tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84329502012-01-19T15:54:07.492-06:00r a y p r i d eSome looking, some readingRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comBlogger17071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-85916538163676321742012-01-02T15:19:00.003-06:002012-01-02T15:24:57.460-06:00The Same River Twice: Terry Gilliam and 12 MONKEYS Terry Gilliam travels between modern worlds in 12 Monkeys.  Snow flocks the rotten gray sky. Every airline's flights have been canceled or rearranged, and Terry Gilliam, urgently required in a distant city this evening, once again feels dislocated. We'll have to talk in his car on a rush to O'Hare. Gilliam, armed with his violently infectious giggle, seizes on the stretch limo as a Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-70027583273167816712011-12-19T15:46:00.001-06:002011-12-19T15:49:18.723-06:00REPRISE (May 28, 2008) The Speed of Thought: Re-viewing “Reprise”   “Reprise,” Joachim Trier’s marvelous, novelistic, essayistic, bold, assured debut feature, opened last weekend, and I was dying to see it again with an audience. Sunny Saturday afternoon and a surprising sixty or so people were at Landmark Century, including a friend only a few years older than the 23-year-olds who comprise the characters of “Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-1145191661629819692011-11-27T12:50:00.001-06:002011-11-27T12:52:26.848-06:00GeolocatingAside from the Twitter feed to the right and the links below, you could sample this Tumblr.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-34925486736165361532011-11-23T19:21:00.000-06:002011-11-23T16:45:51.260-06:00DANIEL CLOWES: MODERN CARTOONIST "DC:MC" comes out in April 2012. Here's an update. Book to Serve as Catalog for Touring Exhibition of Clowes's Work New York, NY, September 13, 2011: Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, the preeminent publisher of illustrated books, will publish the first monograph on the award-winning comics creator Daniel Clowes, author/illustrator of the bestselling titles Mister Wonderful, Wilson,Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-28803912949089098172011-10-28T20:30:00.001-05:002011-10-28T20:30:52.494-05:00What If "Seth" Designed A Fashion Line? As commissioned by The Globe & Mail. [Click for larger.]Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-52208366624993012552011-10-01T15:33:00.000-05:002011-10-16T15:37:57.422-05:00THE SWEET HEREAFTER (5 January 1998)THERE'S AN INTRICATELY DETAILED PAINTING BY BRUEGEL called "Children's Games," so dense with varieties of public experience that the scholar and translator Edward Snow has written an entire book deciphering its deceptive surfaces ("Inside Bruegel," North Point Press). He approvingly quotes Nietzsche on the concept of "slow reading": "to read well, that is, to read slowly, deeply, looking Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-16273372941018374942011-09-13T14:14:00.002-05:002011-09-13T14:16:21.317-05:00"Girlfriend in a Coma," covered by Owen That's like sitting on Zooey Deschanel and two kittens—without apology. Mike Kinsella, folks.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-4049317092271810742011-09-11T23:12:00.001-05:002011-09-11T23:15:06.948-05:00Jonny Greenwood vs. Penderecki: "48 Responses to Polymorphia"Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-28456836406677416892011-09-09T00:29:00.001-05:002011-09-09T00:30:11.045-05:00Brunch "There comes a moment in all hangovers when the sufferer comes to a fork in the road. To the left lies death. To the right, madness. Brunch is down there too. For let us be plain: The perfect hangover cure is a cold Coke and a swim in the ocean, followed by a nap. Brunch in contrast offers only lukewarm coffee and watery bloody mary mix, harried servers and shoe-leather bacon. It may promise Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-78185050182903636362011-08-23T19:45:00.000-05:002011-09-10T19:47:31.022-05:00Brian Cox teaches a toddler "Hamlet"Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-57832049898355865612011-08-13T15:23:00.001-05:002011-08-13T15:23:45.970-05:00"Heaven"Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-26230226190777898822011-08-03T18:27:00.002-05:002011-08-03T18:29:50.068-05:00If you hadn't become a film critic..."Ray Pride takes strikingly gorgeous photographs (...follow those links), though you probably know him best for his reviews and interviews for Movie City News... I'm very glad I asked him: "If you hadn't become a film critic, what might have happened instead?" [Introduction by David Hudson.] I grew up on a couple-acre patch of green amid rolling farmland in the west of Kentucky—I spent 18 years Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-56323854899775325722011-04-18T01:17:00.005-05:002011-04-18T18:21:49.407-05:00long nights with dreams of falling...LONG NIGHTS (WITH DREAMS OF FALLING) Chicago Reader Review By Achy Obejas Prop Theatre We are exploring passion these days. A generation of writers in their 30s are old enough to have been decimated by love at least once--and are hopeful still, but cynical, too. We can't seem to decide whether we want to be romantic or self-effacing, hold out for the real thing (whatever that is) or settle. We Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-17100274870670674302011-01-06T05:08:00.003-06:002011-01-06T05:09:04.782-06:00dawn salonicaRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-48538891721124163862010-11-27T17:15:00.003-06:002010-11-27T17:16:35.513-06:00William KleinRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-65608421664850534262010-11-04T18:07:00.001-05:002010-11-06T18:08:25.163-05:00Takers Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-53966864288444934332010-10-29T22:50:00.000-05:002010-10-29T22:50:20.344-05:00Owl practiceRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-27839427580037449512010-09-26T04:08:00.000-05:002010-09-26T04:08:00.415-05:00Honey WestRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-29528756576521506722010-09-25T04:05:00.001-05:002010-09-25T04:05:24.655-05:0077 (1958)Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-14813240797906414772010-09-24T22:06:00.001-05:002010-09-24T22:06:53.869-05:00Fox exposureRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-31777355004837164842010-09-23T18:57:00.001-05:002010-09-23T18:58:58.239-05:00Loop grub Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-43460475107048468822010-09-16T19:23:00.001-05:002010-09-16T19:23:13.161-05:00"Sad Yoda Cat is Sad" [Via Boing Boing.]Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-49325680942175878192010-09-09T19:03:00.001-05:002010-09-09T19:03:31.341-05:00Love is strange...Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-56977782739226604002010-09-07T07:05:00.002-05:002010-09-09T19:07:27.133-05:00Rusty James, Bill Wilcox lookin' for you, Rusty JamesRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-4403306819613683692010-09-05T19:23:00.000-05:002010-09-09T19:24:22.114-05:00Lee Marvin makes a point in POINT BLANKRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-2099886138384174662010-08-25T15:29:00.001-05:002010-08-25T15:30:17.439-05:00Passing throughRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-11680693488438708742010-08-09T17:32:00.000-05:002010-08-09T17:32:31.254-05:00John Waters' routines"Oh, I have such a routine it’s ludicrous. Monday to Friday, I get up everyday at six AM, read about six or seven newspapers, look at my emails, and at exactly eight o’clock: write. Every day. I have to think up something, even if I’m not writing a book. Today I’m working on my next draft of a spoken-word act I do. So I write every day at eight. If I’m thinking something up, plot-wise, I can onlyRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-4903328193746745952010-08-09T13:40:00.001-05:002010-08-09T13:41:30.957-05:00Don DeLillo talks to Robert McCrumWords from an infrequent interviews subject, in the Observer, Don DeLillo, by editor Robert McCrum: "Face to face, DeLillo talks like a man who could imagine many lives and who has certainly run the gamut of the American dream. Confronted with a lifetime of experience, he confesses that his age "doesn't seem quite real. It's not meaningful. I can't quite imagine myself being 73. That's the age myRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-758313089551997702010-08-08T16:22:00.000-05:002010-08-08T16:22:00.060-05:00There will be cows: the FT's Lunch with Lydia DavisThe Weekend Financial Times often does wonders with their Weekend "Lunch with the FT" interviews. Here's the end of a nicely quirky piece on writer Lydia Davis: "As we walk to the car, she tells me about a recent project, based on dreams and dream-like experiences, inspired in part, she says, by French surrealist Michel Leiris, whose work she has translated. A thunderstorm is brewing outside and Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-42137975293981831662010-08-01T16:55:00.001-05:002010-08-01T16:55:02.824-05:00Cap'n Jazz, "Take On Me," Chicago A sloppy Flip video shot between taking stills.