Image by Lilly via FlickrHistory prances around in CARTOGRAPHIES OF TIME: A HISTORY OF THE TIMELINE, by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton. If visuals had a beat, you could dance to this stuff. Search title on Google images for examples.Flowing Data reviewFine Books & CollectionsBookforum … [Read more...]
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: RICHARD HAMILTON (NYRB)
Image via WikipediaJulian Bell closes his NYRB Richard Hamilton piece with "In spite of their contrived sophistication my paintings are, for me, curiously ingenuous (like Marilyn Monroe)." From the new MIT Press book.(Right: Adam and Eve)Related articles by ZemantaJust What is It That Makes Today's … [Read more...]
ARTHUR PHILLIPS: SONG IS YOU
author interview A Conversation with Arthur PhillipsArthur Phillips is interviewed by Tim Riley, the author of several books on rock history, including Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary and Fever: How Rock 'n' Roll Transformed Gender in America. Riley edits the Riley Rock … [Read more...]
INCEPTION, SALT: WOUNDS RUB PLOTS
Hans Zimmer via last.fm INCEPTION delivers on its premise's wild leap of faith. Yet like so many blockbusters, visuals trump narrative: after abandoning your toddlers for fifty year-weekend with your wife, would you (Leonard Dicaprio) leave them out on the back porch without hugging them to say … [Read more...]
WIKILEAKS: PLUS LA CHANGE
Image via WikipediaMy tweets didn't get much rise, but I still was shocked at some of the language used in NPR's Saturday story about whether Wikileaks editor, Julian Assange, practices "journalism.""I've shied away from the term 'whistle-blower' because that has a kind of, you know, halo around the … [Read more...]
ETCH-A-SKETCH, BOSTON
ETCH-A-SKETCH, BOSTON Image by lumierefl via FlickrRelated articles by ZemantaPop Culture Classic Etch-A-Sketch Toy 50th Anniversary and Contest (connectwithyourteens.blogspot.com)July 12, 1960: Etch a Sketch? Let Us Draw You a Picture (wired.com)Etch A Sketch turns 50: amazing art created with the … [Read more...]
TWITTER FRIENDS NETWORK YOWZA
Image via WikipediaJust click. Related articles by ZemantaYowza!! launches affiliate program to get more small businesses to use their mobile couponing service (intomobile.com)Yowza!! adds new restaurants and merchants to its mobile coupons service (intomobile.com)Carrie Underwood Weds! … [Read more...]
TONY AUTH, MAD MEN, AND THE U.S.
Re-uses last year's Mad Men advertising campaign to connect to today's economy: Related articles by ZemantaAre you ready for Mad Men? (albumartexchange.com)The Mad Men Job Interview (collings.co.za)Exclusive Video: Mad Men Ladies Want More Drinking And Smoking [Mad Women] (jezebel.com)Last-minute … [Read more...]
INFOGRAPH: BEATLE HAIR
NO SOCIAL MEDIA, PLEASE, WE’RE EXECS
Image by Christian Steen via FlickrProbably might have guessed, but it still struck me as fairly hallucinatory to sit through a dialogue between David Weston of ABC News and Nancy Gibbs of Time magazine (scroll down) recently at the Chautauqua festival without hearing the words "Social media," … [Read more...]
RIP: Mackerras, Pekar
Sir Charles Mackerras via last.fmTwo heroes died this week, here's Norman Lebrecht on Sir Charles Mackerras. People rave about his Mozart and Haydn, I swear by his Brahms:"His achievements, in my view, are twofold. He was the first, after Neville Marriner, to seek fusion between period-instrument … [Read more...]
STEALING SEASONS: character actors rule
Image by Getty Images via @daylifefile under: to be assignedNobody's written the BIG piece yet on how the golden age of acting has led to a surfeit of character actors stealing scenes, and whole movies, from big stars. Viola Davis shows up in the middle of Doubt for a chat with Meryl Streep and … [Read more...]
Charlie Darling
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ALMOST FAMOUS
Image via Wikipedia"It's been a longtime dream of mine, to play bluegrass in Salt Lake City," (Steve) Martin said as he took the stage. "Tonight, I feel I am one step closer to that goal."Related articles by ZemantaSteve Martin: 2010 Banjo Tour (jambase.com)Playing banjo calmed Steve Martin before … [Read more...]
POPMATTERS
from a PopMatters series on "What's the Write Word?": This whole business of "giving advice" to "young writers" smacks of old-school authoritarianism and I won't participate in that scam without some kind of "honorary degree." Music writing's a great racket--jump in, the water's warm! ID'ing … [Read more...]