Recently I heard Hazmat Modine for the first time, with his song Bahamut, and now can’t get enough of it (or him). This is a pretty great live version.
Note:: Bahamut, the legendary Arabic mythological beast, as written about in Borges’ magnificent Book of Imaginary Beings
“Stacks” is an outdoor bookshelf installation by artist David Harper made of books and wood.
The theme for Harper’s installation: “these trees shall be my books,” comes from William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” but the goal of the work goes far beyond Orlando’s wish to immortalize Rosalind. Harper seeks to immortalize the love of knowledge, and the homage owed to the living things we use to create stores of knowledge for all to study. “STACKS” captures the transformation from living tree to store of knowledge. Read more here.
