http://www.wearethehollowmen.com :::this is the way the world ends::: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:24:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the last few weeks, I viewed the films Persepolis and Sweetland. I would highly recommend them both. They are very different films but both excellently conceived and executed lower budget projects. Both films are also slightly and refreshingly understated by today's standards. I also just finished Rebecca Solnit's "River ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/ned/a-few-good-hours/ Thanks to all of you for the messages of good words and congratulations on the arrival of our new son! He is a dozen days old now, and is doing well, gaining his birth weight back and charming us completely. I look forward to introducing him to the Hollow Men. ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/shotts/beckett-masen-aspengren-shotts/ Alexander Solzhenitsyn died last week passing quietly with less recognition in the news than Paris Hilton's campaign ad. Having read two of his works, Day in the Life of..., The First Circle, as well as some essays, in particular A World Split Apart, which was an address given at Harvard, ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/ned/alexander-solzhenitsyn-1919-2008/ Just a brief update from Minneapolis: The baby is now over 38 weeks, which means we are at full term, and could really go anytime! It's exciting, as you can imagine, having the bags packed, the car seat installed, and more or less trying to be at the ready. As ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/shotts/38-weeks-plus/   Sara and I took the kids to the MN Science Museum to see the Star Wars exhibit. They had a lot of models and costumes from all the films. Eliot loved it, but he was so excited still after two hours that he wouldn't be quiet in the Omnitheater. ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/ned/happy-independence-weekend/ There is an article about the Colony Collapse Disorder in the Times, here. http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/ned/the-plight-of-the-bumblebee/ The baby is at thirty-three weeks!  ODE   Snow making morning of the darkness, that involuntary light. Can’t you make today a praise of something more than worry, More than indecision, more than just the sun showing up late Again at the edges of the fallen snow, gray and purple, then finally The sky follows blue and ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/shotts/jesus-week/ So as the solstice approaches and with it the "official" beginning of summer it is time to reflect on summer goals. Since I have never left the educational schedule in my work life I still put a lot of emphasis on what I can accomplish during the summer that ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/je/gol/ I thought you artist types might enjoy this. Here is a video of my friend Jim Janknegt that documents his progress while painting "The Rich Fool." I have admired his work for a long time and I'm glad to see him get this kind of attention. Ned: ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/je/jim-janknegt/ 1) I have read Atonement now. The book is different than the movie, the latter part being significantly different. I feel that it is more baffling than the movie too. I'm not sure what to make of it. I feel that McEwan is making a statement about how certain behaviors ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/ned/atonement-the-book-and-other-books-and-movies-and-ideas-etc/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/admin/so-much-for-gratitude/ OK, so I am a little late to weigh in on the old discussion, so I thought I might renew it as I have finally been able to take this great movie in. I have to admit that I enjoyed it thoroughly and that it has haunted my thoughts ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/pete/there-will-be-blood-part-deux/ There's an endearing article on the Jones chronicles in the Times today, not as important as Rauschenberg perhaps as J.E. has helped make evident, but diverting. Cllick here for the Jones Article. http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/ned/indiana-jones/ Robert Rauschenberg is dead. There is a good article at the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/arts/design/14rauschenberg.html?_r=1&oref=slogin http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/ned/rauschenberg-1926-2008/ I was listening to a speech by Michelle Obama yesterday afternoon and had a couple of thoughts. I hadn't really thought much about this until yesterday, but I think Barrack is what this country needs in this era because of the fact that he probably has the best perspective ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/pete/unique-perspective/ There's a really good article about green movements and issues in the Sunday Times. I think some of the things mentioned in the article could be applied in other areas of the country and world, like Eau Claire, WI. Click to the link. http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/ned/green/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/admin/remix-revenge/ Find out more about this, here. http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/admin/youtoby-youtube/   ...this new Devotchka album is fantastic, amongst many of Ned's rightnesses.  Here's three tracks I enjoyed in the time I've had to listen. 01 Devotchka | The Clockwise Witness02 Devotchka | Transliterator03 Devotchka | New World On with the Ned theme.  Here's another artist I heard this week ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/admin/ned-is-right/ Good afternoon, gents (and ladies).  Hope all is going well for everyone and that Spring is finally arriving. Maybe Summer for Texas?  Work has been really busy for me in the month of March, and I anticipate it continuing through May.  I think about you all often.... Here's ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/admin/remerge-music-thursday/   You guys might have heard, the first Indiana Jones movie in 19 years is coming out this Memorial Day weekend.  So, Steph and I have devised an equation. Memorial Day + Kansas City + HM and their wives + Indiana Jones + (optional beer & pipes) = a Memorable ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/admin/asps-very-dangerous-you-go-first/ I have to say, it has been about as quiet as it has ever been on the HM site. J.E. and I seem to be keeping some nominal chatter, but I haven't seen Toby or Peters here for quite a while. That seems surprising considering all that has been going ... http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/shotts/crickets/ I have a new painting up on my website under "For Walls" called Reclamation about the connection of science to art through curiosity and play. I suppose it is also about scale and the imagination. Check it out www.nedgannon.com http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/ned/new-painting/ http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/je/ch-ch-change/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2008/shotts/there-will-be-blood/