June 22nds

December 22nds 

6/22/1886

Always interesting to run the century scenarios. 1986: harmony between worker and owner, or deeper divisions? 2086? 

My cousin Louis speaks of form following function. His philosophy, applied across decades, might reshape buildings and the character of urban life. Perhaps every street will have tracks.  [More]

6/22/1999

Idea: Music released like software, where you can “upgrade” albums or collections, a series of songs that continually develops and unfolds...

[6/22/2025: The Songday series is essentially like this]. 

6/22/2002, Saturday 

Damen El Stop: 

6/22/2019

Black Marubozu, 20 X 10.75 inches, acrylic and pen on lotka paper. Third in the series inspired by candlestick charts.  

6/22/2024

Interesting in passing: George Harrison: “You know what irritates me about modern music, it’s all based on ego. Look at a group like U2. Bono and his band are so egocentric. The more you jump around, the bigger your hat is, the more people listen to your music. The only important thing is to sell, and make money. It’s nothing to do with talent.” That’s postmodernism in a nutshell. 

[6/22/2025: It’s super ironic because the Beatles were decidedly postmodern. It could be that if you’re older you think you’re not postmodern. If you’re not concerned about the way things used to be in terms of art traditions you’re postmodern. U2 wasn’t really postmodern, but Eno’s role probably moved them in that direction by being more arty.]

[6/22/2026: AI music is super-postmodern because you can do anything without ever touching an instrument or knowing (or wanting to know) anything about music. However, it doesn't diminish the curiosity about music, but whether AI music will be an access point to wanting to play instruments is unknown. You could play along with AI music, but you wouldn't learn much because there's no real musical invention in it that you could emulate. Who would you be emulating? Duke Ellington initially was inspired to play piano by watching piano rolls.]