Monthly Archives: January 2016

Linkage

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Matt Ridley looks at the impact of Richard Dawkins’ “The Selfish Gene.” Anthropologist Melvin Konner takes stock of the Paleo movement. Mark Steyn still thinks it’s the demography, stupid. Frank Salter worries that the current migrant crisis will put an end … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged book publishing, Frank Salter, Hillary Clinton, Matt Ridley, Melvin Konner, Paleo diet, Richard Dawkins, Sam Francis, Steve Sailer | Leave a comment

Juxtaposin’: Housework

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged american hustle, Ann-Margret, David O. Russell, George Sidney, Jennifer Lawrence, Juxtaposin', live and let die, Musicals, Viva Las Vegas, wings | Leave a comment

R.I.P. Jacques Rivette

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I think we live in a world that happens to be incomprehensible. And you have to try to see that the questions this incomprehensible world poses are [unanswerable]. We know in advance that there are no … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Philosophy and Religion | Tagged Film, Jacques Rivette, movies | 4 Comments

Notes on “Beasts of No Nation”

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s “Beasts of No Nation” is the most viscerally affecting war movie in recent memory. Based on a novel by Uzodinma Iweala, which I haven’t read, it focuses on guerrilla warfare in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers, Uncategorized | Tagged Abraham Attah, Africa, Beasts of No Nation, Cary Fukunaga, Film, Idris Elba, movies, war, war movies | Leave a comment

Architecture and Color

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes:

Posted in Architecture | Tagged architecture, color | 3 Comments

Music for a Political Blizzard

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: WUR, the songs you like to hear. If you want real good plain old fashioned blizzard music, Blowhard Esq. is spinning a nice track on his show. Baby, it’s cold outside. Here, it’s Politics Saturday and this goes … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Politics and Economics | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Political Ads, Sixties | 12 Comments

Music for a Blizzard

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: As this delicate, SoCal-born-and-raised boy endures his first East Coast blizzard, I’ve been forced to retreat to my Happy Place. “Getz/Gilberto,” which lives up to its reputation — the album is sly, seductive, and transporting — can … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, bossa nova, jazz, João Gilberto, Stan Getz | 2 Comments

Public Masturbation–EXPOSED!

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: As a blogger I am obliged to take the side of the pajama-clad reporters against the evil mainstream media. Why, I happen to be in my pajamas at the moment, too, as I write this. For the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Sex | Tagged New York City, public masturbation booth | 4 Comments

“Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball”

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: “Rosemary’s Baby” meets “Don’t Look Now” in backcountry Ireland: creepiness, shocks, sex and hints of the supernatural in a very sophisticated, very boho package. Kelly Reilly is a yuppie architect renovating a dilapidated stone house; Miranda Richardson … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Kelly Reilly, movies, Nicolas Roeg, supernatural, thrillers | 2 Comments

Art and Architecture Du Jour: The Broad Museum, Los Angeles

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Billionaire real estate developer and arts philanthropist Eli Broad has opened a new museum in downtown Los Angeles for his contemporary art collection. I got a chance to check it out on my Xmas vacation.