Regardless of how you feel about the politics of what’s being said about the US’s consumerist culture, the artwork shown here from Chris Jordan is really cool. I admit, I have always been Seurat-obsessed and this use of every day items to create the same effect is amazing. My favorites are the barbie [...]
I find myself on occasion with a whole lotta tabs open in Camino with no real string to tie them all together; today I’m so tired I don’t even try.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper apparently has seen the errors of its ways and reverted back on several of its major shake-ups over the last few [...]
Further to my comment about Boy George being denied a visa to tour the US, we find this hilarious exchange on the State Dept.’s website:
QUESTION: And what does the U.S. Government have against Boy George – (laughter) – You denied him a visa.
MR. CASEY: Sorry, I should have swallowed before you said that. (Laughter.) Let’s [...]
Today the Minneapolis-based blogger James Lileks has a few clips from “The Big Sleep” and I highly recommend them, if you’re into that sort of thing (like I am). (The clips are about half-way down the page.) The Bogie-Bacall obsession is a relatively recent one for me. My primary 1940s film star romance [...]
Esbjorn Svensson, jazz pianist and lead of the Esbjorn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.) died this weekend in a scuba diving accident. I saw them play once at the Dakota in Minneapolis and was mesmerized; I have a bunch of their CDs and iTunes CDs and a DVD of them playing. The best is “Seven Days of [...]
Was walking home from work tonight who did I see in front of me, heading towards me?
One of Britain’s most beloved actors. Chariots of Fire, anyone?
Oh yes, he was every bit as attractive as the photos (if not more so) and was ever-so-casually strolling down the street with his jacket over one shoulder. I stared. [...]
Now this is something you would not likely see in the US:
Size 16 Miss England Finalist (story 1) (story 2)
This I love. Combined with the survey this week that showed that 80% of men found a 12 or 14 most attractive compared with a size 8, it’s good news for curvy girls all around. At [...]
Tuesday I got to do something fun (something much better than the other 10 days after Dublin, which involved working ridiculous hours and battling a nasty cold). I went to see Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera House in London. Now aside from my continuing confusion over the English transliteration (my minimal college Russian would [...]
“Falling Slowly” from Once! It won the Oscar for best Original Song. This was a bit of an adventure; there had been questions about whether it should even be on the ballot, but in the end not only did it get on the ballot but it managed a much-deserved win. It seems perhaps I am [...]
Grammy award winners from my “Best of 2007 list“:
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On),” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.
Country Album: “These Days,” Vince Gill.
And a few other winners from the stuff that I have in my iPod:
Male R&B Vocal Performance: “Future Baby Mama,” Prince.
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual [...]
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