Monthly Archives: February 2014

Cinemagraphs

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Enzo Nakamura

Enzo Nakamura writes: I love GIFS and I especially love Cinemagraphs, an approach to GIF-making that involves isolating an individual element that will play out a looping animation while the rest of the image remains still. I believe a fashion … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Computers, Movies, Technology | Tagged Cinemagraphs, DIY, gifs, Internet | 3 Comments

Space Dandy Promo

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Enzo Nakamura

Enzo Nakamura writes: I haven’t watched any anime in years. But who can resist Space Dandy? It’s got everything!

Posted in Movies | Tagged Aliens, Anime, boobs, Japan, Pompadours, Space Dandy | 2 Comments

Notes on “Jack Irish: Bad Debts” and “Black Tide” (2012)

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: This series of telemovies is based on the novels by Peter Temple. Jack is a widowed criminal attorney who has drifted into a second life as a private investigator, debt collector, gambler, and quippy layabout. He hangs … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers, Television | Tagged autralia, guy pearce, jack irish, melbourne, movies, peter temple, television, victoria | 3 Comments

Cocktail Du Jour

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: At a fun upscale — but not too upscale — Mexican restaurant in Goleta, CA, a tamarind margarita: Note the non-traditional glass as well as the absence of a lime slice. Although I’m someone who usually avoids … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, The Good Life | Tagged cocktails, Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, margaritas, The Great Courses | 6 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father’s blood but it did not seem so strange then, although I will say it did … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged Charles Portis, McCarthy can suck it, Pynchon can suck it, westerns | 3 Comments

Movie Stills du Jour OR The Camera Loves OR More Noir

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The ideal physique for women has definitely changed over the years. Less zaftig not only since Rubens but even since the 1940s. Tom Wolfe tried to capture how far the svelte aesthetic advanced by the turn of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Movies, Women men and fashion | Tagged Arnold Shwarzenegger, Clarire Trevor, Dick Powell, Matt Damon, Murder, My Sweet, physique | 2 Comments

Robert Mitchum: Singer

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged calypso, Robert Mitchum | Leave a comment

Build My Gallows High, Baby

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: And then I saw her, coming out of the sun, and I knew why Whit didn’t care about that forty grand. Jane Greer in Jacques Tourneur’s OUT OF THE PAST