Monthly Archives: December 2013

Our New Gizmo

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Courtesy of the generosity of one of our UR members, who has chosen to make his gift on an anonymous basis, we now have the ability to upload music files directly.  I thought I would put this to … Continue reading →

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NOT The Beach Boys . . .

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: . . . wherein we introduce a new semi-regular feature on NOTS.  These will be songs that crib from the masters, especially those in the power pop lineage, and do it well enough to make it work no … Continue reading →

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Architecture Du Jour

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Sanssouci Palace — located in Potsdam, Germany — the summer residence of Frederick the Great of Prussia.

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gimme some sugar…y politics?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: In 1660, when it was a luxury associated with social privilege, England consumed a thousand hogsheads of sugar. [By 1717] that figure had . . . increased a hundredfold while the per capita annual consumption of sugar … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposin’: The Future Is Now

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: (With apologies to Fabrizio for appropriating his “Juxtaposin’” tag…)

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Art Du Jour

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Le Marché aux esclaves (The Slave Market) by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1884

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Ronco’s Amazing Umami-at-Home!

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I suspect fellow umami lovers at UR (see here, here, here) were, like me, initially thrown by the concept.  How is it that some upstart new taste can shoehorn its way into the the four-way schema we’ve known for our … Continue reading →

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Advice for Bogie

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I guess he did it quite well, on set and off.

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And the Colour! And the Jolly Quiet of the Place!

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: A compilation of Victorian era cartoons about painters, by Charles Keene, cartoonist for Punch. (My post headline comes the fourth cartoon’s caption, which depicts an artist protesting to his companion that the scene he’s painting isn’t dull. … Continue reading →

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Superheroes in Therapy

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: Continuing my series of reviews of superhero comic books that I bought out of a combination of (a) their being on sale, (b) a modest amount of curiosity about them, and (c) my own incurable superhero … Continue reading →

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