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Article on Truthout.org about Digital Art and Culture: by Max Eternity featuring Andrew Reach & Christiane Paul, Curator of New Media at the Whitney Museum

Factory by Andrew Reach

When Andrew began doing his art out of his hospital bed, one of the ways that I inspired him to work through his severe pain was that I would say, “Someday you’re going to be in the Whitney Museum in New York.” I had put all his art on our walls in our home in Miami Shores, Fl. Little does one know what lies in their future.

This year has been filled, like many of us, with great difficulty. We were told that Andrew now has a complication to his first disease, Scheuermann’s Kyposis, which is called the Viking gene which is affecting Andrew’s left leg motor skills and muscles. With pain beyond his normal pain, which means he was beyond the pain; he was the pain. Two times this year his right leg was affected and he could not walk. With multiple shots and a tremendous amount of physical therapy, he has gotten himself back up. Living with such pain is a horrible place to be.

So Andrew and I continue with the life that we now have which is being happy for what we have and never looking back to what has been lost. The secret to life is to keep going and always to see the wonder. The magic is all around us.

We were thrilled when this article came out. Both of us laughed when we saw it. There was Christiane Paul, curator of New Digital Media from the Whitney Museum of American Art, speaking on a podcast mentioning Andrew Reach, as an example of digital art in the United States, in the same story. Life is filled with so many circles.

Peace
Bruce Baumwoll
Explore more of Andrew Reach’s art at http://www.andrewreach.com

Digital Art and Culture: A 21st-Century Paradigm Shift

Monday 26 September 2011
 by: Max Eternity, Truthout | News Analysis
At a time when extreme, economic austerity measures are being considered and/or enacted by a number of Western governments – Greece, Spain, Germany, the US, and elsewhere – one has to wonder why, in the UK, a collective of government agencies in England have just allocated $815,000,000 for digital art and culture. Read more…

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Block’s Luncheonette, Edgemere Long Island 1950’s- Vintage Postcard

Block Luncheonette, Edgemere Long Island        Block’s Luncheonette: vintage postcard from the library of  Les Block

Les Block remembrances:

This is a picture of my families business. sometime in the 1950’s. They had boardwalk vendors selling the Drink You Eat With A Spoon.

And yes if you have ever been on a boardwalk when there was hustle and bustle the picture makes you smell the ocean and the boardwalk itself. Those were the days, no computers but I think we all had more fun interacting with one another.

What a wonderful photograph. All I know is boy do I want an Egg Cream.

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Memories of Far Rockaway & Edgemere Long Island Remembered: Part3 songs by Beth Fowler, Ethel Merman & Johnny Mathis

These are family home movies from the collection of Max and William Schulkin, my uncles and Nathan Baumwoll my grandfather.

The big brown house is my families house on beach 38th street , Edgemere Long Island. Its still a dream to me that I was given this photo through Barbara Cooper. Her father Murray Cooper took it. Its true we can go home.

These are movies of my family when they lived on 407 Central Ave . My Uncles William Schulkin Max Schulkin And Lenny Balen ,My aunt  Irene Schulkin Balen, Illana , Lynn  and the baby Sandi Balen my cousins, My dear Grandmother Mollie Schulkin, And my beloved Aunt Martha Schulkin. They are on the side of the building right off central ave Far Rockaway. I also lived in this building went I when in to  JH 198. My older brother Ira Baumwoll  went to Far Rockaway High School and my younger brother Robert Baumwoll went to pubic school 215. My folks are Jack And Roslyn Baumwoll.

My Dad Jack Baumwoll, my brother Ira Baumwoll, My two cousins Illana And Lynn Balen, Sandi Balen.  Ellen and Lois Rackoff all Graduated from Far Rockaway High I did not I went to 198 and graduated from there. The reason I did not graduate from Far Rockaway .While I was going in my 9th year at 198 .We were  doing a play called Camelot. I was one of the actors to be in that show. All I can say was. One moment we were rehearsing, the cast and the two stars a young women and Billy Lipton. Billy lived on the fifth floor of our building with his family . On central ave.

When out of know where a young man came up on the stage look at all of us. Ran over and Stabbed Billy in the Chest right near his heart. What I remember is Billy looking over in my direction his eyes focused beyond us, and Began to fall down. The young man that stabbed him, look towards all of us. And then ran.  Every thing was crazy the place was cleared out very fast. Billy was taken away and thank god lived after many hours of surgery. With in inchs of his heart.

I remember seeing the knife go in , him falling and the young man looking towards us. I know that I was with the police for a while. My parents came and got me. Being a very quite boy before this. Did not help me open up. I when back about a week later. Don’t remember what happen . But I could not relax. I stayed a short time. Ran out the building and got to the boardwalk and ran home. I did not go out of the house for the last three months of school. I was taken by my parents to my graduation at night and was taken away very fast. They had decided to move to Rockland County. That was when we left Far Rockaway and Edegmere.

Songs in the video:

  • “Everything Old is New Again” sung by Beth Fowler from the Original Broadway Cast Recording of The Boy From OZ
  • “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” sung by Ethel Merman from the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Gypsy
  • Henry Mancini’s “Sweetheart Tree” sung by Johnny Matthis

Special thanks to Carol Marston, Skip Weinstock,,  They have taken us all home.  They are a force, that have expanted our minds  and we all can see home . Because of them.

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Selected Images from the New York City Parks & Recreation Photo Archive

Rockaway Boardwalk, at 78th Street, Queens, circa 1938-39: Credit Max Ulrich, New York City Parks Photo Archive

Railroad Crossing to Rockaway Beach at 108th Street, Queens, October 1, 1939: Credit Max Ulrich, New York City Parks Photo Archive

Beach Inspection with Mayor Lindsey, Rockaway Beach, Queens: June 1973, New York City Parks Photo Archive

Beach erosion, Beach 89th, Rockaway Beach, Queens: New York City Parks Photo Archive

Rockaway Beach Extension, Queens, July 17, 1927: New York City Parks Photo Archive

Rockaway Boardwalk, Queens, April 4, 1939: Credit Max Ulrich, New York City Parks Photo Archive

Food Concession Interior, Rockaway Beach, Queens, circa 1940: New York City Parks Photo Archive

Storm Damage, Rockaway Beach, Queens, February 10, 1972: New York City Parks Photo Archive

Rockaway Boardwalk, with Playground at left, Queens, March 19, 1940: New York City Parks Photo Archive

Roller Skaters – Gertrude Schank and Sally Zorn, Rockaway Beach Playground, Queens, July 29, 1942: New York City Parks Photo Archive