Category Archives: Performers

The Camera Loves…

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. …Sherilyn Fenn. Photograph by George Hurrell.

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“Untamed”

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Released in 1957, “Untamed” is an episodic account of a woman’s semi-voluntary trudge towards independence, one that uses the Westernization of Japan as its backdrop. (It’s set during the Taisho period of the early 20th century.) Hideko Takamine — … Continue reading →

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NOT The Beach Boys 2

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Another installment: Love Tonight by Andrew Gold. As you will note, this is less a slavish copy than an homage to a particular approach to songwriting.  And it gets around the Wilson-Love problem Faze discussed in the comments … Continue reading →

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The Beach Boys’ Sixth Studio Album: All Summer Long

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: From journalists to mythologizers to metaphysicians. Not their first great album, but the first album that could arguably be considered their greatest.

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How Terribly Strange to be Twenty

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I had coffee this morning with an old friend with kids about the same age as mine, late teens.  As we talked about little-kids-little-problems/big-kids-big-problems we touched on an aspect of life at that age that we’d more or … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Finishing School”

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This RKO production about young ladies making their way through a stuffy Manhattan finishing school tries its darndest to be a drag, particularly when it focuses on Frances Dee and her involvement with Bruce Cabot’s sturdy do-gooder. (He … Continue reading →

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Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Natalie Press and Emily Blunt in MY SUMMER OF LOVE. I watched it last night and loved it. It’s currently streaming on Netflix. Thanks to Paleo Retiree/Michael Blowhard for recommending it.

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NOT The Beatles 2

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Another installment: My Before and After, by Cotton Mather. I find this one remarkable.  I am simultaneously able to listen to it as a glorious John Lennon song and at the same time as a terrific work in … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposin’: We Happy Few

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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NOT The Beach Boys . . .

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: . . . wherein we introduce a new semi-regular feature on NOTS.  These will be songs that crib from the masters, especially those in the power pop lineage, and do it well enough to make it work no … Continue reading →

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