The Fredösphere

So, what's modernism good for, anyway?  Gas stations, definitely.  (Hat tip to Design Observer.)

I have the unusual pleasure of owning one of the few (the only?) anti-MacArthur-Grant rants referenced by a future grant recipient.  Congratulations to Alex...although, I'm a little confused; you are neither a hack, weirdo, or fraud, so by process of elimination you must be a subversive, but that doesn't seem quite right either.  Maybe I need to reevaluate this whole Genius Grant racket.

Michigan composer Michael Daugherty gets a mention by Charles T. Downey, but that picture I barely recognize.  A bit of my father's family seems to be sneaking into Daugherty's looks, which may hint at a long-forgotten, distant relationship.  Cousin Michael ... I should be so lucky.

Labels: Composer, Culture, Design