Uncouth Reflections

Naked Lady of the Week: Heather Carolin

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Redheads are a consistent theme here, and former Playboy Playmate Heather Carolin must be among the reddest redheads of them all. She’s slimmer than the typical Playmate, and less cushiony, exhibiting a toned litheness that calls to mind the bodies of gymnasts and figure skaters. And she’s quite a talented poser, seemingly able to give her photographers whatever edge or angle they’re looking for. Whether evoking the shiny patina of the classic pin-up or the warts-and-all casualness of “amateur” fare, she comes across as a consummate pro.

Nudity below. If you’re snowed in this weekend, maybe this will help to thaw you out a bit.

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Posted in Photography, Sex, The Good Life, Uncategorized | Tagged freckles, Heather Carolin, naked lady of the week, nude photography, redheads | Leave a comment

Public Masturbation–EXPOSED!

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes:

As a blogger I am obliged to take the side of the pajama-clad reporters against the evil mainstream media. Why, I happen to be in my pajamas at the moment, too, as I write this. For the most part I am happy to be part of this gigantic mass deception exciting revolt of the masses.

However, there’s always an other hand and in this case it has to do with the unreliability of reporters in pajamas, who live in an online echo chamber and have not the attention span, wit nor resources to check out a story. As a result, stories with little or no substance can spread like wildfire and from time to time leach into the mainstream press.

Something of this seems to have happened over the last week in the reporting on a public masturbation booth in New York City.

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Posted in Sex | Tagged New York City, public masturbation booth | 4 Comments

“Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball”

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes:

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“Rosemary’s Baby” meets “Don’t Look Now” in backcountry Ireland: creepiness, shocks, sex and hints of the supernatural in a very sophisticated, very boho package. Kelly Reilly is a yuppie architect renovating a dilapidated stone house; Miranda Richardson is the witchy head of a weird rustic neighbor family, intent on having one more child. This is one of Nicolas Roeg’s most successfully eerie and beautiful recent films, IMHO, and it features a lot of what he’s best at: elegant montages, committed and far-out performances, casually chic and charged visuals, dreamy sounds, chronology that flits about in ways that might make otherworldly sense … Even the movie’s longueurs cast a spookily erotic, avant-garde-poetry-esque spell. I enjoyed the movie thoroughly. I now search out Kelly Reilly movies too. What a earthy/angelic beauty (and talent) she is.

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An excellent visit with the very interesting Nicolas Roeg, who has his own distinct way of seeing and going about things. “He deals almost exclusively in tangents,” writes John Preston very aptly.
Roeg is best known for his 1974 thriller “Don’t Look Now” and for his 1976 slice of weird sci-fi, “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” which featured David Bowie’s first movie performance.
As much as I often enjoy his movies I also tend to max out on Roeg’s work pretty quickly. Has my enthusiasm for “Puffball” left me with enough energy to catch up with a few Roeg movies that I’m curious about but haven’t yet watched? (Here, here.) Or to read his recently-published autobiography?
A visit with Kelly Reilly.

Posted in Movies | Tagged Kelly Reilly, movies, Nicolas Roeg, supernatural, thrillers | 2 Comments

Art and Architecture Du Jour: The Broad Museum, Los Angeles

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

Billionaire real estate developer and arts philanthropist Eli Broad has opened a new museum in downtown Los Angeles for his contemporary art collection. I got a chance to check it out on my Xmas vacation.

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Posted in Architecture, Art | Tagged Bunker Hill, contemporary art, Eli Broad, Kara Walker, Los Angeles, The Broad Museum, Wexler's Deli | 4 Comments

Architecture and Color

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes:

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“Janis: Little Girl Blue”

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes:

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Even though my wife and I have watched a few other docs about Janis Joplin — many of the sources, interviewees and anecdotes here were awfully familiar to us — we still enjoyed this new one, directed by Amy Berg. It has an angle on Joplin that the title gives away and, though we found the regular circlings-back to its theme a little relentless, we were also struck by how effective the movie was at making its point, which was: despite her current legendary status, Joplin at the time she was singing was a very young girl-woman blundering her way into a creative life and hoping for the best — a talented, offbeat, somewhat messed-up plain Jane you might have known as a high-school classmate, who happened to get struck by pop-culture lightning. (The film is also a fun evocation of the ’60s, San Francisco edition.) At one point in the film an interviewee recalls Joplin saying, more or less, “After my voice blows out I’ll run a bar in the Tenderloin,” and that suggests something of the way the film gets not just at Joplin’s wit and earthiness but at the person behind the myth. We were also both struck by Joplin’s terrific fashion flair. What a great look she put together for herself!

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A q&a with director Amy Berg.

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged documentaries, janis joplin, rock music | 1 Comment

Notes on “The Revenant”

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes:

My mini-review of The Revenant: it left me cold.

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Posted in Movies | Tagged Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Boorman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy | 7 Comments

Naked Lady of the Week: Roberta Pedon

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

Roberta Pedon, with her signature awkward smile and early death, sums up the innocence and darkness of the 70s hippie California that spanned the Summer of Love to the Manson murders. *blah blah blah more pretentious sociological analysis before getting to an ode to her tits*

Major boobage below the jump. Enjoy your weekend.

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Posted in Sex, The Good Life | Tagged naked lady of the week, roberta pedon | 2 Comments

What I’m Spinning Now

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

My transition into middle age is proceeding nicely. Most of these can be had on Amazon for $5, which includes the CD and immediate MP3 download.

Posted in Music | Tagged Dave Brubeck, jazz, jazz-rock, Steely Dan | 2 Comments

Saving The New Republic

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes:

Chris Hughes is the young and photogenic owner of The New Republic.

Sorry, that’s Chris Pratt.

I mean Chris Evans.

This is the Chris Pratt that is not Chris Hughes.

Oops, that’s Chris Hemsworth.

This is Chris Pratt.

And this is Chris Hughes, I think.

Photogenic enough, no? Still, if I had to put a name on the affect given off I would have to say he seems a little more callow than the other three Chris people. And that seems about right. No Guardian of the Galaxy, he. He’s bailing on TNR.

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