Monthly Archives: January 2014

Creepshot or Not?

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A pic I fired off last summer in NYC’s Washington Square Park: The case, as far as I can tell, for this snap being deemed a Creepshot: 1) Skin. 2) I didn’t ask my subjects for permission, … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal reflections, Photography | Tagged bikinis, creepshots, legalities, photography | 24 Comments

Movie Posters by Angelo Cesselon

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: One of the great artists of Italian movie posters, Angelo Cesselon was known for his energetic, brushy style and his ability to nail celebrity likenesses. It’s no surprise, then, that he went on to a distinguished … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Angelo Cesselon, Film, Italy, Movie Posters, movies | Leave a comment

Linkage

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: More on the seductions of narrative in public life, complete with a nice, perhaps too nicey-nice, suggestion for how to deal with the problem. James Carroll on a perfect example of the above: given the failure of deliberation in … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Buddhism, Diversity statements, James Carroll, Peter Ellerton, public deliberation | 9 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: “First, any sound worth making must be a beautiful one.” –Italian conductor Claudio Abbado (1933-2014)

Posted in Music | Tagged claudio abbado, death, mozart, requiem, rip | Leave a comment

Opening Titles Du Jour

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Stanely Donen‘s CHARADE (1963). Titles by Maurice Binder, music by Henry Mancini.

Posted in Movies | Tagged Henry Mancini, Maurice Binder, Stanley Donen | 4 Comments

NOT The Beatles

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: A passable McCartney. The Nines–“Better”.

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged Beatles, Better, The Nines | 1 Comment

Notes on “Eega”

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “Eega,” one of the most successful Telugu-language films of all time, a recently murdered young man, named Nani, is reincarnated as a housefly, then sets out to knock off his killer — who also happens … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Bollywood, Eega, Film, India, J.V.V. Sathynarayana, movies, S.S. Rajamouli | 5 Comments

Four Jazz Singers

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, jazz, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan | 3 Comments

Salomé, Five Ways

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Music, Performers, Philosophy and Religion | Tagged alla nazimova, bernardino luini, five ways, henri regnault, oscar wilde, Richard Strauss, rita hayworth | 4 Comments

Politics and Higher Education (Fishes and Bicycles)

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The American Way of Higher Education is a lot more about letting a hundred flowers bloom than the heavy hand of central government. Certainly we are a lot more freewheeling than China, where the government and the party … Continue reading →