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-10085832162433615302010-07-29T15:27:00.003-05:002010-07-29T15:39:58.132-05:00"This Is 606" is waking upWhen this interminable book and video wrap up, the "Chicago-centric" photography/text project at this is 606 will be posted on a daily basis again. Soon... Here's a slideshow of work that was in the just-ended Chicago Underground "Even Still" group show at the Siskel Film Center; the man surrounded by letters is changing the Chicago Theater marquee, which can be seen from the Siskel windows. (TheRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-43398911861458929042010-07-29T15:15:00.000-05:002010-07-29T15:15:51.552-05:00More rain, more heat Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-12864787859896121492010-07-24T03:03:00.004-05:002010-07-24T03:03:42.966-05:00rain rainRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-81857824866503911142010-07-18T03:39:00.001-05:002010-07-18T03:39:20.323-05:00Lost dog babyLost dog babyOriginally uploaded by rayprideRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-71454864518194123422010-07-18T03:38:00.001-05:002010-07-18T03:38:16.146-05:00StarlessStarlessOriginally uploaded by rayprideRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-35837594015643878922010-07-07T18:56:00.001-05:002010-07-07T18:56:57.686-05:00Chicago parkingChicago parkingOriginally uploaded by rayprideRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-14614470475595671302010-07-06T13:46:00.003-05:002010-07-06T14:31:42.368-05:00Crying of Lot 49 Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-53481506838325969352010-06-11T15:12:00.003-05:002010-06-11T15:14:49.764-05:00Dan Clowes at Printers Row June 13 If you're at the book fair on Sunday morning...Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-65063971626277980542010-06-08T12:22:00.002-05:002010-06-11T16:33:40.905-05:00"Even Still" group show at Siskel Through July 18: details here. If you can't make it, here's the slideshow of my five images.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-89772811848872502462010-05-27T03:24:00.002-05:002010-05-27T03:25:24.998-05:00Oh show me the way to the next karaoke bar, or surely we must die, surely we must dieRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-78346524764965345272010-05-06T18:54:00.003-05:002010-05-06T19:04:35.017-05:00Dan Clowes event in Chicago June 13Dan Clowes is on the road promoting his latest novel, "Wilson." He'll be in Chicago June 13 at the Printers Row book Fair; I'll be moderating. Some recent Clowes interviews are here.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-80287920071374515642010-05-01T20:45:00.004-05:002010-05-01T20:52:19.444-05:00Another Apple Store line: iPad 3GRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-8100691306154797232010-05-01T15:12:00.003-05:002010-06-10T18:28:24.940-05:00Comics event with Brown, Brunetti, Ware, Nilsen at NU this weekChris Ware, Ivan Brunetti, Anders Nilsen and Jeffrey Brown will talk comics at Northwestern this Wednesday. I'll be moderating. Details here.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-86962229515009607922010-04-23T18:52:00.002-05:002010-04-23T18:55:28.592-05:00Pink Hotel premiere, Music Box, April 9My interview with director Chris Hefner [right] is here.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-79644519324735892872010-04-18T19:02:00.001-05:002010-04-18T19:06:59.933-05:00Turning northRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-2974227759035102982010-04-18T18:35:00.000-05:002010-04-18T18:36:09.550-05:00"Canceling Europe" with Publico, LisbaoRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-80173344680414194382010-04-17T15:34:00.001-05:002010-04-17T15:36:19.250-05:00Food & Wine likes tacosIn a slideshow backgrounding the research by chef Paul Kahan for Chicago's Big Star taqueria, Food & Wine publishes one of my photos of the patio... before the summer rush-'n'-crush.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-73906388509324504092010-03-25T02:18:00.000-05:002010-03-25T02:19:20.485-05:00Go that wayRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-55267126016577931922010-03-15T14:26:00.004-05:002010-03-15T14:32:34.053-05:00Parr and parcel: eavesdropping on Martin ParrEavesdropping on an appearance by Magnum photographer Martin Parr at Chicago's Stephen Daiter Gallery; a report is here.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-42130341797631142392010-03-03T15:29:00.000-06:002010-03-03T15:30:01.750-06:00Billy Elliot in the snow Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-51410360260369751032010-03-02T12:23:00.004-06:002010-03-02T15:45:15.380-06:00We Live In Public live in publicMy report is here.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-16220314615388060842010-02-28T20:24:00.003-06:002010-02-28T20:26:33.148-06:00Magic doorRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-24127112257531375032010-02-21T20:12:00.000-06:002010-02-21T20:13:13.723-06:00Win for lifeRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-33006915395223972492010-02-19T22:20:00.003-06:002010-02-22T19:24:27.076-06:00"Red Star, Black Eye" opening, Josh Agle (SHAG) at RotofugiYou can read my opening night report here. And a "notebook" video of the space is below.