Monthly Archives: March 2015

Hardy Earworms Du Jour

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJI9aoAfiEc

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged Françoise Hardy, French music | Leave a comment

Reading Backstage

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A couple of burlesque beauties, date and location unknown. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Performers, Sex | Tagged burlesque, vintage photo | 1 Comment

Overlooked Oeuvres: Anita Loos

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Anita Loos, born in 1889 in California and died in 1981 in New York, was present for the birth of cinema as a scenarist for D.W. Griffith, wrote the movies that made Douglas Fairbanks a star, penned an … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Sex | Tagged Anita Loos, H.L. Mencken, Hollywood, Howard Hawks, memoirs, Wilson Mizner | 3 Comments

Weekend Read

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Our friend Lloyd’s final project before his death was an adaptation of a spec script he wrote during his Hollywood days that has just been published on Kindle: Las Vegas in the 1950s — a glamorous black chanteuse . … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Music | Tagged Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Las Vegas, Lloyd Fonvielle, pulp fiction, Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Mexican Pulp Art

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: I struck gold browsing through a local book store. Here we have selected highlights from Mexican Pulp Art published by Feral House. Enjoy.

Posted in Art | 1 Comment

Naked Lady of the Week: Aria Giovanni

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A mixture of Italian, Yugoslavian, French, German, Irish, and West Indian ancestry, Aria Giovanni is an exotic beauty custom-made for a Mediterranean harem. On the other hand, those eyebrows make her look like the world’s hottest East L.A. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sex, The Good Life | Tagged Aria Giovanni, naked lady of the week, Porn | 4 Comments

Architecture Du Jour: Bang For Your Buck Edition

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: One of the objections I hear constantly to traditional buildings is that they’re too expensive compared to the glass-and-steel variety. “Do you realize how much it costs for all that custom masonry and sculpture?” they say. So, let’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Cesar Pelli, David Schwarz, Frank Gehry, Nashville, Orange County, Paris | 4 Comments

Inspirational Pep Talk Du Jour

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: While filming this key scene in a high-stakes production, Fox’s attempt at an all-black musical, Lena Horne kept flubbing her takes with a weak performance. Co-star Cab Calloway took her aside and said: This is your one chance. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Cab Calloway, Lena Horne | Leave a comment

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Peter Coyote and Emmanuelle Seigner in Roman Polanski’s BITTER MOON (1992), now streaming on Netflix. One of the most perverse movies I’ve ever seen.