the confessions of robert crumb (1987)

Simply heartbroken by the #jesuischarlie cartoonist news.  Me too ... in honor of satiric artists everywhere, free thought & speech, and the eternal (French, s'il vous plaît ) spirit of résistance ... posting The Confessions of Robert Crumb (1987) ...



More at Paris Review with American cartoonist Robert Crumb, last seen about the south of France (shhhh!)  ..

Below, another Cheap Suit Serenaders chanson, Crying My Blues Away:




Oh, here is the cover, if you're still searching ... (pricey though) along with more no one is showing you ...

For sale in Chicago, though.
 

*crossposted at Old Sauk River, amongst the many fondly regarded contributors, with that Hunter-Gatherer news site.  As for the curiosity shop, it is still out for the time being.  We are still working on that coming back, reincarnated better than ever before, soon (we hope)  ...

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1.21.2015 crossposted Editor's Note.  The satiric comment about a pricey Ebay Charlie Hebdo copy was made with the writer's off-the-cuff perception (and possible misunderstanding) that an unknown individual was selling theirs (in the Charlie Hebdo magazine-deprived U.S.A.) for something like 30,000 dollars .. and the way others, say, have Ebay or amazon-posted their favorite 10.00 dollar novel or CD for similar profits with a "Hey, ya never know," "might as well." 

It has since come to our attention that the magazine is donating proceeds to the families of the victims and that may be a genuine fundraising attempt.  We, of course, fully support such fundraising on behalf of the families of the  victims;  however, we do not research these channels one way or the other.  Therefore, if you wish to donate funds for the Charlie Hebdo families of the victims, we recommend contacting the newspaper directly for further information as to where and how you can do that over the internet.

out to sea

A new exhibition called Out To Sea: The Plastic Garbage Project is currently on an international tour with scheduled stops at museums in Germany, Finland, Denmark, and France.  The project originated in Switzerland at the Zurich Design Museum (ZHDK) and is currently showing at Hamburg's Museum for Arts and Crafts (MKG).  Tackling mankind's destruction of the planet with "useful," "everyday" plastic (we've currently produced enough to wrap the planet in plastic wrap 6 times over), the exhibit tries to bring to light plastic's damaging impact on the ecosystem since it doesn't decompose.  A review in English here at Spiegel;  also a photostream here.  In Zurich, 400 school groups have already visited, the first 1/2 of the exhibit "elucidating" ocean ecology, and the second 1/2, our heedless, perhaps obsessive use of plastics in our daily lives.

*Photo credit/uploaded by Spiegel,  Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

les saintes-maries-de-la-mer

Romany music as seen through the ancient story of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a town in the Camargue region of France where "gypsies" throughout Europe travel each May on a religious pilgrimage to honor their Saint Sarah in prayer and song.  The music at this yearly gathering has inspired and "pollinated" flamenco, Django Reinhardt's jazz, traditional Hungarian and Balkan brass, the Gipsy Kings' Rhumba.  A wonderful little film piece from Django Reinhardt biographer Michel Dreni including additions from 1910s Romany violinist Georges Boulanger, Thierry Robin, and Django Reinhardt's great-grandson, Dallas Baumgartner.




The filmmaker also reports

My children (ages 7 and 13) filmed the events during our family vacation—except for the knifefight, which I filmed by chance (my children were in bed, happily). I was shooting the church at night when the fight broke out; you won't actually see the blades, but the footage was shot amidst the panic as the crowd ran in fear. The fight was a crime of passion: a spurred Romany lover decided to slice his beloved. He tried to get her earlier in the day, then returned at night, leaving her with blood running down her arm and her clan vowing revenge. Next year, Disneyland instead. Ha!