Monthly Archives: April 2015

Couldn’t Do It Today

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Music, Sex | Tagged ads, BDSM, Rolling Stones | 11 Comments

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Bojnice Castle, Slovakia. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged castle, Slovakia, traditionalism | 2 Comments

“Ex Machina” (2015)

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I’ve been a fan of Alex Garland since I read his novel The Beach years ago. The Danny Boyle adaptation was lame, but I did enjoy the Boyle-Garland collaborations 28 DAYS LATER and SUNSHINE. Oh yeah, the Garland-written-and-partially-directed DREDD … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Alex Garland, alicia vikander, domhnall gleeson, ex machina, oscar isaac | 4 Comments

DON CARLO, Metropolitan Opera (Review)

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier* writes: I’ve always had big problems with Verdi’s Don Carlo. It always struck me less as a cohesive music-theatre piece and more of a collection of scenes and arias, rather like a concert program. It never really juggles … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performers, Personal reflections, The Good Life | Tagged barbara frittoli, dmitri hvorostovsky, don carlo, ekaterina gubanova, ferruccio furlanetto, Giuseppe Verdi, james morris, metropolitan opera, nicholas hytner, yannick nezet-seguin, yonghoon lee | 2 Comments

Art Du Jour (Anzac Day 2015 Edition)

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Peter Wegner, Dog With Gas Mask, 2013 Related Previous ANZAC-themed ADJ here and here.

Posted in Art | Tagged anzac day, art, peter wegner | 2 Comments

Naked Lady of the Week: Adriana Morriss

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I know shit about Latvia, and one of the drawbacks of modern Encyclopedias (by which I guess I mean Wikipedia) is that, in an effort to avoid being Hitler, they never get into the physical traits of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Sex, The Good Life | Tagged Adriana Morriss, Latvia, naked lady of the week, nude photography | 1 Comment

Mad Men Notes: S7, Ep10 — “The Forecast”

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: 1. Don has sold his penthouse — for $85k, or $492k in 2015 dollars — and is now homeless. “This place reeks of failure,” his real estate agent says. Pardon me, but I’ll take a half mil “failure” … Continue reading →

Posted in Television | Tagged Mad Men, Matthew Weiner | 2 Comments

“The Last Artist in New York City”

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Despite all the bitching and carping we here at UR like to indulge in, we aren’t just a bunch of negativity-mongers. (Critics, patooie.) Many of us make our own creative contributions too. Try this, and this, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Performers, Theater | Tagged creativity, Jason Jacobs, Karen Grenke, Nuyorican Poets Cafe | 2 Comments

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid. More here. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Madrid, Spain, traditionalism | 1 Comment

Moi on Book Publishing

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Steve Sailer was kind enough to highlight a comment I made on his blog about the demographics of the American book publishing world from 1985ish to 2001ish, a stretch when I was professionally covering the field. (I … Continue reading →