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-22798389739469632862010-02-14T18:33:00.001-06:002010-02-14T18:33:21.383-06:00Flurried Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-21539533404118470322010-02-11T02:05:00.002-06:002010-02-11T02:06:00.809-06:00Doe, a dearRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-53432473242583669592010-02-11T02:04:00.002-06:002010-02-11T02:04:55.724-06:00Sodium girlRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-49086651452604647862010-02-05T19:22:00.000-06:002010-02-05T19:23:09.552-06:00RedRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-7900579602421955662010-01-28T03:55:00.000-06:002010-01-28T03:57:17.051-06:00No small plansRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-5998326997040131472010-01-21T15:43:00.004-06:002010-01-21T15:46:14.509-06:00"Ray Pride's Park City"A small selection of photographs of Sundance 2007-2009 is at Film in Focus.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-40116080469604346242010-01-12T16:59:00.006-06:002010-03-22T17:48:10.805-05:00Bites: Big StarThere's a bite-sized drop-in on a Sunday night visit to Chicago's Big Star here.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-64724341389466752682010-01-08T19:13:00.001-06:002010-01-08T19:13:23.931-06:00Here it comes...Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-85600473188445811112009-12-29T02:20:00.000-06:002009-12-29T02:21:17.213-06:00Have a seatRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-48012951217868212292009-12-26T16:43:00.001-06:002009-12-26T16:43:34.700-06:00KimlerRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-66456899232357281072009-12-26T16:42:00.001-06:002009-12-26T16:42:54.383-06:00MartinRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-13802565192870943632009-12-26T16:41:00.000-06:002009-12-26T16:42:04.924-06:00RizzoRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-11962997104905793542009-12-24T15:44:00.000-06:002009-12-26T16:41:17.938-06:00Christmas 2009Christmas 2009Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-62425650186160557152009-12-16T03:38:00.001-06:002009-12-16T03:38:48.607-06:00I venteI venteOriginally uploaded by [Zakkalicious / Mikael]Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-8028109003615852982009-12-06T03:19:00.001-06:002009-12-06T03:19:45.831-06:00FlouRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-52161988949381022252009-11-28T10:30:00.000-06:002009-11-28T10:31:06.512-06:00Vespa memoriesRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-42850921661977380552009-11-20T09:49:00.000-06:002009-11-22T09:49:43.076-06:00When Werner Herzog met Fred AstaireRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-79380066655879464502009-11-14T14:10:00.002-06:002009-11-14T14:18:52.625-06:00Fatih Akin deejays in ThessalonikiRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-28961772470163490512009-11-14T14:09:00.005-06:002009-11-14T14:19:48.944-06:00AegeanRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-31301158623013127732009-11-14T14:09:00.004-06:002009-11-14T14:10:00.600-06:00ProRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-19778996534957565162009-11-14T14:09:00.001-06:002009-11-14T14:09:19.571-06:00FRARay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-37775365163630218062009-11-14T14:08:00.001-06:002009-11-14T14:08:57.601-06:00Escape thisRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-31295634229130184282009-11-02T02:19:00.001-06:002009-11-02T02:24:26.538-06:00Terrible things happen in an imperfect world With intermittent otherness.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-73896620354445854752009-11-01T16:18:00.000-06:002009-11-01T16:19:09.650-06:00Rainy Billy Goat Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-8079508356614253272009-10-20T18:45:00.000-05:002009-10-20T18:46:10.716-05:00There are bad days, there are good daysRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-33666253110482231832009-10-17T13:35:00.001-05:002009-10-17T13:35:16.274-05:00StaircaseRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-56437911405661559152009-09-24T15:58:00.001-05:002009-09-24T15:59:57.015-05:00Far. And Near.Two photo shows in Chicago in October. More details here.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-66643192583285033612009-09-07T18:59:00.000-05:002009-09-07T19:01:18.349-05:0012, a short film from Chicago Underground 1212 from Ray Pride on Vimeo.