Monthly Archives: March 2014

Gin Soaked Boy

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I drink a bit too much for someone with my family history.  Suffice it to say here that there have been some things in the family past involving Swedish genes, three-day alcoholic benders in cheap Worcester hotels, sub-zero … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Personal reflections | 13 Comments

MIB

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: For you out-of towners. An interesting vestige of the Bloomberg Nanny State Years: the well-known municipal ordinance mandating that all winter outerwear, boots, shoes, gloves and hats be the color black.  Something to do with the absorbtion of … Continue reading →

Posted in Women men and fashion | 2 Comments

Music Du Jour: Traffic

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The English rock band Traffic formed during the druggiest of the drug years of the mid and late ’60s and, probably not coincidentally, experienced a super-checkered history, with members joining up and falling out, substance-abuse problems, ego … Continue reading →

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Dance Number Du Jour

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I think it’s safe to say that a sizable majority of the people who post here are big fans of Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas). Has there ever been another performer so poised yet … Continue reading →

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Arizona Trails

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: Here’s a sampling of my  Sunday drives in the great, and greatly maligned, state of Arizona. Note the “End The Fed” and Bitcoin bumperstickers. I often take my guitar with me, stopping midway to serenade the … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Travel | 3 Comments

Linkage

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Lincoln: Saint who set free the black people, or dastardly creator of the suffocating, over-centralized modern state? Love this Mickey Spillane paperback bookcover. Some wonderful Japanese prints of nudes. Russian women apparently enjoy being objectified. Imagine that. … Continue reading →

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“Carlos the Jackal”

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “Carlos the Jackal” Olivier Assayas trains his restless intelligence on the subject of international leftism. In its complete form the work is over five hours long, and though it’s split into three feature-length episodes, it retains a … Continue reading →

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Music Du Jour: James McMurtry

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: One of the commenters on the clip writes “Bo Diddley meets Bob Dylan,” and I certainly can’t do any better than that. Related I get more lit fict-style pleasure out of McMurtry’s music than I do out … Continue reading →

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Architecture Du Jour: Berlin Details

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A grab-bag of beautiful details from no-name buildings in Berlin: When was the last time you ooh’d and aah’d over the details on a modernist building? Would modernists have us think that details and ornaments are unimportant? … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Some people you’re allowed to compare to Nazis, some you’re not. Judgy Bitch on Woody Allen. Jake Thomas on the year in movies. Academics need a special program to suss out “gobbledegook” papers. Is studying anthropology a … Continue reading →

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