Deleuze Quotes

1. For there is a vast difference between destroying in order to conserve and perpetuate the established order of representations, models, and copies, and destroying the models and copies in order to institute the chaos which creates, making the simulacra function and raising a phantasm – the most innocent of all destructions, the destruction of Platonism. Off “Logic of Sense”

MC Eiht

1. Streiht-up Menace.

Wake your punk ass up for the 93 shot
MC Eiht’s in the motherfuckin house.. gyeah
And it ain’t nothin but a compton thang y’all
And we ain’t nuttin but niggaz on the run
And this goes out to my niggaz.. gyeah

A fucked up childhood, is why the way I am
It’s got me in the state where I don’t give a damn, hmm
Somebody help me, but nah they don’t hear me though
I guess I’ll be another victim of the ghetto
Ain’t no escapin, cause I’m way too young
Pops is dealin, and on top of that got moms sprung
Schemin off the top, pops never figured
That he’d go down by the hands of another nigga
Now my pops is gone and that ain’t no good
Got to follow in the foot steps of the homies from the hood
And where’s the role model?
Niggaz putting brew in my fuckin baby bottle!!!!
Damn, and through all the motherfuckin pain
They done drove my moms in-sane
So I guess I gotta do work so I ain’t finished
I grow up to be a streiht up menace, gyeah

Uhh, come on y’all
Streiht up menace

Now I’m of age, and livin in the projects
Gettin paid off the clucks and the county checks
I’m Fil-ia fresh outta high school, never did I wonder
That the motherfuckin hood would take me under
Gyeah, I’m kickin it with the homies and they got the straps
Off to the corner store, owned by the fuckin Japs
See a bitch in the right lane so I comes with the mack
Astro Bam pulls a motherfuckin jack from the back
Now he’s got the strap to my homie’s head
See him play that shit cool, and don’t be a fool!
He shot my nigga in the fuckin head
I caught one in the shoulder, if I didn’t run I was dead
Now I’m layin in the hospital bed
Thinkin about them punk motherfuckers and my eyes is bloodshot red
Gyeah motherfuckers, I ain’t finished
Be on the look-out for the streiht up menace, gyeah

Uhh, whassup y’all
Streiht up menace .. damn!
Really..
Streiht up menace .. damn!

I’m in too deep
I done killed a motherfucker and I just can’t sleep
One-Time’s tryin to do a smooth creep
And on top of that
Niggaz after me for fuckin one of they hood rats
I ain’t got time for the fuckin bitch’s story
Niggaz want me gotta come to my territory
And ain’t no “You Can Get the Fist”
Niggaz come, and they get done on they own risk
What is it all about?
Should I leave or should I stay cause I don’t wanna punk out
Oh what should I do? The homies say
“The hood’s where it’s good, homeboy, I thought you knew!!!!”
So in the process to show the hood my best
No time to react, caught two in the chest
Now look who’s down, I guess I’m finished
I go out like a streiht up menace, gyeah

Uhh, come on y’all
Streiht up menace .. damn!
And on and on
I guess we outta here
Peace to my niggaz on the run
And it ain’t nuttin but streiht up menaces, damn!
Just like I said before y’all
It ain’t nuttin but a compton thang
And MC Eiht’s in the house for the 93 shot
And this one’s for the niggaz, gyeah

2. Interview
ThaFormula.Com – How long ago did you decide on this man?

MC Eiht – About 2 years ago. Basically, I just been in tha streets for tha last 2 years. I had to come up out tha house and go back to tha streets and just hang out with niggaz all day in tha backyards, frontyards with tha pit bulls, blowing blunts on tha corner. You know just chillin’ and ridin’ through tha neighborhoods hangin’ out at tha lowrider contests and just dippin’ and fuckin with hood rats. I had to get back into that element because if you ain’t in that element, then your whole game gonna be different. You will be sitting talking about, yeah I chilled in a big house all day getting my feet wet in tha pool and all that shit. I ain’t on that aspect. I’m gonna tell niggaz what’s really going on in tha streets still. You have to experience what goes on in tha streets for you to be able to communicate with tha niggaz on that level. I ain’t trying to reach tha muthafuckaz that is doing good and know what’s up. I’m trying to reach tha muthafuckaz that struggling to get there, so that’s what it’s about.

–The author dipping back into his environment in other to write a new ‘novel/album’…retreogressive research?…

Wu Tang Clan called me all tha way from California just to come sit and be in their video “Can It All Be So Simple.” It’s just respect from niggaz like that and you got to have that.

MC Eiht – Yeah, but I’m not gonna compromise myself and my foundation and my fans just to be something I ain’t. Just to get on MTV or TRL or get a Grammy or be at tha BET awards. Man FUCK THAT!! I ain’t gonna compromise shit. I rather tha niggaz who know me tell me to keep it real then some motherfucker trying to give me a check for a Sprite commercial. I mean cause I remember when niggaz wouldn’t do shit like that. Nigga I ain’t fittin’ to do no Sprite commercial or no Right Guard commercial. I know it’s all about getting your bread and all, but niggaz had alot more integrity back then. You could have never got Chuck D to do a Right Guard commercial or Sprite commercial. Again, I understand it’s about getting paid because I’m about getting paid to, but I’m not about compromising my image to muthafuckaz. I’m not about compromising my true foundation cause muthafuckaz gonna question me. Just like I’m representing tha streets, a muthafucka gonna question me if I come out in a movie standing next to Rodney Dangerfield looking like a clown. They trust gonna be broken like damn, we thought Eiht was real for us. So that’s what it’s about, not compromising. Get your money and get paid and do what you gotta do, but if your on that aspect of being a real nigga, don’t compromise shit.

