The LAT quotes an internal Department of Justice report: Project Gunrunner, the BATFE’s “ambitious” (LAT description) effort to stop gunrunning to Mexico, isn’t working.
The report states that part of the problem is the program’s focus on “small gun dealers” instead of “large-scale smuggling rings”. Also, the report states that BATFE doesn’t share information with other agencies, including ICE and the DEA.
The BATFE’s response? “We need more funding.”
..that “Linotype: The Film” isn’t scheduled for release until next year.
When it does come out on DVD, I want to do a double bill with it and “Helvetica
The University of Colorado (the one at Boulder) has fired football coach Dan Hawkins.
Hawkins was hired in 2006. His record? 2-10 in 2006, 6-7 in 2007, 5-7 in 2008, 3-9 in 2009, and 3-6 before he was fired this year.
Ever think about just packing it in, guys?
(Hattip: FARK.)
The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art opened in Biloxi, Mississippi on Monday.
Here’s a nice photo of the museum. Can you guess who designed it?
Looking over Wikipedia’s list of completed Gehry buildings, I don’t see a lot of post-1997 that were designed with that intent. The only two I really see as being possible tourist attractions are the Experience Music Project and the Walt Disney Concert Hall; everything else seems to be corporate, college campus, or medical. That just seems like a pointless shot by the NYT.
The University of Texas has acquired Spalding Gray’s archives. I know that Mike the Musicologist is going “squee” with delight at this news.
I also know some folks who tried to go to the “Gypsy Picnic Food Trailer Festival” on Saturday. Their experience was very much like John Kelso’s.