Monthly Archives: December 2013

Linkage

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Conan, what is best in life? Jack Donovan has some answers. Milla Jovovich naked. Jonathan Hastings on John Carpenter’s “Ghosts of Mars.” Will S. has a new blog. What in the world is Bon Iver thinking? … Continue reading

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More Filipino Food

Fenster writes: Fenster tries to be a trend setter of the likes of Paleo Retiree and The Question Lady but it’s always a day late and a dollar short.  Since the two of them recently found an interesting Filipino restaurant … Continue reading

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Dior Fashion and Beauty Ads

Eddie Pensier writes: A less outré selection than the YSL ads but still gorgeous.

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Amahl and the Night Visitors

Eddie Pensier writes: I hope all our readers had a merry Christmas. Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera composed especially for television. It was commissioned by NBC for a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation … Continue reading

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Fagen o’ th’ Day

Fenster writes: From Eminent Hipsters.  On a recent concert in Canada.

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Movie Still Du Jour

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. FOOTLIGHT PARADE, 1933. Choreography by Busby Berkeley, natch.

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Art Du Jour

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. “Nemesis” (1837) by Alfred Rethel

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Betty Boop Shorts

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: And to think folks in the ’60s thought they were being wild and trippy . . . Related Now available on DVD from Olive Films. See here and here. I wrote a bit about popular surrealism … Continue reading

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In the Mail

Paleo Retiree writes: Thanks for keeping it discreet, guys.

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Tropes of Popular Culture: Candles, Women and Bathtime

Paleo Retiree writes: I often marvel at the way certain situations, characters and setups establish themselves so thoroughly that they become part of our shared cultural landscape. Think of how often we’ve watched shiny new cars zooming across the Great … Continue reading

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