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Author Archives: Blowhard, Esq.
The Advertising Art of Paramount Records
Blowhard, Esq. writes:
Posted in Art, Commercial art, Music
Tagged Advertising, Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Ida Cox, Ma Rainey, Paramount Records
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“No Depression,” Four Ways
Blowhard, Esq. writes:
Posted in Music
Tagged Sheryl Crow, The Carter Family, The New Lost City Ramblers, Uncle Tupelo
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Naked Lady of the Week: Leanna Decker
Blowhard, Esq. writes: When putting a post like this together, and looking at photo after photo of the delectable Ms. Decker, one is apt to get philosophical and reflective. “Where did I go wrong? What possessed me to pursue any interest … Continue reading
Record Sleeve Du Jour
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Happy 4th of July
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Or, if you’re in a feisty mood, how about this Loyalist defense of the British written by the then-Chief Justice of Massachusetts? Related I shared a list of some of our favorite crimethink-y anti-Narrative books here.
Posted in Politics and Economics
Tagged Brexit, george washington, independence day, Peter Oliver, Revolutionary War
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Linkage
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Neil DeGrasse Tyson fancies himself to be James Madison. He might as well have said, “I’ve never read a history book and I know nothing about human psychology.” Speaking of, judge Richard Posner, one of our era’s most … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
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Juxtaposin’: Rock ‘n Roll
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Book Notes: “God Save the Mark” by Donald Westlake
Blowhard, Esq. writes: I enjoyed this Westlake, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel in 1968. Fred Fitch, a gullible sad sack, inherits $300,000 from his con man uncle and soon discovers that someone is willing to kill him to … Continue reading
The Album Covers of Les Baxter and Martin Denny
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Sophisticated women with primitive passions. Or primitive women with sophisticated passions. Either way, what more do you need?
Posted in Art, Music
Tagged album covers, exotica, Les Baxter, lounge, Martin Denny, midcentury bachelor pad
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The UR Syllabus of Shitlordery
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Browsing my Facebook feed the past few days, I’ve been astonished at the amount of hysterical, sloppy thinking I’ve seen from many of my otherwise smart friends. How you can see a (likely gay) Muslim man shoot up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics, Sex
Tagged Bukka White, Charles Bukowski, Charles Ferguson, Charles Portis, Charles Willeford, donald westlake, Edward Abbey, Elmore Leonard, Epictetus, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gary Taubes, George MacDonald Fraser, Gore Vidal, Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending, Howlin' Wolf, John Colapinto, John Lee Hooker, John T. Flynn, Joseph McCarthy, Kevin MacDonald, Lead Belly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lonnie Johnson, Mance Lipscomb, Marcus Aurelius, Mencius Moldbug, Michael Oakeshott, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Nassim Taleb, Nicholas Wade, Oswald Spengler, Otis Rush, Raymond Chandler, Red Pill, seneca, shitlordery, Skip James, Son House, Stanley Rothman, Steven Pinker, T-Bone Walker, Thomas Sowell
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