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Category Archives: Personal reflections
My Verdict on Vinyl
Sir Barken Hyena writes: After many years in an all-digital audio world, the one we all inhabit now, from cell phone to DVD, I’ve recently been listening to vinyl again. I’ve got a lot of company too, and it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal reflections, Technology
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Blog Milestone
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Yesterday UR passed 100,000 unique views — not bad for a blog that’s been around for just over seven months and written by a bunch of lazy good-for-nothings. We’d like to extend a hearty thank you to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal reflections
Tagged blog news, classy, girls in yoga pants, respectable
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Overlooked Oeuvres: Stacy Peralta and American Skateboarding
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’ve been catching up with the film work of Stacy Peralta. Are UR readers familiar with Peralta? He’s a notable figure in the world of surfing and skateboarding who has recently turned his attention to making documentaries. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers, Personal reflections, Sports, Women men and fashion
Tagged Bones Brigade, California, Craig Stecyk, David Carson, Dogtown and Z-Boys, grunge, Lance Mountain, Mike McGill, Overlooked Oeuvres, Powell Peralta, Punk, Ray Gun, Rodney Mullen, skateboarding, Stacy Peralta, Steve Caballero, surfing, The Search for Animal Chin, Tommy Guerrero, Tony Hawk, Venice Beach
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Adventures in the Hermit Kingdom
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Yet again, tensions are flaring between the North and South on the Korean peninsula. Following a nuclear test in North Korea in February, the West increased its sanctions and then the U.S. flew a couple stealth bombers … Continue reading
Posted in Personal reflections, Politics and Economics, Travel
Tagged 60 Minutes, Aquariums of Pyongyang, Brandt travel guides, DPRK, Escape from Camp 14, graphic novels, gulag, Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong-Il, mutual assured destruction, North Korea, Nothing to Envy, nuclear war, Pyongyang, South Korea, The Cleanest Race, The Day After, This is Paradise!, USSR, VICE, worst kickline ever
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Unwelcome New Neighbors
Paleo Retiree writes: After a few months away from town, The Question Lady and I returned to our home in Manhattan to discover some new neighbors. Here’s a little collage of them:
Posted in Architecture, Personal reflections
Tagged 7-11, architecture, Greenwich Village, urbanism
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“Sex Scenes”: An Adventure in New Media
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
The Dark Enlightenment and the Eco Fringe
Paleo Retiree writes: Fair warning: the following posting contains a substantial number of old-fart musings. Surf elsewhere now if your tolerance for such behavior is low. Hard to believe, given its gooey and sanctimonious reputation today, but back in the … Continue reading
Diversity Musing
Paleo Retiree writes: I’m gobsmacked on a day-to-day basis by how completely the country has devoted itself to the cause of “diversity.” As though it’s automatically and everywhere a Good Thing, if not the one and only Magic Cure to … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Education, Personal reflections, Politics and Economics
Tagged diversity
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Of Violence and Violins
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the wake of the latest school shooting, people are once again arguing about whether works of art can be blamed for inspiring violence. A lot of people scoff at the question. It seems crazy to them to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Personal reflections, Politics and Economics
Tagged art, Video Games, violence
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