August 2010

Something which can last

by Doug LeMoine on 25 August 2010

A great three-minute account of a meeting with Borges. About the life of an artist, he says: “The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to transform all these things into symbols, into music, into something which can last in man’s memory ... as the years go by, if the [...]

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The best heckle ever?

by Doug LeMoine on 25 August 2010

Via The Times: Kirk Douglas had a son, the little-remembered Eric Douglas, who was an actor and stand-up comedian. He once came over to the UK to do some gigs and inadvertently created one of British comedy’s finest legends. Eric wasn’t having a great gig at a London club; he was going down the pan. [...]

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I read too much into this kind of stuff.

by Doug LeMoine on 10 August 2010

There’s an intimacy in this that so resonates with me. I mean, it’s impossible to imagine that I wouldn’t be charmed by the subject matter alone  —  a President I greatly admire, plus two NBA players. But this moment is especially great, because I love Derrick Rose’s game and I will always appreciate that he OD’d on [...]

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