Interview with Giorgio de Chirico


Interview with Giorgio de Chirico on Italian TV

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That was July 1973. I just told Blanca about a family holiday we took in Europe at around that time. Here are some other things that were going on at the time.

John Searle introduced Hilary Putnam talking about philosophy and our mental life at Berkeley:

Genesis released the album Selling England By The Pound


The Wounded Knee Occupation ended in May 1973, and led to the Pine Ridge Shootout two years later:

Van Morrison And Them were interviewed by Bob Harris's on The Old Grey Whistle Test. See David Lynch's Weather Report.

Leonard Peltier is still in prison. See Afshin Rattansi on Leonard Peltier.

Listening to the intro of Firth of Fifth (12:13) I was reminded of Bruce Smeaton's Ascent Theme from Picnic At Hanging Rock:

I made this post around the time Gigi Young's video was premiering, and I haven't looked at that yet: Gigi Young - Mars Mysteries 4.

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