Rare Jay-Z Tracks

1. H.O.V.A.
Who else you know on probation, leave the country for a month to go on vacation?
Listeners, get your brain on drugs, listen up, Mister floss like cocaine dust
Heroin hero, do anything for Dinero like Joe Pesci, Hov is so deadly
Get your mind right, or get it on your left sleeve

2. Don’t You Know
Bonsoir, motherfuckers.
Don’t you know, when you defeated young punk/ Won’t you throw in the towel, stop runnin your mouth/ Don’t you know that we know you jus runnin your mouth/ Cuz when that shit pops off y’all gon’ run in ya house/
Don’t you know, when you defeated young punk/ Won’t you throw in the towel, i’m better with vowels/ My vocabulary murders the dictionary/ flow switching every sixteen, shit’s mean man.
My demeanor is Humphrey Bogey
my spot is solidified, rock-a-bye baby, i sing you a lullaby/ how ill am I, BK to Philladi- niggas feeling how real am I/ I carry two Taurus, niggas they call me Gemini/ Though my birthday is one day before December 5
Check out my melody/ my flow is a felony (Rakim Reference)

Some Art Ideas

1. Art As Hobby
Find people with corporate jobs. See if they make art. Be varied in the selection of art they make. Buy their art at a low price and expose it. The exhibition of their art is the artwork. Sell it.

2. Take pictures of the books in my library which I’ve yet to read.

3. Somebody’s reflection faintly etched “inside” a mirror.

4. Make a committee of well-known artists that will approve all my art before it is publicly released. The debates are documented.

Rohmer

Conte d’été
1. Assertive characters with powerful commitments to their principles. It gives them an aura of determination and self-confidence. Nobody is never truly vulnerable. Instead they always negotiate rationally with circumstance.
2. Thick-bottomed women. Shapely.
3. Verbalize their psychology.

Golden Tracks

1. ras kass – anything goes remix
http://www.zshare.net/audio/118204016bb407c1/

I had this on an old tape. It turns out that it was not on the actual “Anything Goes” single but as a b-side on the Jack Frost 12”. Something about that flute.

ideas for film II

1. the discarding of ideas
2. the meaning of montage (see book put together my Montand’s wife in “La Guerre est finie”
3. The primacy of the camera–all else is secondary.
4. Straub-Huillet base all their films on already existing material–The tension between the wholly original and the referenced….(the impetus behind a wholly original segment in a wholly original story)
5. A film that reflects on its own formal/stylistic devices. For instance, if WKW would include in his story annotative comments about his use of slow-motion…
6. Something has to replace the clichés of self-reflexivity. The beautiful tracking shot of a tracking shot in “Contempt” as the credits are read out…should be replaced today by something new that indicates the same issues…The ‘essence’ of this sequence which I’m in love with….is something I wish to reproduce…but maybe it can be done without going through the path of self-reflexivity. The obvious alternate path would be to have a sequence with narrative meaning (unlike the extra-diegetic sequence of Contempt). So now the question would be…what are the other filmic emanations apart from extra-diegetic self-reflexivity, diegectic sequences,…I am not sure. What about the false takes an actor makes, when he taps into the ‘wrong’ feeling and the director must correct her/him? What about the kind of footage that is never in the script but ends up being shot out of sheer opportunity at the moment of filming (and the audience can feel that)?

7. A movie directed by Michel Gondry about a man who tries to convince a woman that they met the year before at a 35mm screening of Marienbad. Seeing that the woman is clearly unconvinced, he makes a short film recreating their encouter. The man is played by Peter Greenaway. The last remaining print was destroyed in an Afghan cave before a special screening for US Soldiers. During a trek to a humanitarian mission, Olivier and Hugo find bits and pieces of the print and try to put it back together.

8. Obsessive-Complusive Personality Disorder is defined by absolute denial that there is a problem. Good way to explore in an explicit way that space where the viewer knows more than the protagonist.

Foods

he top ten common high antioxidant foods include:
Walnuts
Pomegranates
Sunflower seeds
Blackberries
Cranberries
Blueberries
Dried apricots
Ginger
Raspberries
Prunes

The following foods contain the most pesticide residue:
Apples
Bell peppers
Peaches
Spinach
Strawberries

List: Camera Placement

1. Dont be too far. Get closer. It is okay to cut off the lower body somewhat and parts of the set. (But leave headroom)
2. Dont be afraid to be slightly slanted. Too straight is too cute. All morality is slanted, so the camera should reflect that.
3. Plan camera movements to give characters memorable introductions.
4. Emotional Space. Be aware of actor height. Look for visual anchors around the shot. Think of the weight and balance of the frame according to the emotional intensity of the shot/scene.
5. If someone leaves:
6. Do you track along….(only if they turn back)
7. Do you place yourself close to them and then pull back quick when they make a violent movement to leave
8. How far do they have to move before being off-frame?
9. Or better yet…is it the camera that moves to render them off-frame? Do we leave them, or do they leave us?
10. The handheld camera covers three mistakes: Bad acting, bad set design, and bad directing.

On WKW

1. Faces. Presence. (Taken from Godard) (Blueberry)
2. Intuitive motifs. Seemed to be selected playfully. (Blueberry & Mood)
3. 2046: generating stories.
4. I saw some outtakes from Mood and they were very commonplace. The lighting was good, but the scenes themselves were the stuff of early still-uninspired improvisations. Herzog seeks ecstaticness in the spaces he visits. Wong builds a space (the most flattest and cliche), rides roughshod with ideas (many commonplace), and then sculpts something with unity in tone/mood. His shooting ratio must be 40:1.