Monthly Archives: March 2014

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 →

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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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UR Redesign

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: All of us here at UR agree we’re wonderful, highly talented people who put out a superior product day in and day out whenever we feel like it. We’re like The Atlantic, Entertainment Weekly, and The New Yorker … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: If you can go past those awful idiot faces on the bleachers outside the theater without a sense of the collapse of the human intelligence; if you can stand the hailstorm of flash bulbs popping at the … Continue reading →

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Women Holding Their Heads In Their Hands While Reading Du Jour

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: From my recent visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, a strange mini-trend I noticed. Jacques-Louis David, Madame François Buron (1769) Sir Thomas Lawrence, Mrs Jens Wolff (1803-15) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Interrupted Reading (c. 1870) More art and other … Continue reading →

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