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Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Bibury, England. Click on the image to enlarge.
Couldn’t Do It Today
Blowhard, Esq. writes: RIP Bobby Keys who died today at 70. In the documentary STONES IN EXILE, Keys comes off as even more rock ‘n roll than Mick and Keef. Here’s Richards, from his excellent autobiography Life, explaining why Keys was fired … Continue reading
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest. Click on the image to enlarge.
“The Classical Language of Architecture” by John Summerson
Blowhard, Esq. writes: PR recommended this one to me and I found it to be a great little intro to classical building. The book is actually the transcript of six talks that Summerson, an architectural historian, gave on the BBC in … Continue reading
Now Streaming on Netflix
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The documentary LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF, which I wrote about here, is now available on Netflix Instant.
Architecture Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Microsoft’s Bing may be the redheaded stepchild of search engines, but each day they feature a new desktop wallpaper that you can download. Some of them look like stills from Architecture Without Architects, which I wrote about here.
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Tagged Bernard Rudofsky, traditionalism, urbanism, vernacular architecture
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Feature Writing House Style, Cont.
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Way back here, PR had some fun with the New Yorker’s style when it comes to article ledes, which he summarized thusly: On a date that’s peculiarly specific, and in a sentence that uses more commas than … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing
Tagged New York TImes, The New Yorker, writing
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Notes on “The Long Goodbye”
Blowhard, Esq. writes: 1. What a wonderful book. A sprawling mini-epic with L.A. as a Potemkin paradise that, like “The Big Sleep,” is confusing as hell. More than a few times I stopped short to say, “Wait, how are these people … Continue reading
Naked Lady of the Week: Erica Campbell
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Although born in New Hampshire, Erica Campbell has the looks of a girl who sprang fully-formed from the Midwestern plains or a Southern hothouse. How did Peter Berg not cast her in FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS? I bet she … Continue reading
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