-
Click to subscribe to RSS
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Blue Rondo à la Turk(ey)
From our Late to the Jam Session desk Sunday’s New York Times featured this full-page ad: Here’s how the body copy begins: Rumor has it that during his visit to Istanbul, the Jazz legend Dave Brubeck heard a street musician … Continue reading
Why The Wall Street Journal And The Boston Globe Are Great Newspapers (Norden Family Edition)
Monday’s Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe front pages featured his and her versions of the damage visited upon the Norden family by the Boston Marathon bombings. Boston Globe Page One (via the Globe’s ePaper): WSJ Page One (via … Continue reading
We Get Up (Boston Marathon)
One of my favorite people in the world, Tonia Magras, sent me this video created by her extremely talented son Khyal. That’s the future of the city, folks. Make him welcome.
Markey/Lynch People’s Pledge Gives Special Interests More Clout
Among any number of things former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown regrets about his loss to Elizabeth Warren last fall, quite possibly the biggest is taking the People’s Pledge – an agreement between the two candidates to discourage outside advertising by … Continue reading
Matthew Weiner Hates Women, Right?
Full disclosure: The Missus and I think this season of Mad Men is obvious, boring, and flat-out stupid. That said, last night’s episode was a full-fashion assault on the Mad Women. Janie Bryant’s YouTube video about Megan Draper’s hideous outfit: … Continue reading
Globe Runs Massive Marathon Bombing Tick-Tock; Herald, A Tic
From our Compare & Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk Some days – very often Sundays – the difference between the local dailies is starker than usual. Today is one such day. The Boston Globe has published what, so far … Continue reading
Herald Revising History Again (Bombing Coverage Coverup II)
The Boston Herald continues to criticize news organizations that erroneously reported an arrest two days after the Marathon bombings – without noting that the feisty local tabloid itself did exactly the same thing. Exhibit A: The Herald’s Press Party webbcast on Friday, … Continue reading
Why The New York Times Is A Great Newspaper (Nazi Art Plundering Edition)
In their prime (which is to say the 1940s), the Nazis seized roughly 100,000 works of art – worth maybe $10 billion – from German families who happened to be Jewish. This is the story of 400 of those artworks … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Alexandre Rosenberg, Braque, Cezanne, Marianne Rosenberg, Matisse, Nazi art plundering, New York Times, Norway, Paul Rosenberg, Picasso, Renoir, The Crusades
Leave a comment
Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Beat The Herald Edition)
The Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight resumed last night, with the Boston Herald’s underdog Press Party webcast featuring this: The Boston Herald’s “Press Party” gives credit to local media for outperforming the national print and TV networks in our half-hour show devoted to … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider 