Category Archives: Books Publishing and Writing

Malick Studies

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I see Terrence Malick’s latest emanation is upon us. Call me crazy, but I tend to be less than enthusiastic about Malick’s movies; they often strike me as weird combos of dum-dum ideas and imperious stylization of the kind you might find … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Philosophy and Religion, Science | Tagged E. O. Wilson, Film, Marxism, movies, religion, science, sociobiology, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life | 6 Comments

Linkage

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I recently had dinner with Lady and Sir Barken Hyena at animal in West L.A. All three of us recommend the shrimp and rabbit sausage spring roll in the green curry sauce. Awesome gallery of vintage beer ads from … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Food and health, Linkathons, Politics and Economics, The Good Life | Tagged A.P. Bowman, California, Feminism, James Joyce, lizard people, Lloyd Fonvielle, Los Angeles, Nixon, NSFW, Obama, panties, Polly Frost, The Traditionalist, Whole Foods, yes I said mango salsa gimme a break | 8 Comments

Linkage

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio dël Wrongo writes: David Chute posts a 2000 piece dealing with film preservation and digitization. What would Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau think? (H/T Michael Castañeda) Was Blue Öyster Cult the first non-German band to use an umlaut in its name? Wikipedia suggests … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Commercial art, Linkathons, Movies, Music, Politics and Economics | Tagged Blue Oyster Cult, David Chute, Eric S. Raymond, Film, movies, Paul Thomas Anderson, Raddish, Rebecca Romney, Steve Vineberg, Thomas Carlyle Club for Young Reactionaries | 3 Comments

Linkage

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Secrets of Princeton. As a PU grad, I’ll vouch for the accuracy of this one. Lloyd Fonvielle is inspired by a book about the West by Frederick Law Olmstead, a great American artist best-known as the co-designer … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Books Publishing and Writing, Food and health, Linkathons, Movies, Politics and Economics | Tagged Cass Gilbert, Frederick Law Olmstead, George Axelrod, immigration, Lloyd Fonvielle, Lord Love a Duck, Mark Sisson, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Sailer, Tuesday Weld, William Friedkin | 4 Comments

Does This Avatar Make Me Look Fat?

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: Riffing on comments I exchanged with Paleo Retiree after my last post, one of the cool things about fiction — and one of the reasons I don’t think the novel, as an art/entertainment form, is quite dead, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Science | 7 Comments

Literary v Mainstream

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: How much of the difference between the two comes down to whether any of the characters is “likeable”? (Struck me after an offline friend remarked that she disliked “The Great Gatsby” because she didn’t like any of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged books | 9 Comments

Linkage

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A long, nicely put-together piece about Ain’t It Cool News proprietor Harry Knowles. I’ve always thought Knowles was a fun (and maybe even important) figure — a Forry Ackerman type who ended up influencing the culture … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Commercial art, Food and health, Linkathons, Movies | Tagged Elsewhere, Ferdinand Bardamu, Harry Knowles, Jack Donovan, Jess Franco, kirsten mortensen, Lawrence Auster, Satyajit Ray, Spike Gomes | 4 Comments

Things I’ve Learned from World History

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As I mentioned way back here, I’ve been avoiding television and radio in an effort to wean myself from idiocy. As part of that effort, I’ve been partaking of some of the Great Courses offered by The Teaching Company. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Education, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics | Tagged history, The Great Courses, The Teaching Company, Western Civilization, World History | 32 Comments

When the sides become the entree

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: Perhaps other online publications are doing this as well, but this is the first time I’ve noticed it: at Gawker, reader comments are now arranged in a two-column format. I was almost startled when I first encountered … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Technology | Tagged comments, media | 6 Comments

“Sex Scenes”: An Adventure in New Media

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Sex Scenes” is one of my favorite media creations of the last few years. So I’m happy to admit that several of the folks who contributed to it have connections to this blog. Written by Polly Frost … Continue reading →