We 12/13/17

We 12/13/17

Up 515am; Reading from 4am, THE NEVER OPEN DESERT DINER. 20's early, and to 40's later with windy conditions. 

Writing up, A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT, Michael Connelly that I finished yesterday evening.

630am- SICARIO (Amazon Prime) Absolutely mesmerizing! A departure from the standard "Good Guys vs. Bad Guys" in America's War on Drugs. "Who do you think we learned it from"?.... "You're asking me how a watch works. Let's just concern ourselves with what time it is"; from the Canadian director of THE ARRIVAL. 

Then, one episode of an Amazon Prime series, RENAISSANCE UNCHAINED- 'Hell, Snakes, and Giants'-(59"). Makes the case that this period was not a time of order and structure, but an artistic period where the macabre and fantastic were visited. "Mannerism"- 15th and 16th century style in which reality was depicted in a heightened or even psychedelic manner. Spanish artist El Greco employed this style. Bosch's use as the owl as a symbol of evil is mentioned. 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' is three panels; #1 'The Garden of Eden'- Satan is there as an owl, hiding in a tree, #1 'The Garden in Full Swing'- random couplings and general wilding, and finally, #3- 'Hell'. Just as one of the characters in Connelly's novel comments, you could easily spend several hours in front of these canvases, and still not see it all. 

1030am On the couch/ napping/ reading, THE NEVER OPEN DESERT DINER; got out of bed far too early. 

1pm On the machines at Planet Fitness. 45" Walk. 3.5/0. 45" Recumbent Bike (THE NEVER OPEN DESERT DINER). 45" Cross. Bike (read). 30" Cross. Home to soak / read and listen to "Clouds Taste Metallic" The Flaming Lips. Will watch their documentary, FEARLESS FREAKS on Amazon Prime. God, I love that site! Didn't know there was a doc until I checked out the details on the album, and saw that it was available to stream. 

CORRECTION: "Fearless Freaks" was available through some kind of 'subscription service'-  Not interested, although the disc is available on Netflix, but I probably won't order it. I'd watch if it was stream-able only. Picked another music doc on Amazon Prime called, DIRT ROAD TO PSYCHEDELIA: AUSTIN TEXAS IN THE 60's. Now I know that the odd sounding stuff on the '13th Floor Elevators' was an electric jug!
Then, Amazon Prime- AMERICAN HEROIN ADDICTS (60"). This was as worthless and silly as REEFER MADNESS, and I wrote a review and submitted it to Amazon Prime. A complete waste of time and nobody over the age of seven would believe a single premise- I couldn't watch more than twenty minutes. 

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