Monthly Archives: June 2015

Saturday Photo Gallery: Superior, Arizona

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: To take some air before it got too hot in this desert summer, I rode the Green Monster out to Superior, Arizona early this morning. Not quite a ghost town, but surely not living, Superior has … Continue reading →

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Naked Lady of the Week: Brigitte Bardot

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A small donkey had a role in the film. Brigitte, who named it Romeo, couldn’t bear the idea of returning it to its owner; she bought Romeo, but the hotel wouldn’t let it sleep in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers, Photography, Sex, The Good Life | Tagged Brigitte Bardot, Film, movies, naked lady of the week, nude photography, Roger Vadim | 2 Comments

Quote Du Jour: Bullshit Dumps

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Baseball men often like to attribute the success or failure of a team to clutch performance. Those of us who study baseball systematically know that his is largely untrue, that the number of runs a team scores is … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics and Economics, Sports | Tagged Bill James, bullshit dumps, media, politics, psychology | 2 Comments

Without Half Trying

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Getting out of a cab is one of the things most women don’t do right. But most women aren’t Velda. Without half trying she made a production out of it. When you saw her do it … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged Kiss Me Deadly, Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer | 1 Comment

Right-thinking New Urbanism

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster quotes: Coming from a mainstream conservative source, such writing (on New Urbanism) has been as scarce as hen’s teeth. For close to two decades, conservative pundits like Wendall Cox, Randal O’Toole, and Joel Kotkin have relentlessly bashed this trend. … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Stranger by the Lake”

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “Stranger by the Lake,” writer-director Alain Guiraudie mines some of the thematic veins explored by William Friedkin in “Cruising”: it’s a picture about the danger and exhibitionism inherent in male-on-male courtship. The setting is a lake in the south … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged Alain Guiraudie, Film, France, gay cruising, gays, movies, Stranger by the Lake, thrillers | 6 Comments

Monologue o’ th’ Day

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Another monologue, another film adapted from a play–Jules Feiffer’s Little Murders. Like last week’s, another long-winded treatment of a father, though Lou Jacobi is decidedly less mannered than Christopher Walken.

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Review: “Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation”

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: I really enjoyed this documentary on the construction of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Solid background material is interspersed with meditative shots of the construction in action, and on site interviews with figures major and minor tie it all together. … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art | Tagged Gaudi, Sagrada Familia | 1 Comment

Naked Lady of the Week: Allison

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There’s something poetic about this British model from a few years back, known alternately as Allison and Geraldine. With her elongated frame and flowing, Belle Époque hair, she recalls a nymph or an elf, especially when she’s … Continue reading →

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Ad Du Jour

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Is this the closest Catherine Deneuve ever came to starring in a sci-fi opera? An ad from Women’s Wear Daily, February 9, 1971. Click on the image to enlarge.