still no internet

not that I should complain since I wasn’t paying for it but it’s really starting to get on my nerves.

in the meantime here’s what I’ve been reading and watching…

books:

on alexander gardner’s photographic sketch book of the civil war, 2007, by anthony lee & elizabeth young (part of university of california press’ defining moments in american photography series)

a short history of the civil war (ordeal by fire), 1935, by fletcher pratt

bury my heart at wounded knee, an indian history of the american west, 1970, by dee brown

movies:

spartacus, 1960, screenplay by dalton trumbo, directed by stanley kubrick (& anthony mann)

only angels have wings, 1939, screenplay by jules furthman, directed by howard hawks

the treasure of the sierra madre, 1948, screenplay by john huston, based on the novel by b. traven, directed by john huston

no internet

unfortunately my internet has been down for the last few days. hopefully it will be up and running soon…

seconds too late

space

tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the man’s first moon landing. there has been some really excellent reading material both online and in print and i feel like i a kid in a candy store. (as you may remember some of my pasts posts, here and here (scroll down), about my love of all things outerspace)

if you have a chance i would pick up a copy of the new GQ (with bruno on the cover) while you may feel weird walking around with a naked sacha baren cohen on the cover, there is an excellent article about the future of nasa and it’s return to the moon. there are some amazing photographas by robert polidori which look much better in print than online.

the stennis space center’s B-stand © robert polidori/GQ

the current issue of time also has some excellent conversations with the men who walked on the moon and took part in the apollo missions.

here is an nytimes op-ed by tom wolfe (author of the right stuff)

and a great blog piece about ‘for all mankind’ and space and music on moviemorlocks…

(the coolest mixtape of all time??)

how could you not be mesmerized by this stuff:

new x 2

airplane, south philadelphia, 2009 © m.dominguez jr.

melissa, south philadelphia, 2009 © m.dominguez jr.

r.i.p.

julius shulman, october 10, 1910 – july 15, 2009

vacation

heading to puerto rico for a week. 

i am bringing a lot of film.

so stay tuned.

wildwood, nj

via: philebrity.com

from the 1994 documentary wildwood, nj (directed by carol weaks/cassidy & ruth leitman)

r.i.p.

karl malden 1912 – 2009