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Nat Hentoff & The Straight Road
Nat Hentoff
From Swing Men and Women by Herbert Kuhner
You could call Nat Hentoff,
the Dean of jazz critics.
I’ve already expressed my
admiration for him.
Nat has always been politically minded
and he certainly knows how to write
a political sentence,
as well as a sentence about music.
Nat is now “pro-life.”
He’s opposed to,
what some refer to
as murder before birth.
Abortion is not exactly
a […]
Posted: June 30th, 2008 under Poetry, Jazz.
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Jazz Brunch with Harry Kuhner in July 08
Posted: June 29th, 2008 under Poetry, Aktuell.
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Ingrid Bergman and Time
From Stromboli to The Visit
Ingrid Bergman left Hollywood to make Stromboli for Roberto Rosselini in 1949. Her intention was to leave Tinsel-Town glamour behind her to in order make neo-realistic European films. And Roberto’s manly appeal may have influenced her decision. Roberto had made Roma, Open City and Paisa, which are indeed stunning. Some film […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2008 under Polemics, Text, Dossier.
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Opening Night: Waterbed Art Association
Vernissage Padhi Frieberger in Studio 18 Gallery
17.06.08-6.30 p.m- on Waehringer Guertel 75 - 1180 Vienna
Herbert Kuhner
Charlie came first and then came Buster. Charlie pratfell and caused pratfalls, and he battered around with the heavies. Charlie had a mean streak but Buster was gentle. The Looney Tunes cartoon characters carried on in the roughhouse manner. […]
Posted: June 15th, 2008 under Gallery, Reviews, Text, Aktuell.
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Putting George Down
Herbert Kuhner
from Swing Men and Women
Hans Weigel,
who was reputed to be
the dean of Austrian critics,
claimed that Uncle Sam
had committed “mortal sins”
in the music category.
Porter, Berlin and Kern
are named as the greatest sinners,
but the sinner of sinners,
according to Weigel,
was George Gershwin.
He calls Gershwin
“a second-hand syncopation profiteer.”
Hans, there’s a song I’d like to play for you.
It’s called […]
Posted: June 9th, 2008 under Poetry.
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Hans Weigel 1908 - 1991
Profil 22. Jänner 2007, Profil 4, Seite 87
Interview
Bronner: Dazu folgende Geschichte: Der Theaterkritiker Hans Weigel bekam von der Burgschauspielerin Käthe Dorsch anläßlich eines Verrisses die legendäre Watschn. Aus diesem Vorfall machte ich die Nummer “Hit me, Kate”. Eines Abends saß Franz Antel mit großem Gefolge in der “Marietta”. Just nach “Hit me, Kate” verließ er […]
Posted: June 9th, 2008 under Polemics, Text, Dossier, Hypocrisy.
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Guess Who
Being able to forget keeps you young!
Minister With a Past
The Minister of the Interior,
Trotzkist, Maoist
and Ho Chi Minh demonstrator
in his student days,
gave orders to the police
to break up a peaceful
pro-ecology demonstration
with the use of truncheons and dogs.
. . . . . . . . . . […]
Posted: June 6th, 2008 under Aktuell, Dossier, Political, Hypocrisy.
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