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March 2010 Edition

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CONTENTS

In this Edition

Featured Artists

Artist Resources

Music Reviews

Book Reviews

Publisher Essays

Cinema

About RARWRITER.com

Archives

 

 

Strange Stories

 

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CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES

Doug Strobel's "You Can't Get There From Here" Music Education Series

 

 

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RAR TUNE OF THE WEEK:

Three New Tunes This Edition - This week's RAR original is really three including: "Gates" - a commentary on race relations in the U.S. built around last year's Henry Louis Gates police incident; "Laughing" (Nuke 'em From Orbit) - a meditation on an anticipated exchange at the pearly gates; and "Early Beatles" - an up tempo pop tip of the hat to the spirit of the Fab Four, complete with tributes to Beatles-specific arrangement devices.

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Click on the MySpace Music graphic or on this RAR on MySpace link to hear selected RAR originals...

 

 

 

 

...or click on this RARWriter Music Page link to go to the RARWRITER.com Music page to hear a variety of tunes from the RAR catalog.

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FEATUREDARTISTS:

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ESSAYS Click here

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MUSIC REVIEWS
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RAR reviews LPs from Michael ONeill (Ain't Leavin' Your Love), Sarah Stanley (Tuesday Girl), Hilary York (In The Dark), Tom Corwin and Tim Hockenberry (Mostly Dylan), The Boxmasters (Modbilly), Mad Buffalo (Wilderness), and others. Also read reviews from RARWRITER contributors Doug Strobel and Diana Olson.

 

BOOK REVIEWS AND MORE (click here): This edition, RAR takes a long look at Philip K. Dick, Edgar Allen Poe, Samuel Clemens and The Iowa Writer's Workshop. Read earlier RAR reviews, including a look back at David Halberstam's The Reckoning, and Alan Greenspan's book "The Age of Turbulence."

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ARTIST INDEX:

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J. Vermeer -  "The Artist In His Studio"

 

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ARCHIVES: Selected features from past editions.

 

RARADIO: Click here to go to the RARadio page to hear innovative acts from across the spectrum of musical genres.

 

POLITICAL LINKS -

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ATLAS SHRUGS

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FEATURED LINKS:

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RARWRITER.com Annual "State of the Union" Report 2008-2009.

Click here for information about RARWRITER.com viewership and the further development of the RARWRITER enterprise.

 

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RARWRITER.com is exploding with new readers, new artist profiles, and new business opportunities. Would you like to become involved as an editorial contributor? If you are a great writer or photographer with particular knowledge of your creative community, and you are looking for publishing credits, contact us at Rick@RARWRITER.com for a copy of the RARWRITER Contributor Prospectus to learn what involvement can mean for you.-RAR

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

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MORE ON PAUL CAPONIGRO: The extraordinary photograph at the left is shown with permission from Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc., of Santa Fe, New Mexico, who is the primary representative for Mr. Caponigro's work. To learn more about Paul Caponigro's work, and view more of his exquisite images, follow these links for a look at his exhibitions presented by Andrew Smith Gallery:

■  Aluminum

■  Cornucopia

■  Fifty Years

■  Still Lifes

Paul Caponigro, "Brewster, New York," 1963 copyright Paul Caponigro


 

 

Elizabeth Kay

www.pytheaproductions.com
The daughter of two writers (one a long-time professor of literature at the University of South Florida), Elizabeth Kay was raised in an intellectual environment that promoted discernment and a "distanced" perspective on things. (I can say this with authority because I knew her parents and have known Liz since she was a kid.) It shows in her work, which has ranged from paint to lithography to pencil drawings. She seems focused on the inner lives of her subjects, their yearnings and desires, actual motivations. You don't think this way without some early exposure to Socratic dialogue that pushes back and demands strategic views. Most people's songs, for instance, are about their own feelings. Liz, in her art, is more inclined to explore "the other," and she typically does it with humor and whimsy.

Elizabeth wrote a book a few years back that explored the folk traditions of Native American and Spanish Colonial settlers of the Chimayo, New Mexco area. Her paintings, which she does on commission and as part of a folk art series, turn those traditions in on themselves to humorous effect as she mirrors the humanity of her subjects, who in some cases are her clients. Her work is by turns subtle and ornery and funny. It has been showcased at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of
American History and cards of her paintings have been distributed throughout the U.S.

Liz's other passion in life is music. There she tends toward ancient folk and languorous ballads, again the vista being space. That said, she and I used to do a mean version of Delaney and Bonnie's "Never Ending Love For You," so she's not beyond rowdy drinking songs. She plays guitar and piano and writes songs, but she's not typically confessional, more inclined toward arcane folk of another time. She, by the way, is a trained martial artist who has kicked my ass on numerous occasions. 

The Very Good Book Fairy

Our Lady of the Not So Barren Tree

 

 

 

Elizabeth Kay (captured on film by John Boland) at the Andrew Smith Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico

ELIZABETH KAY MP3s

East Virginia - Accompanied on bass and guitar by RAR

The Poplars - Consider it a literary mashup of tragic poet William Cowper (1731-1800) and '60s icon Donovan 

 

Copyright © Elizabeth Kay. All Rights Reserved.

 

Santo Pinhole

Santa Rita Casita

Our Lady of

 

 

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