 2005… (repost)

Hi all: Moved erichogberg.com to a new hosting service this past weekend and for some reason the video vault 2005 entry got munged as part of the move. Even more surprising is that a number of people noticed it wasn’t working! I’ve reposted it and it appears to work fine now…apologies for the technical snafu.

Saturday Afternoon At The Movies

What happens when you give three kids access to a MiniDV cam on a Saturday afternoon? Click the “Play” button below (the big triangle) to find out!