Comments on: Bruce Conner's "Mea Culpa" film for Eno and Byrne http://boingboing.net/2012/07/30/bruce-conners-mea-culpa.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 04:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Root Simple http://boingboing.net/2012/07/30/bruce-conners-mea-culpa.html#comment-1493437 Root Simple Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173921#comment-1493437 Bruce Connor was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century--all of his other films are amazing too. Thanks for posting! Bruce Connor was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century–all of his other films are amazing too. Thanks for posting!

]]> By: victorvictorian http://boingboing.net/2012/07/30/bruce-conners-mea-culpa.html#comment-1493211 victorvictorian Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173921#comment-1493211 internet serendipity freaks me out sometimes. maybe it's all the pot or maybe it's just zeitgeist but i've been really into this album again lately, especially this song and Very, Very Hungry. i've picked up and put down this album for 30 years now (!) and it always amazes me each time i rediscover it. it's always sounded ahead of it's time and over the decades as music has changed i've found myself checking in with it to see how it reflects the times and it always comes out ahead.  i did a youtubez search for this very video last week after telling a friend at work how i was in my high school art club in the early 80's and was lucky enough to see lots of Bruce Conner's work when going to museums in Calif. and how much he influenced me. the 50's-60's torn nylon assemblages were the most punk thing my teenage self had ever seen and it wasn't until much later in life that i found out just how 'punk' Conners was. one of my biggest heros, in temperament if not always in execution. the sound levels on this video version stink. internet serendipity freaks me out sometimes. maybe it’s all the pot or maybe it’s just zeitgeist but i’ve been really into this album again lately, especially this song and Very, Very Hungry. i’ve picked up and put down this album for 30 years now (!) and it always amazes me each time i rediscover it. it’s always sounded ahead of it’s time and over the decades as music has changed i’ve found myself checking in with it to see how it reflects the times and it always comes out ahead. 

i did a youtubez search for this very video last week after telling a friend at work how i was in my high school art club in the early 80′s and was lucky enough to see lots of Bruce Conner’s work when going to museums in Calif. and how much he influenced me. the 50′s-60′s torn nylon assemblages were the most punk thing my teenage self had ever seen and it wasn’t until much later in life that i found out just how ‘punk’ Conners was. one of my biggest heros, in temperament if not always in execution.

the sound levels on this video version stink.

]]> By: PaulDavisTheFirst http://boingboing.net/2012/07/30/bruce-conners-mea-culpa.html#comment-1493155 PaulDavisTheFirst Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173921#comment-1493155 and you were bowled over by what, precisely? and you were bowled over by what, precisely?

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/07/30/bruce-conners-mea-culpa.html#comment-1493115 Jim Saul Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173921#comment-1493115 One of the best albums ever. Is the "America is Waiting" one out on youtube somewhere?  I see one that looks likely, but isn't fully credited if it's Conner's. One of the best albums ever. Is the “America is Waiting” one out on youtube somewhere?  I see one that looks likely, but isn’t fully credited if it’s Conner’s.

]]> By: Ben Kloos http://boingboing.net/2012/07/30/bruce-conners-mea-culpa.html#comment-1493112 Ben Kloos Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173921#comment-1493112 This song and this video are so awesome, it's been pulled off youtube a few times but I'm glad to see it up again. There's an intersting story behind the album my life in the bush of ghosts  This song and this video are so awesome, it’s been pulled off youtube a few times but I’m glad to see it up again. There’s an intersting story behind the album my life in the bush of ghosts 

]]> By: allen bukoff http://boingboing.net/2012/07/30/bruce-conners-mea-culpa.html#comment-1493109 allen bukoff Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173921#comment-1493109 Very nice.  Very Ann Arbor Film Festival. Very nice.  Very Ann Arbor Film Festival.

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