Monthly Archives: March 2007

The Hit & Run Tourist – Palm Beach, Florida
Part 1 of 2

As a performing artist I tour the country constantly, often finding myself in a new city every day. Not having the time that leisure travel affords, I’ve been perfecting the art of Hit and Run Tourism, learning how to take in a new city as quickly as possible. While I like to see [...]

Brazil Nuts: For That Healthy Glow

Not only is the tasty and delicious Brazil Nut one of the most nutritious nuts around, it also happens to be the world’s most radioactive food – at least until Uranium Crisps hit the shelves.
A result of the extensive root system of this largest of Amazon Rainforest trees, the Bertholletia excelsa collects and concentrates an [...]

French Philosopher Jean Baudrillard Dies, Age 77

Temporarily cut-off from the media while traveling from show to show, I didn’t learn until today that French thinker Jean Baudrillard passed away in Paris yesterday at age 77.
Not prone to re-blogging, time nonetheless forces my hand today. I give you the Associated Press article about his death.
From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
French theorist [...]

The Lost Point of the Program
Koppel and Company on The Lost Tomb of Jesus

On the evening of March 4, 2007 I, undoubtedly along with millions of others, watched a program aired on the Discovery Channel directed by documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici entitled The Lost Tomb of Jesus.
The program explores the question of whether a tomb, known as the Tomb of the Ten Ossuaries, uncovered by construction [...]

Chehalis Hegner Gets Art New England Cover

The photographic work of my dearest friend Chehalis Hegner is featured on the cover of the February/March 2007 edition of the Art New England journal.
Part of the Photographic Resource Center’s PRC: P.O.V. Photography Now and in the Next 30 Years show, the featured cover image is entitled Trophy from her series John.
Of the image, [...]