Monthly Archives: November 2016

Architecture and Color

Paleo Retiree writes:

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Doug Henwood’s “My Turn”

Paleo Retiree writes: My wife and I got so caught up in the Presidential election that we had some fascination with Hillary left over afterwards, so last week we treated ourselves to a read of this short book denouncing Hillary … Continue reading

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Naked Lady of the Week: Mona

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Mona, sometimes called Monika, was a popular internet model of the ’00s, appearing solely (as far as I know) on the European “art” sites. The broad bridge of her nose and her somewhat hooded brown eyes … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

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Monsters of Depravity

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: [A] political chain reaction was set in motion by the French Revolution. Deprived of the services of the professional army officered by aristocrats of the Monarchy, the revolutionary government had recourse to a levée en masse … Continue reading

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Notes on “Eight Days a Week”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Eight Days a Week,” Ron Howard’s new documentary on the Beatles’ touring years, isn’t anything new, and yet it caused me to see its subject in a new light. Like similar works it uses the Beatles as a … Continue reading

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Architecture and Color

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Rory Stewart’s “Afghanistan: The Great Game”

Paleo Retiree writes: Really good. This two episode British doc is billed as “a personal view” by Rory Stewart — in other words, it isn’t a wannabe-objective news feature. But it supplies a lot of worthwhile and interesting information anyway. If … Continue reading

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Architecture and Color

Paleo Retiree writes: Trad vs. modernist. Why do our developers and designers want us to inhabit a colorless, reflecty, non-tactile world?

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The Meme War and its Victors

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: One thing Hillary didn’t tell you about the Deplorables: they produced a whole lot of fascinating political art. And it’s all the more fascinating for being so off-the-cuff, so anonymous, so — uh — dank. In … Continue reading

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