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-26084430935005926822009-08-27T03:17:00.000-05:002009-08-27T03:19:40.998-05:00Whit Stillman at the disco ballNo one captures the comic contradictions of a certain kind of urban relationship quite like Whit Stillman.Droll and playful, "Last Days of Disco" is deceptively structured, as nuanced and layered as a novel in behavioral filigree. As in "Metropolitan" and "Barcelona," Stillman makes his characters smart enough to dig themselves a hole but not always dig themselves out. Set, as an early title saysRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-170918717529509252009-08-23T14:36:00.005-05:002009-08-23T14:41:23.257-05:00Far and NearI'm planning a couple of small photo events for October. More to come, but you can preview here or click on the photo for a larger version.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-3788856683154579292009-08-21T17:04:00.002-05:002009-08-21T17:05:06.218-05:00BereftRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-42439396869151995432009-08-21T17:04:00.001-05:002009-08-21T17:04:38.152-05:00Icelandic beerRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-58083422804012879912009-08-20T17:01:00.000-05:002009-08-21T17:01:57.448-05:00SettingRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-17525994013079516182009-08-19T16:59:00.000-05:002009-08-20T16:59:38.432-05:00"Take Five" under Wabash Avenue ElRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-67636701334702559052009-08-18T14:40:00.001-05:002009-08-18T14:42:23.997-05:00"Inherent Vice," by Thomas PynchonI review the latest Pynchon in this week's Newcity: Some early reviewers of Thomas Pynchon’s seventh novel took its easygoing 372 pages as light diversion, an Elmore Leonard-style caper in the drug-high early 1970s, something Steven Soderbergh could splinter into a feature film. Passages of melancholy and imaginative conversational style are weightier than that. A funny, convoluted countercultureRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-92193013331857852562009-08-12T16:05:00.001-05:002009-08-12T16:05:56.773-05:00Rainbo Club, August 12Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-45352487211897130082009-08-12T02:06:00.000-05:002009-08-11T22:12:01.296-05:00Busy Beaver Button grand opening, August 8Busy Beaver Buttons dedicates a new storefront in Logan Square with a grand opening party.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-70384330979972839192009-08-11T01:05:00.001-05:002009-08-11T22:11:25.425-05:00Why do I find it hard write the next line?: John Hughes“BREAKING NEWS” FROM VARIETY ON MY PHONE ON THE 66 HOME: John Hughes dead at 59. Eyes sting a little and immediately I remember the Simple Minds lyrics, “Don’t you forget about me, no, no, no,” heard in “The Breakfast Club.” John Hughes, the man, had been all but forgotten as a briefly prolific filmmaker (eight features in eight years, thirty-five-plus script credits), but the movies, the lines Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-54395978331009585922009-08-10T05:14:00.001-05:002009-08-11T15:20:07.436-05:00Woods at Permanent Records, August 9Their only appearance in Chicago an in-store at Chicago Avenue's Permanent Records. It's only the opening of a song: mostly the milling of the happy young crowd.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-32358421784997833262009-08-09T14:33:00.003-05:002009-08-11T14:42:48.497-05:00Late night ponyride gone wrong at Continental, August 9Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-22172022464480668592009-08-05T16:55:00.003-05:002009-08-05T16:58:11.433-05:00Am I your kitty?Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-56973216898223509922009-07-21T19:20:00.001-05:002009-07-21T20:01:39.589-05:00Pitchfork parableRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-25073076155353385802009-07-03T02:40:00.000-05:002009-07-03T02:41:31.799-05:00this is 606: a photo exhibition of "chicagoesque" imagesTen large photographic landscapes of Chicago, or "606," open Friday, July 3 at The Architrouve in Chicago, 6-9-m. [Location and daily hours through August 2 here.] The set is drawn from the ongoing daily photographic project, "this is 606," which is here.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-59646648065932512552009-06-26T23:27:00.003-05:002009-06-26T23:33:30.868-05:00you want to travel blind: portraitsPictures I've taken of friends and others, from June 27-July 25 at Rainbo Club, 1150 North Damen, Chicago. More here.Ray Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-22321445739784258722009-06-25T02:37:00.000-05:002009-06-25T02:38:20.640-05:00μπλεRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432950.post-38375058610460648882009-06-23T14:36:00.000-05:002009-06-25T02:37:27.492-05:00fotographyRay Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533284713609879919noreply@blogger.com