May 2009
Just ran into my neighbor Fletcher at Java Joe’s. He was reading Cornel West’s “Hope on a Tightrope”. Fletcher highly recommends.
RT @ livingcolour - Again, FOLLOW @drumstress - the legendary Cindy Blackman!
RT @smithsonian - “And for all you Library Geeks, to hone your jealousy: http://sn.im/j38v0 @SILibraries”
Leaving Flying Star/Santa Fe and about to reconnect with @nancyproctor in Santa Fe.
Train from ABQ to Santa Fe—-RIDICULOUSLY crowded. Farmer’s Market Santa Fe overflowing. Flying Star/Santa Fe - BUSY as all. Beautiful day.
This week @randyburge came up to me at Gecko’s & said “You’re James Neal from Twitter”. Kind of scared me at first but cool now.
The Rhetoric of Modernism: Le Corbusier as a Lecturer http://tr.im/mVHM
missing link from Tweet re: Girard wing of Museum of International Folk Art - Santa Fe - http://tr.im/mVxE
I was so IMPRESSED today by the Girard Wing of the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. http://tinyurl.com/n8bbn8
Great day w/ @nancyproctor & @titusbicknell. Museum Hill-Museum of International Folk Art/Santa Fe & a short visit to Santo Domingo Pueblo.
I was so IMPRESSED today by the Girard Wing of the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe…. http://ff.im/-3q0wV
OK let me report on Railrunner ABQ to Santa Fe. Nice and smooth. Trains need outlets and WiFi post haste! More signage at ABQ station.
A bit of a new found appreciation of Georgia O’Keefe’s life if NOT her art after basically spending ALL afternoon in her Abiquiú, NM home.
Art Inspired by Spike Lee will showcase art from participants worldwide in honor of legendary filmmaker Spike Lee. http://tr.im/mJAe
Wanting to take pictures but my Canon Powershot G2 is having battery issues.
RT @bjork - “Interview Magazine w/ an interview!: cover of Interview Magazine out in the next few days.” http://tinyurl.com/onbyre
Just learning of the death of Ronald Takaki. I can’t begin to say how much my understanding of race and America… http://ff.im/-3l2uC
Report on Flying Star/Santa Fe. OMG. This is the motherlode. Beautiful. Hope to post pics soon.
NICE! - Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks is officially on twitter. @40AcresBrooklyn - http://www.40acres.com/ http://ff.im/-3m3bG
RT @dancohen “good content on the MLA Evaluation of Digital Work (for tenure) wiki (hosted at @GeoffRockwell’s site):” http://is.gd/IAAM
Race Will Survive the Obama Phenomenon - DAVID R. ROEDIGER - (TOTH @Dollabrand) http://tr.im/mJTo
Going to catch the 8:15 PM train back to ABQ from Santa Fe. Having Lo Mein w/soy chicken at FS/Santa Fe.
Sitting here thinking about ALL of things that @nancyproctor and I saw today and the things we talked about. Fascinating experience.
Is this what it has come to? Sad and pathetic - OMG @newtgingrich - http://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1937323138
RT @stoweboyd “Who are the best writers on the Twitter ecosystem and economics? (not social media or marketing)? #twitterheads”
Going to finally get the chance to see Abiquiú, NM tomorrow. Pretty excited.
RT @lexisnexisweb2 “free download of Supreme Court justice nominee Sotomayor’s judicial profile from LexisNexis” http://tinyurl.com/oylbbw
via @mstephens7 - “Dear Library Schools: Please Do Better” - http://bit.ly/A5RUI
TOTALLY forgot about Barcelona/Man U today. Ugh! Nowhere near a television. Guess I’ll follow via web.
“I once had a life or rather life had me. I was one among many or at least it seemed to be.” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rrOdcnFbAY
Reading Lani Guinier’s “Biography Has Always Mattered” re: Sotomayor… http://ff.im/-3jdjQ
RT @lexiekoss “Berkmanites talk table manners in the NYT” http://bit.ly/15Gfjo http://ff.im/-3jdzw
RT @publicknowledge “Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the Field - http://tinyurl.com/o7xg9c”
TOTALLY loving the post-lunch emptiness of Java Joe’s right now. It’s just me the baristas and the WiFi.
RT @cclibrarian “LISWire: American Library Association Goes Mobile with Mosio for Annual Conference: http://bit.ly/Ljynv”
Teaching About Copyright and Fair Use for Media Literacy Education http://tr.im/mAxP
RT @mediatwit “Ensler connects mining of material for electronics in Congo to higher incidence of rape. [I]ntense discussion & graphic.” #d7
CreativeMornings, June 5th, with Khoi Vinh http://tr.im/mB4e
Gracia Senor Obama - RT @latinousa - “Sotomayor nomination fight will be facsinating. The thought of a Puerto Rican… http://ff.im/-3hzXz
I’ll be looking for The Roots/Beastie Boys clips from Fallon on tomorrow. http://twitter.com/questlove/status/1920181305
via @shawncalhoun Tenure in the Digital Era - http://tr.im/mv39
Dada in Paris and Dadaist Typography - http://tr.im/mvca
RT @questlove - “now THIS is the standard of music i hold mofos to when i see em live. http://bit.ly/aGsqW”
RT @kanter “Crowdsourcing an institution’s future vision on YouTube - check out what the Smithsonian is doing http://bit.ly/Stq2E”
Listening to some Ben Harper. I USED to be a big fan but he lost me several years ago. Catching up to see if I can recapture that love.
Freesouls: Joi Ito’s book of freely licensed photos:… http://ff.im/-3fpvx
The preacher part of James Brown - http://bit.ly/8KLIG The praise poet part… http://ff.im/-3fnWI
Clued in by @questlove, Watching bunch old James Brown stuff on YouTube. Reminded JB was part preacher and praise poet for Black America.
THANK YOU LORD! Sade’s new album will be released November 24, 2009. http://www.sade2009.com/index.php
Every so often I’ll make a tweet/plea for info from somewhere as to when Sade will release new work. Almost 9 years since Lover’s Rock.
