Dub Seven – part 7

(last updated: 15 January 2024)

1)

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(self-portrait (2008) insertion)

Text Me Not Alone (1995 + 2023) [MJ]

2)

3)

– now playing

4)

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( _ | _ | self-portrait (2006) insertion with colour overlay)

5)

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(self-portrait (2013) insertion | ” | ” )

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(self-portrait (2008) insertion)

7)

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(self-portrait (2015) insertion)

Childhood Upset (2023 + 2023) live [Timecop1983]

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(self-portrait (2015) insertion)

Just Mission Walking (1980 + 2023) [INXS]

9)

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(self-portrait (2006) insertion, pink saturation adjustment | self-portrait (2014) insertion)

Tell Heart Nostalgia (1987 + 2023) [Taylor Dayne]

10)

(PD)

Historian D'Ann Campbell argues that the purpose of the wartime posters, propaganda, and censorship of soldiers' letters was not to foil spies but "to clamp as tight a lid as possible on rumors that might lead to discouragement, frustration, strikes, or anything that would cut back military production." - src

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part 2

11)

Happy 2024 – 365 sleeps ’til MMXXV

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(self-portrait (2012) insertion, characters added)

Motown Cali (1997 + 1991) [Notorious BIG] [Boyz II Men]

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(self-portrait (2015) insertion, portrait insertion)

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(self-portrait (2024) insertion, wall brand removed | slightly transparent t-shirt self-portrait (2024) insertion | self-portrait (2024) insertions, car insertion)

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Lifelike

Life is what you make of it …or paint of it!

(updated: 11 June 2023)

I saw my late maternal grandmother, Ina Rose at the Tel Aviv Hilton in November 2009 with my mum. I recorded an interview with her during the morning of the 25th. I saw her again that night after TechAviv after a lift back there from Boris Nadion.

In our discussion, she describes her meeting with Albert Einstein in the USA sometime between 1945-1947. It was her being an artist that sparked Einstein’s interest to meet her.

During the war, Ini was freed from an internment camp and ended up hiding in Toulouse, France. There she learned French and followed the painting style of French Impressionism. Ini went to the USA after the war to meet her mother and sister.

[ Einstein ’46 | Ina’s WWII story | Australian naturalization ’56 | Marriage to Frederick ’47 in Melbourne ]

Ini mentions Fred (my grandfather) and Toulouse in her 2000 postcard to Luke and I below:

They met in Toulouse and even spoke French to each other at home in Australia as the norm. My mother, Jacqueline, speaks French very well to this day. I learned it for 3 years but struggled with it, unfortunately.

Anyway, my immediate family actually lived in an apartment down in the dip of Washington Street (but before I was born) before we moved up the hill to #38 that was sold in 2006.

  • pic 2 – 2006
  • pic 3, 4 – early 2000’s (shirt Hard Yakka)

Continuing, Ini’s second home in Melbourne overlooked the sea in Alimart Court (she actually named it after her children), Brighton, where she lived for many decades.

I have fond memories of going there a lot as a child.

It was filled with her art and that was her main line of work for many years.

She held a couple of exhibitions over the years, one even well into her nineties.

The last time I saw her was in July 2013 back at the Hilton (below left) and to her, Israel was fantastic and that was a great realization. She had gone to Germany a few years prior and that really stirred up negative memories. Also, the first and only time I met her mother, Elizabeth Kaplan was in January 1986, in Boca Raton, Florida (below middle.)

Elizabeth had a concentration camp number tattooed on her forearm and survived it by being enslaved as a translator for the Nazis. Also, that trip also took us to Disney World and EPCOT in Orlando, which was a very fortunate experience to have.

17 years later I reconnected with the late Stewart Springfield again in New York who was Elizabeth’s grandson from Ina’s sister Rita, and a really nice guy.

And isn’t that VP Kamala Harris schmoozing Hillary Clinton behind me? I did grow up on Washington Street after all!

Then after Florida, at Venice Beach on Superbowl day, (26 January 1986) some sort of street comedian pulled me out in front of a crowd and said I looked like Dan Quayle (“Who was that?” I thought) and then people cracked up laughing because I was Australian. I was an instant hit.

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The wild thing was that as a result, Andrew saw me and came over and said hello, and he was in the extended family (below, red tie.)

The four of us only had 2 nights in LA waiting for a connecting flight and the Challenger shuttle blew up just as we were leaving. The fellow that took us to Venice Beach was an African-American guy who was waiting around the airport working as a city guide: quite a random encounter. I don’t remember much of Venice Beach except for Muscle Beach.

But I also remember a large T-shirt shop with on-the-spot printing which was new to me. It was wall-to-wall with different t-shirt images. I may have even encountered Sky Ferreira’s future dad there – did his shop exist then? Was he old enough? I think there were a number of t-shirt shops in a row. Our tour guide’s name was Michael – I remember because I personally knew another Michael at the time and of course MJ. Strange stuff. I have my old passport somewhere so I Don’t Forget.

So, a couple of years prior to Ini’s passing in 2015, she made this toast after relocating homes – but her art (and husband) came with her!

My mother now paints, and I’m starting to get restless hands myself!

  • pic 1 – ~’92
  • pic 2 – ’93, grandfathers Fred and Oskar
  • pic 3 – ~mid ’00’s after leaving Brighton

 

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עֲמָלֵק

  • An historical biopic of King Saul with modern-day implications.
  • 00? can also double as a satirical or educational portrayal of Amalek – a tragedy for Sky Tayla who is completely bluffed by Alfred until the very end but she has hunches about the truth along the way.
When Samuel found out about Saul’s disobedience, Saul lost his right to kingship. Samuel then killed Agag himself. However, before he was killed, Agag sired a child who would keep Amalek’s lineage alive. [1]

Chassidic philosophy explains that Amalek represents the pinnacle of evil, the ability to “know G‑d and intentionally rebel.” Most evil can be combated by arguments of reason; not so Amalek. He cynically scoffs at every reason to do good, sowing doubt and confusion...Irrational doubt neutralizes the most convincing arguments or inspiring experiences. Amalek is the constant doubter, brazenly rushing to any sign of passion for holiness and cooling things down. [1]

Chofetz Chaim said that God would perform the elimination of Amalek, and Jews are commanded only to remember what Amalek did to them. [2]

[Chabad.org]
[Wikipedia]

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Living Testimony by Rabbi Michael Mandel (Machon Shilo, 1998)

* I never saw this exhibition but for some reason the flyer was in the photo box.

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“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ~ Winston Churchill

Apologize OR Die
– When at the crossroads, the choice becomes crystal clear…. Run!

Apologize AND Die
– There was never a choice to begin with!

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