Trying Again
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett
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Airplane Cuba
/in Cuba/by MichaelCuba’s international film school, the EICTV, reminds me of Passport to Pimlico. Set up in 1986, it isn’t actually Cuban, but belongs to the Foundation for New Latin American Cinema (President: Gabriel García Marquez), whose friend Fidel declared it to be ‘not national territory’. If you arrive by the front gates, you have to pass […]
Gleanings
/in First Series/by MichaelHere’s an excellent piece on Marx to celebrate his 188th birthday a few days ago, from The Pinocchio Theory. Meanwhile,
Mountain Piano
/in First Series, Music/by MichaelA piano has been found near the summit of Britain’s highest mountain. Ben Nevis is only 4,418ft, but all the same, the fellows who found it – volunteer conservationists – can’t explain how it got there. The only clue is a wholemeal biscuit wrapper with a best-before date of December 1986 found with the instrument, […]
Chavez in London
/in First Series, Venezuela/by MichaelJust seen on Channel Four News: a snippet from Chavez’s news conference in London today. A senior journalist asks him why he isn’t seeing Blair, and he replies, you appear to be an experienced journalist, and yet you ask such a stupid question! There was also Tariq Ali saying that the trouble is we haven’t […]
Are you pleased with the world?
/in First Series, Iran/by Michael‘Are you pleased with the current condition of the world?’ (Mr A to Mr B), or What did Ahmadinejad actually say?
Iran surrounded
/in First Series, Iran/by MichaelNeedlenose says “if you’re wondering why the Ayatollahs are acting a touch, um… cagey about their military plans, then perhaps this handy pictogram of the region with countries where the U.S. has military bases (or has been granted overflight rights by a friendly regime) might help clear things up.
Acting up
/in Film matters, First Series/by MichaelBack in February, actors starring in Michael Winterbottom’s politically-charged The Road To Guantanamo were held by British police under anti-terrorism legislation on their return from Berlin where the film premiered. One of the actors, Rizwan Ahmed, said he was verbally abused, had his mobile phone was taken away, told he could be kept in police custody for […]
News junkie
/in First Series, Iran/by MichaelIf you’re a news junkie and you’re working at home and so you listen to the news at intervals during the day, you can sometimes see it evolving, from the moment a fresh item first arrives until it’s been properly incorporated into the ideological agenda. This happened last Monday with a press conference by Iran’s […]
Bach in the slums
/in First Series, Venezuela/by MichaelThis is what they get up to in Venezuela… and Washington’s scared… Bach in the slums – Morning Star ”The Venezuelan Youth Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle will be in Britain for the Proms in August – a concert not to be missed… “