I’m a pretty unsophisticated guy when it comes to visual arts, artistic beauty, et al, but I know awesome when I see it. This is awesome:
Photo: Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4951444122/
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This post over at Building Cincinnati is kind of a bummer. It looks like Kevin LeMaster is marking the end of the always-stellar Cincinnati development/architecture blog, and that’s a shame. Too, he seems legitimately distressed about the matter, given the tone and timbre of the post:
I’m not certain whether that’s intentional, as I’ve never met Kevin, and I don’t know him at all, but the post comes across like he’s ending things against his own will. There are a lot of considerations to be made with respect to the kind of work he’s done over at BC, especially given the fact that he’s doing hard journalism there, with photos and all, and he’s pretty much doing it by himself. Beyond that, he’s doing journalism on a level that many of the newspaper folks can learn a thing or two from, and he’s doing it on less than a shoestring budget. In fact, I’m not seeing why the Enquirer hasn’t bitten the bullet and hired the guy. He all but asks for it:
Kevin’s got a built-in readership. Whaddya say, Enquirer? I’d just like to take this time to point out that when I don’t write about how well the Reds are doing, they win. Last year I pointed out the fact that they were doing really well, and their season went in the shitter. I’m not going to do that this year. You’re welcome, baseball fans. Along the opposite line, I’m finding lately that I’m getting quite a bit of joy out of reveling in the downward spiral in which the St. Louis Cardinals are currently engaged; the weird finger pointing, “bad umpire matchups,” and fans complaining about La Russa being a teabagger (which just seems strange) is deeply fun to watch. As the tension comes to a deafening crescendo and then (hopefully) a silence of the same variety, I’ll still look forward to seeing what La Russa or Carpenter complain about next. There’s an underlying melodrama to it that’s too much to not enjoy, even if it’s in the name of schadenfreude. So, keep at it Cards. I love this game.
Carpenter photo remixed from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/travis_warren123/4562451954/in/photostream/ Okay. Things have been floating by swimmingly for the past few months here at TCM and generally speaking, everything is more or less great. However, we’ve been planning a sort of change in direction for quite some time now, and we’re getting down to the wire on making these changes happen. Of course, this all means bigger changes for you than it does for us; we wouldn’t have it any other way. So, what you’ll be getting is essentially an experience that’s more audio/visual than article-based. This means a podcast and videos. We’re at no shortage of ideas, as you can imagine, and this bodes well for us in the future. We haven’t really discussed with any great detail the frequency of these audio and video forays, but you can bet that they’ll be regular. So, there’s that. Another thing that this means for us is that at some point in the near future, you’re somewhat likely to see a break in what we’re posting. This is most likely to happen this time next week. Part of the reason for this break is the above-noted change in direction; the other part of this reason is that I’m having another kid around Labor Day-ish, which is super-soon. I’ll need the time, so I’m taking it. In the meantime, enjoy this video of a guy playing “Where is My Mind” on piano with scenes from The Mysterious Lady (1928). So, we’ve been light on the comments over the past week, but it’s the end of August, which means it’s time for the first of those drawings we promised way back when we started CotW in April. Doesn’t seem like it’s been that long, but whatever. Anyhow, the winner is… Randy Simes, for his comment on our post on the disappearance of the Provost of Cincinnati’s blog, The Phony Coney:
So, there you have it. Comment of the quarter. We’ll be in touch so we can deliver your prize, Randy. |
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