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Author Archives: Blowhard, Esq.
Juxtaposin’: Shakin’ It
Blowhard, Esq. writes:
Posted in Music, Sex
Tagged dance music, Elmore James, hip shakin', Papa Charlie Jackson, Rolling Stones, Shakira, Slim Harpo
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Naked Lady of the Year
Blowhard, Esq. writes: In 2014 we at UR discovered that, shock of shocks, people on the Internet like looking at female nudity. The Naked Lady of the Week became far and away our most popular regular feature. Although we get a … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Sex, The Good Life
Tagged erotica, naked lady of the week, Pin-Ups, Porn
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My Year in Books: 2014
Blowhard, Esq. writes: I already shared the movies I saw this year, now here’s the books I read.
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing
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Our Favorite Things from 2014
Blowhard, Esq. writes: For approximately the 14th year in a row my pop music taste slid into middling mediocrity, but I’m perfectly OK with that. I long ago abandoned caring about or following new music. I loved The Black Keys’ “Turn … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Food and health, Linkathons, Media, Movies, Music, Performers, Personal reflections
Tagged 2014 year in review, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Amazon, Amazon Music, beer, Belle & Sebastian, Bill Burr, Chvrches, Cohen Film Collection, D. W. Griffith, Darwyn Cooke, donald westlake, emily browning, ESPN, Eva Green, Facebook, George V. Higgins, Ginger Baker, goses, Hachette, Hayao Miyazaki, John Milius, John Turturro, Karina Longworth, Marc Maron, Marco Bellocchio, Meghan Trainor, Michael Connelly, Natalie Moore, Pawel Pawlikowski, Penny Dreadful, podcasts, Sarah Polley, Steve Sailer, Stuart Murdoch, Taylor Swift, The Black Keys, The Cloisters, The Nerdist, Tom Stoppard, Vanessa Paradis, Winsor McCay, Yik Yak, Zishy
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Merry Christmas
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge.
The Best of UR 2014
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Once again, your staff of crack culture connoisseurs were snubbed by those moronic idiots at National Magazine Awards. When I wrote a formal letter of protest to the judges’ panel I got back some boilerplate claptrap about UR … Continue reading
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The main gate to the World’s Exposition in Paris, 1900. More here. Click on the image to enlarge.
Art Du Jour: The Velveteria
Blowhard, Esq. writes: When Sir Barken was recently in L.A. on a cultural tour for his daughter, we met up for a day so I could show them around downtown. Sure, LACMA and the Getty are fine, but the city has … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged America fuck yeah, black velvet paintings, Caren Anderson, Carl Baldwin, folk art, kitsch, Los Angeles, lowbrow, Velveteria
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Naked Lady of the Week: Yulia Nova
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Like Fabrizio last week, I reached back into the Naked Lady vault for today’s selection, Russian model Yulia Nova. Although some sites say she’s still active, she seems to have had her heydey in the early 00s modeling … Continue reading
Posted in Sex, The Good Life
Tagged Japan, naked lady of the week, pornography, Russia, Yulia Nova
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