This evening I went to the Studio Museum in Harlem Located on 125th street btwn Adam Clayton Powell and Lenox ave. It is a very nice museum and the art is good. They had an exhibition of the photos of James Van Der Zee. There was a photo of a Harlem pool hall that I would love to acquire a print of. It takes you back to that time of the Harlem Renaissance. Many of the photos visualized the thoughts I imagined as I was making my way through the streets of Harlem to get to this Museum. However, I must admit that I think that a lot of my thoughts of this vintage aesthetic was also do to the fact that I had just finished watching the original 1932,“Scarface” movie directed by Howard Hawks before I set out for the Museum. I think everyone should see this movie that has only seen the 1983 remake.

At the Museum I was introduced to DJ Spooky (that subliminal kid). He gave me this CD. He said that he had just been in Venice for the Bi-Annual, which included a piece of his work. He also told me that he is working on a film in which people can re-edit and manipulate… I really would like to see this when he is done. Funny thing is that I had actually met him just before he became a start DJ. It was in a record shop on the bowery btwn Bond and Great Jones. I’m not sure how we started talking but I remember that we started to talk about Zakir Hussein. He was and still is very nice and courteous. I’m listening to this CD as I write this but I must admit it is kind of schizophrenic.