Monthly Archives: August 2014

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Illumination”

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Art by Franciszek Starowieyski. Related I wrote (perhaps somewhat incoherently) about Zanussi’s “Contract” back here.

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Naked Lady of the Week: Veronika Zemanova

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: How to describe a young guy’s impression of Veronika Zemanova upon first running across the Bohemian beauty in the 1990s? The word “wow” will probably suffice. Looks-wise, she was like a combo of Geena Davis and Brigitte Bardot, but with … Continue reading →

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A Week With Ned Corman: Day Five

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Welcome to the fifth episode of my q&a with first-class jazzman and music-educator extraordinaire Ned Corman. On day one, we discussed his early years; day two covered some of Ned’s teaching and gigging adventures; day three touched on the … Continue reading →

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A Week With Ned Corman: Day Four

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Welcome to the fourth episode of my q&a with first-class jazzman and music-educator extraordinaire Ned Corman. On day one, we discussed his early years; day two covered some of Ned’s teaching and gigging adventures; day three touched on … Continue reading →

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A Week With Ned Corman: Day Three

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Welcome to the third episode of my q&a with first-class jazzman and music-educator extraordinaire Ned Corman. On day one, we discussed his early years; day two covered some of Ned’s teaching and gigging adventures. Today we talk about … Continue reading →

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omg…it’s a twitter essay!

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: And I didn’t even know twitter essays were a thing. Topic: social contracts, protests, and whether contemporary police theories about crowd control are a throwback to 19th century mob violence literature. In seventeen numbered 140-character tweets. With … Continue reading →

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A Week With Ned Corman: Day Two

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: In this posting, I introduced the inspiring jazz musician and music educator Ned Corman. Ned and I talked about his life as a Pennsylvania farm boy, then as a young musician, then as a student at Eastman … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Every-Night Dreams”

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There’s an almost cubist visual sensibility at work in this 1933 silent from director Mikio Naruse. Scenes are fractured into barrages of angles, the camera sometimes moving in on its subjects in kamikaze fashion. Many of the … Continue reading →

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A Kipling for Our Times

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs . . .

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A Week With Ned Corman: Day One

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: When I was a 14 year old student in Penfield, New York, my school’s music teacher and bandleader died unexpectedly midway through the year. The young hotshot who was brought in to fill the post faced numerous … Continue reading →

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