Category Archives: Performers

Different From You and Me

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Are the rich different from you and me.  Maybe. Are magicians?  You bet. Ricky Jay’s movie, Deceptive Practices is on Netflix Streaming. He seemed a little dorky as a young performer.  Seemed wild and hip in the seventies. … Continue reading →

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Tough Lady Songs

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Notes on “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me”

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me” is ostensibly a documentary about ’70s cult band Big Star, and it’s good at being that, but its stealth subjects are the state of rock ‘n’ roll in the ’70s … Continue reading →

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Fagen o’ th’ Day

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: From Donald Fagen’s Eminent Hipsters, his crankypants but still quite witty semi-memoir. On film nowadays: The movies are so bad now that I usually pass out just after catching the first glimpse of the flesh-eating death-mist (or whatever), … Continue reading →

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Publicity Archives

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke writes: Peter O’Toole and Audrey Hepburn, posing for “How to Steal a Million” (1966). On the face of it, it seems like strange casting, but to me, they are magic in this film. Ethereal male and ethereal female, both … Continue reading →

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Art Du Jour

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: John Singer Sargent, Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (1889), oil on canvas Related Blowhard, Esq. shared another enigmatic Sargent portrait in this Gilded Age image gallery. So did I, in my first post. Read about Terry and … Continue reading →

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“My prime responsibility is to get out the way of the piece.”

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: There are opera directors with decades of experience who fail to understand this essential truth articulated by first-timer Christoph Waltz. Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, directed by the double-Oscar winner, is playing in Antwerp until 28 December, then moves … Continue reading →

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RIP Billy Jack

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I saw that Tom Laughlin died the other day. He was mostly known for playing Billy Jack in a series of films, the most famous being the first two: the 1967 “The Born Losers” and the 1971 “Billy Jack.” You … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 16, 2013 by Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke writes: Records of why this photo was taken remain undiscovered, but surely the cause of Big Cats was involved. Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor (meeting for the first time?) show the kitties some love.

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Bill Burr

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’ve been watching a lot of stand-up comedy on Netflix Instant of late. It’s one of those cultural side streets I hadn’t been paying much attention to. Of the performers I’ve sampled, Bill Burr is one … Continue reading →

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