Monthly Archives: February 2015

Red Sox Great Pedro Martinez Moves to New York

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Pedro Martinez will wear a Boston Red Sox cap in his Hall of Fame plaque, but that doesn’t mean he’s abandoning New York, where he played for the Mets after the Yankees folded like origami in 2004. From the Albany … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2004, Albany Times-Union, Bosron Red Sox, Capital Playbook, Capitol Confidential, ESPN, folded like origami, Hall of Fame, New York Yankees, Pedro Martinez, Politico | Leave a comment

Burying the Lede (NYT Cherry King Edition)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

First in what we expect will be a long series This piece by Vivian Yee ran in Thursday’s New York Times. Except . . . Here’s the headline that appeared in the New England (and early?) edition: Marijuana … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arthur Mondella, Cherry King, day late and a dolor short, Dell's Maraschino Cherries, New York Daily News, New York Times, Vivian Yee | 3 Comments

Stupidest. Fashion. Ad. Ever.

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From Sunday’s New York Times Styles section. For the literati-impaired, that’s 80-year-old Joan Didion, a minor 20th Century American author best known for her collection of essays Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Several questions for the fine folks at Céline: 1) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bellevue Hospital, Céline, Joan Didion, litterati-impaired, New York Times, psychiatric ward, Slouching Towards Bellevue, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Styles section | 2 Comments

Dead Blogging ‘Grounded’ at Central Square Theater

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to Central Square to catch the Nora Theatre Company production of Grounded and man, it was fabulous. A hot-shot fighter pilot’s career in the skies, “alone in the blue,” is ended by an unexpected … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Celeste Oliva, Central Square Theater, chair force, drones, George Brant, Grounded, Lee Mikeska Gardner, Nora Theatre Company, The Economist, tour de chair force | 2 Comments

The Atlantic Says Bay State (Hearts) Charlie Baker

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Snow kidding: The current issue of The Atlantic features this piece by Molly Ball. The Bluest Republican Why staunchly Democratic Massachusetts loves its new GOP governor “Mark Wahlberg is asking me for a pardon?,” Charlie Baker said as he folded … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Weld, boston.com, Charlie Baker, Mark Wahlberg, Martha Chokeley, Martha Coakley, MassLive, MBTA, Michael Dukakis, Mitt Romney, Molly Ball, Paul Cellucci, The Atlantic, Vivien Li, WBUR | 1 Comment

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show: What the-!

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I watched the doggies at the 139th Westminster Kennel Club Show the past two nights and say, it was swell. But we never expected it to be. For starters, we couldn’t stand half of the seven finalists. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 139th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Best in Show Judge, Charlie, David Merriam, Madison Square Garden, Matisse, Miss P, New York Times, Old English sheepdog, Patricia Hearst-Shaw, Patty Hearst, Portuguese water dog, Richard Sandomir, Skye terrier, Swagger, Uno, USA Today | 6 Comments

Ban the Museum Selfie Shtick!

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

William Grimes’s front-page piece in Sunday’s New York Times pinpoints one of the great tragedies of our times. Museum Rules: Talk Softly, and Carry No Selfie Stick In a famous lab trial, a chimp named Sultan put two interlocking sticks … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Gothic, Art Institute of Chicago, Grant Woods, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Jeff Koons, Katy Perry, Koons Is Great for Selfies!, Magritte, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Times, selfie sticks, Sree Sreenivasan, Temple of Dendur, Whitney Museum of American Art, William Grimes | 1 Comment

Dead Blogging ‘Intimate Apparel’ at the Lyric Stage

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Lyric Stage yesterday to catch its production of Intimate Apparel and say, it was more than swell. From [Lynn Nottage] the author of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Intimate Apparel … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amanda Mujica, By the Way Meet Vera Stark, Esther, Intimate Apparel, Lindsey McWhorter, Lynn Nottage, Lyric Stage, Mr. Marks, Nael Nacer, Summer L. Williams | 4 Comments

White House Historical Association Spanks Hardworking Staff

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

As you splendid readers might remember, yesterday the hardworking staff posted the first of what we hope will be an ongoing series: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Ads in the New York Times. It read, in part: The New York Times is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2015 White House Christmas Ornament, Boston Globe, Calvin Coolidge, Capital, Edward R. Murrow award recipient, Harry Truman, History Channel, Lara M. Kline, National Christmas Tree Lighting, New York Times, Vice President for Marketing and Communications, White House Historical Association | Leave a comment

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Ads in the New York Times

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

First in what we hope will be a long-running series The New York Times is repository for all manner of inexplicable advertising (see our Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times series for representative samples), so the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2015 White House Christmas Ornament, Boston Globe, Calvin Coolidge, Capital, Harry Truman, History Channel, National Christmas Tree Lighting, New York Times, White House Historical Association | 2 Comments