June 13ths
6/13/1927
(Edward Weston Daybooks)
CK came by, had not seen her in years. She was thinking that he'd take photos of her, which he did—nudes. She is a dancer—body youthful, strong, brown from the sun and sea winds, yet he was repulsed.
[This may be one of the photographs, but I’m not sure it is ‘CK”. This is a LOC print].
6/13/1930
(Weston Daybooks)
Back from week in San Francisco where he did some shopping. Glad to return from noise and stench. One print to artist Bob Howard. Even with little money he bought a Bach album for $10 (sic). On buying records: only Bach holds up fresh and strong after repeated playing. He always comes back to Bach after tiring of modern records.
6/13/1944
(Diary of Anne Frank)
"Yesterday Churchill, Smuts, Eisenhower and Arnold visited the French villages that the British have captured and liberated. Churchill was on a torpedo boat that shelled the coast. Like many men, he doesn't seem to know what fear is — an enviable trait!...No doubt many people are glad the idle (!) British have finally rolled up their sleeves and gotten down to work. Those who keep claiming they don't want to be occupied by the British don't realize how unfair they're being.
6/13/1949 (Denver)
Kerouac getting settled in outskirts of W. Denver. Typed 10,000 words of “On the Road”: "the true beginning now....beautiful summer is mine."
Music in the language:
6/13/1984 (Milan)
(Keith Haring Journal)
"The problem facing modern man now is compounded by the increasing power of technology and its misuse by those in power who wish only to control. The mentality of people who are motivated by profits at the expense of human needs is perfect for the computer. Computers are completely rational. They save time-and money, they can keep records of every transaction (telephone, bank, etc.). Money is the opposite of magic. Art is magic. The worlds of art and money are constantly intermingling. To survive this mixture the magic in art has to be applied in new ways. Magic must always triumph."
6/13/1997, Friday
Friday the 13th. Bulls win 5th championship (5-peat)
6/13/2002
They had this thing in the paper where they listed the summertime hits since 1960 and I realized I couldn't remember anything after 1990, when I turned 30. So it's true: you turn 30 and your youth fades to black.
6/13/2004
(Neil Peart, Roadshow)
"The Lake of the Ozarks area was pleasantly scenic, though busy on his summer Sunday, and Michael and I gradually angled back to the Northwest, to the farms and woodlands of Southwestern Missouri. Church Sign: "If God had a wallet, your picture would be in it." That's pretty good, I must say, kind of lyrical. Could be a line from the song, Maybe by the New Main Street Singers in A Mighty Wind."
6/13/2011
Stunningly beautiful day. Took long walk down to West Loop. I love how the saturated blue sky makes for great photos. This reminds me of an Ellsworth Kelly:
6/13/2022
In the late 1990s the first sites to allow DIY music releases were MP3.com and IUMA. It was extremely liberating, as was the general zeitgeist of the internet. Also during that period was the advent of Napster, also liberating, but also one of the first disruptive technologies, seen as a reset—but would lead to the collapse of the entire infrastructure, even the good aspects.
I'm reminded of a TED talk given by Zynep Tufekci:
"...as digital technology makes things easier for movements, why haven't successful outcomes become more likely as well? In embracing digital platforms for activism and politics, are we overlooking some of the benefits of doing things the hard way?...I believe that the rule of thumb is: Easier to mobilize does not always mean easier to achieve gains...Today's protests have become a bit like climbing Mt. Everest with the help of 60 Sherpas, and the internet is our Sherpa. What we're doing is taking the fast routes and not replacing the benefits of the slower work."
Social media has been somewhat of a mixed bag (at least in terms of collaboration) because it was built on top of an internet that perhaps didn't want it or see a need for it. We will always be social and have media, so combining the two has become a sum less than its parts.