Monthly Archives: November 2014

It’s a Crazy Book and I Didn’t Mean to Write It…

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: I did not know this. Another major, and separate contribution to the confusion surrounding the Celts was begun in 1944 by one of the greatest modern English poets and historical novelists, Robert Graves. In three weeks during … Continue reading →

Working Out at the Gym in 2014

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes:

Posted in Food and health, Humor, Photography, The Good Life, Trends | Tagged fitness, gym, photography, smartphones, technology | 5 Comments

Two Movie Posters for “Johnny Guitar”

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: American French (art by the great Constantin Belinsky)

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Film, Joan Crawford, Johnny Guitar, Movie Posters, movies, Nicholas Ray, Sterling Hayden, westerns | Leave a comment

Showtune Saturday: “This Time The Dream’s On Me”

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: The sublime Sylvia McNair treats us to her rendition of the Arlen/Mercer standard, which originally appeared in Blues in the Night (1941). It’s on her marvelous 1995 collaboration with André Previn*, Come Rain Or Come Shine: The … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged andre previn, blues in the night, harold arlen, showtune saturday, sylvia mcnair, this time the dreams on me | 2 Comments

Couldn’t Do It Today

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Related Sax wrote about Joe Dante here and here. I wrote about exploitation movies here.

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged 1970s, ah gee dad can't we wait until they plug her?, Allan Arkush, couldn't do it today, Film, Hollywood Boulevard, Joe Dante, movies, rape | 1 Comment

Manon Lescaut, Five Ways

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: She done him so, so wrong. L’Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut is a scandalous novella written in 1731 by Abbé Antoine François Prévost. Frequently banned and censored, it’s the story of a bourgeois … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Music, Sex | Tagged abbe prevost, anna netrebko, beverly sills, catherine deneuve, five ways, jean aurel, jules massenet, manon 70, manon lescaut, new york city opera, Opera, puccini, roberto alagna, sylvie guillem | 3 Comments

Now Streaming on Netflix

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The documentary LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF, which I wrote about here, is now available on Netflix Instant.

Posted in Architecture, Movies | Tagged documentaries, Los Angeles | Leave a comment

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Microsoft’s Bing may be the redheaded stepchild of search engines, but each day they feature a new desktop wallpaper that you can download. Some of them look like stills from Architecture Without Architects, which I wrote about here.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Bernard Rudofsky, traditionalism, urbanism, vernacular architecture | 5 Comments

Linkage (Deep-Fried Edition)

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: The cronut is so last year. Now there exists a “Ramnut”, a confection made out of ramen noodles. (And don’t tell me you didn’t have one fleeting dirty thought at the sight of the word “Ramnut”, because … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Humor, Linkathons, The Good Life | Tagged cronut, deep frying, donuts, fried chicken, fried maple leaves, ramen, ravioli, sacred frying, texas state fair, Turkey | 3 Comments

Art Du Jour

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: George Washington Lambert, The Sonnet, c.1907 Related More Lamberts in my Ladies of the AGNSW gallery. Donald of 2Blowhards was a Lambert fan.