jeffmcm
San Diego
Walking near our hotel in old San Diego, the Gaslamp District, the ubiquitous ragged and often ranting homeless, echoing the decay of so...
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jeffmcm
- May 25
- 8 min
UNPACKING MY LIBRARY (with Walter Benjamin watching)
I am unpacking my library. Having retired from my university teaching position after 20 years in the Arizona desert, I sold or gave away...
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jeffmcm
- Apr 14
- 7 min
Grand Style
I’m standing in the Huntington Library in Pasadena, to which we were bused as suburban schoolchildren to stare in confused awe (how could...
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jeffmcm
- Feb 18
- 4 min
Being Bing! What do bots want?
Reporter Kevin Roose's transcription, in the February 16 New York Times, “Bing’s A.I. Chat: I Want to Be Alive” had me searching for...
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jeffmcm
- Feb 4
- 1 min
The Murder of Tyre Nichols
As the murder of Tyre Nichols sours our souls as yet another example of over-amped policing, we are reminded that these officers were...
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jeffmcm
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Annie Ernaux's memoir
At the end of Annie Ernaux’s 2008 memoir, The Years, translated by Alison L. Strayer, she tells us, using the same third-person we have...
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jeffmcm
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Baldwin and Panahi at Film Forum
In one evening at Film Forum one can watch several films that are related in ways you may not anticipate; Jafar Panahi’s No Bears, and...
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jeffmcm
- Nov 16, 2022
- 5 min
David Cale's SANDRA at The Vineyard
In the one-woman show, Sandra, written by David Cale and currently appearing at The Vineyard, the word “destination” recurs. As is the...
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jeffmcm
- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
Moonage Daydream (oh, yeah)
Witnessing David Bowie, an artist who balanced control and discipline with restless curiosity, in the out-of-control documentary, Moonage...
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jeffmcm
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
Split Britches' LAST GASP at LaMama
Re-mounting what had been a virtual, pandemic piece in early 2020 (LAST GASP, WFH) filmed in an abandoned house in London, as a live show...
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jeffmcm
- Oct 7, 2022
- 4 min
David Zambrano creates a kinetic democracy in Brussels
Reflections on culminating performance of David Zambrano’s 5 week Intensive Flying Low & Passing Through at TicTac Art Centre, Brussels...
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jeffmcm
- Dec 24, 2021
- 2 min
A STAR SEEN SHINING OVER BRUNSWICK, GA
December 24, 2021 During a particularly bright local evening, unknown persons arrived in our town riding a donkey. These two, Joseph and...
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jeffmcm
- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
An open letter to my Senator (Sinema)
Dear Senator Sinema: Where is this middle, this aisle you are reaching across? Is it still there? When was it last seen? You and Middling...
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jeffmcm
- Aug 28, 2020
- 1 min
An image of me from the start of my performance career
A compelling conversation between Eric Bogosian and Tina Satter, and if you scroll down, a picture of me by Paula Court in Eric’s work...
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jeffmcm
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Post Demo convention
After listening to Joe Biden's acceptance speech: “Make no mistake” is a mistaken term. Politics is the practice of constant mistakes,...
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jeffmcm
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
Another review of the book!
Short review of my SIX MONOLOGUES 1990-2007 in current TDR 64:1 T245 (Spring 2020)
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jeffmcm
- Nov 2, 2019
- 1 min
A book chapter about me!
Jacki Apple's just released book, PERFORMANCE/MEDIA/ART/CULTURE: Selected Essays 1983-2018 (intellect books 2019) has a chapter,...
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jeffmcm
- Nov 2, 2019
- 1 min
Another review of my book!!!
A wonderful review in The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, by John Killacky (Nov-Dec 2019) https://glreview.org/article/two-artists-take-...
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jeffmcm
- Oct 13, 2019
- 2 min
The passing of a journalist
On the recent death of NPR/ABC reporter/commentator Cokie Roberts: I recall, back when we, my now husband and I, were in our early 30’s...
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jeffmcm
- Jun 24, 2019
- 1 min
My roundtable on Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman
The roundtable I curated/edited on Spike Lee's film is out in Response and features several current/former students!
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