Monthly Archives: September 2012

White Boy Blues Update

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: ZZ Top have a new album coming out on Tuesday, and it’s getting raves. Guitarist Billy Gibbons in the New York Times: “It’s a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness,” Mr. Gibbons said of himself. “White … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged blues, groove, guitars, race, stuff white people like | 4 Comments

Question Lady Question

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Question Lady

The Question Lady writes: What would you say to tapas including crispy fish tacos and chicken satay tonight? Recipes below: Tyler Florence Chicken Satay and Crispy Fish Tacos.

Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Linkathon

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Foseti takes a Game-influenced look at a Tom Wolfe novel. Best for the aspiring artist to avoid art school? Manolo the Shoeblogger shares some funny and sharp musings on style and fashion. An amusing (and easy-to-relate-to) account by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Game, Manolo the Shoeblogger, Maru | 1 Comment

“The Mercenary”

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

I found this 1968 spaghetti western from action legend Sergio Corbucci pretty entertaining, if in a relentlessly hyperbolic, showboating way. It’s an amusing mix of the buffoonish, the witty, the visually spectacular and the stirring. A group of Mexican miners … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Franco Nero, movies, Sergio Corbucci, westerns | 3 Comments

“The Kissing Bandit,” Frank Sinatra, and Ricardo Montalban

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’ve been going through some of the lesser-known MGM musicals of late. There’s a lot of dreck hiding out in that celebrated body of work. But one of the things you quickly realize is that even … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Ann Miller, Auteur Theory, Choreography, Cyd Charisse, Dance, Ernst Lubitsch, Frank Sinatra, Jeanette MacDonald, Kathryn Grayson, Laslo Benedek, MGM, movies, Musicals, Nelson Eddy, Pauline Kael, Ricardo Montalban, Stanley Donen, The Kissing Bandit | 3 Comments

Question Lady Question

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Question Lady

The Question Lady writes: Why do people think that breakfast is an essential meal? When I was a kid everyone said I had to eat breakfast or I’d 1) get fat, 2) be under-nourished, and 3) my sugar levels would … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health | 6 Comments

Can “Good Enough” be Good Design?

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: A theme found regularly on this blog (or is it a preoccupation? or an obsession?) concerns the shortcomings of much of contemporary architecture. Do some of the same issues hold for design, in a broader sense? Some years … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art | 8 Comments

A Cardinal at the Conventions

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The Archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, finds himself in the unique position of addressing both of the national party conventions, supplying the benedictions to both Democrats and Republicans. Here is a link on a Catholic political blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics | 3 Comments

Is Anyone Cool Anymore?

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Brundle Guy

Brundle Guy writes: A couple of years ago a friend of mine, for the purposes of this article we’ll call him Ryan, was being transferred by his job. He was regaling another friend and I with the story of a … Continue reading →