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Deep Dream Competition: Gropius v. Gaudi

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Deep Dream is an engine somewhere out in the cloud–maybe cloud 9–that adds elements to images that are intended suggest a dream state. Because the added elements have an organic quality it is better to start with an … Continue reading →

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Taking Triggers Seriously

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: There are some ideas so stupid only a college president could endorse them. At least that’s the impression given by reading this recent nearly-three-cheer defense of trigger warnings and microaggession bans on campus penned by two college presidents. … Continue reading →

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The Joys and Miseries of Kitchen Renovation

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Mostly miseries. Six weeks of displacement. The old kitchen was crammed full of food and gadgets, now taking up space in the living room. Dining room is a staging area and we are spending most of the time … Continue reading →

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Monologue o’ th’ Day

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Not quite a monologue. Harold Pinter gives Patricia Hodge a few short lines in the midst of Ben Kingsley’s grilling in Betrayal. Starts around 2’25” but the lead in worth seeing for context.

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Reflection of the Day

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn reflect on My Dinner with Andre. Both of you have said that the characters in My Dinner With Andre are not, in fact, you. But how much of you is in those characters? AG: … Continue reading →

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Monologue o’ th’ Day

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Another week, another monologue. Jack Lemmon from Altman’s Short Cuts.

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Saturday Photo Gallery: Superior, Arizona

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: To take some air before it got too hot in this desert summer, I rode the Green Monster out to Superior, Arizona early this morning. Not quite a ghost town, but surely not living, Superior has … Continue reading →

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Right-thinking New Urbanism

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster quotes: Coming from a mainstream conservative source, such writing (on New Urbanism) has been as scarce as hen’s teeth. For close to two decades, conservative pundits like Wendall Cox, Randal O’Toole, and Joel Kotkin have relentlessly bashed this trend. … Continue reading →

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Monologue o’ th’ Day

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Another monologue, another film adapted from a play–Jules Feiffer’s Little Murders. Like last week’s, another long-winded treatment of a father, though Lou Jacobi is decidedly less mannered than Christopher Walken.

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Some Greek Revivals

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I grew up in New England, where there are plenty of Greek Revivals. Some are more elaborate and use columns rather than just pediments. Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood of Boston, has some very nice examples. As does Brookline … Continue reading →