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Monthly Archives: October 2013
The Beach Boys’ Third Studio Album: Surfer Girl
Sax von Stroheim writes: The last album in their Early Surfin’ Trilogy. We have moved from the Specific to the Mythic. Of the title song, Mike Love tells us “the words were found on a tablet in a field in … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged music criticism, rock music, Southern California Teenage Life, surfing, The Beach Boys
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(money) – (control) = (failure)?
Glynn Marshes writes: On the NPR website, a story on the charity GiveDirectly that’s trying to help poor people in the developing world in an unusual way: by sending them money with no strings attached. Skeptics thought “the poor” would … Continue reading
Book-Reading Today
Paleo Retiree writes: Although these days I do probably 90% of my reading on the computer, and although I enjoy being a little irreverent about books — good Lord, can’t some people get mighty sentimental about books! — I’ve nonetheless … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Computers, Technology, The Good Life
Tagged audiobooks, books, ebooks, life today, technology
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The Camera Loves…
Blowhard, Esq. writes: …Kate Upton.
Johnnie To’s Romances
Sax von Stroheim writes: Johnnie To usually makes movies about cops and robbers, but in the spirit of the great Hollywood studio directors, he seems willing and able to tackle any popular genre. In the comments on his recent post … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Hong Kong movies, Johnnie To, melodrama, movies, Romantic Comedy, Yuanyuan Gao
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If You Were a Cute 20 Year Old Today …
Paleo Retiree writes: … would you be sexting with your sweetie? And would the two of you be swapping sexy jpgs? To kick it up one more level: If you and your sweetie were feeling juicy and mischievous, would you … Continue reading
Posted in Sex, The Good Life, Women men and fashion
Tagged Beautiful Agony, I Feel Myself, I Shot Myself, piercings, pornography, Reddit, selfies, sex, tattoos, youth today
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Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: So maybe marrying an Asian woman doesn’t solve all a man’s sexual problems? Fab photos of tribal people. Do hunter-gatherers have anything to teach us about economics? Glenn Greenwald, interviewed about the future of journalism and politics. Would more … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
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Placerville, California
Blowhard, Esq. writes: I had to make a quick business trip to the city of Placerville recently, located in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The town, a California Historical Landmark, was one of the central locations of the Gold Rush. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Photography, Travel
Tagged California, Gold Country, Placerville, traditionalism, urbanism
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