Monthly Archives: October 2015

Happy Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

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

Posted in Performers, Sex | Tagged Dusty Anderson, Halloween, Pin-Ups | 1 Comment

Linkage

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Octopi are awesome. Heather Mac Donald delivers a terrific teardown of some of the studies the current rape-on-campus hysteria is being based on. Slavic yoga! It’s amazing that anyone survives childhood, let alone adolescence. Scarlett Johansson puts … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Linkathons, Trends | 2 Comments

Architects and the “Vision” Thing

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via Wired, architects Vishaan Chakrabarti and Gregg Pasquarelli discuss how they would improve New York City: I agree with a couple of their suggestions: more crosstown connections (particularly a crosstown subway) would be nice and fewer cars would be appreciated … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged experts, Gregg Pasquarelli, modernism, Nathan Myhrvold, New York City, spontaneous order, traditionalism, urbanism, Vishaan Chakrabarti | 1 Comment

Jiggle Du Jour

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Related Back here Fabrizio shared an ode to the jiggle.

Posted in Sex, The Good Life | Tagged the jiggle | 10 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: There are those who see “ugly meanings in beautiful things.” Classical music and its institutions come under relentless criticism. The barometers by which music is often measured are extrinsic to the art form itself. Classical music’s presence … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged james conlon, quote | 1 Comment

Super-Hero Fatigue is Real: My Thoughts on “Avengers: Age of Ultron”

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: Back in 2008, A.O. Scott wrote a think piece about how, in the wake of movies like The Dark Knight, which, according to him, took the genre as far as it could go, audiences were going … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Action Movies, Comics, Film, movies | 6 Comments

Yes, But Will It Make Me Inspect My Vomit For the Meaning of Life?

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: From the introduction to an interview with a Brooklyn playwright: This is what sets her apart from the great percentage of the theater’s current pack of trust-fund scribes and fake-hot-button playwrights — Callaghan speaks straight to the core … Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged Brooklyn, New York, Sheila Callaghan | 2 Comments

Note to My Son in College

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Evvabuddy’s writin’ to their sons nowadays. There’s Ta-Nehisi from the left and a guy named David Desrosiers from the rightish City Journal. My son is a Sanders supporter and here’s my note to him. It is kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal reflections, Politics and Economics | Tagged Bernie Sanders | 1 Comment

Art Du Jour

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “The Judgment of Paris” by Marcantonio Raimondi, designed by Raphael, ca. 1510-1520, followed by “Luncheon on the Grass” by Édouard Manet, 18-62-1863. Click on the images to enlarge.