A quick post, here. Three items that I've had on the burner.
1. Jorge Luis Borges, singer of St. James Infirmary
Are you familiar with Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)? Argentinian, he is often considered one of the premier fiction writers of the age. While he received many international awards, many think it atrocious that he was not given the Nobel prize for literature.
Borges' short story collection, Labyrinths, had a big impact on me.
And, abstract writer par excellence, he was a big fan of St. James Infirmary. He enjoyed singing it.
2. A tattoo artist imprinted stop-motion impressions of the cartoon featuring Cab Calloway circa 1932. 76 inkings on 76 bodies.
3. Conspiracy theorists put forward the notion that the the SJI cartoon predicted Covid-19.
