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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Ickiest Quote o’ the . . . Ever (Donald Trump Edition)
From our Quote o’ the Day desk Yesterday, Politico (who else? well, maybe BuzzFeed) ran this exhaustive/exhausting listicle. The 199 Most Donald Trump Things Donald Trump Has Ever Said Would you vote for this man? 1. “… don’t let the … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Buzzfeed, Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Politico, The View
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The Arts Seen in Western Mass. (Summer of Whistler Edition)
Well the Missus and I trundled out to the Berkshires for a couple of days last week to catch this & that and, say, it was . . . swelling with people. Upon our arrival in Williamstown we headed right to … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreas Brown, Andy Warhol, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Boston Globe, Charles Prendergast, Clark Art Institute, Clark Museum, George Segal, Gotham Book Mart, James McNeill Whistler, Kathryn Price, Mark Feeney, Maurice Prendergast, Norman Rockwell Museum, Open Doorway, Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs, selfie, The Berkshires, The Clark Art Institute, The Loosening of Time, The Wheel of Doom, Three Centuries of American Art, Van Gogh and Nature, Van Gogh-Go, Wall Street Journal, Warhol & Collecting Books, Warhol by the Book, WCMA, Whistler Close-Up, Whistler in Paris London and Venice, Whistler's Mother: Grey Black and White, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Yale University Art Gallery
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When Hillary Met Snapchat . . .
The 2016 presidential hopefuls are on mobile platforms like Brown on Williamson. Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, WhatsApp – WhatsEver. But it’s not always pretty. Case in point: Hillary Clinton’s baptism by Snapchat this week. The call: The response: … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hillary2016, 2016 presidentail, @hillaryclinton, Hillary Clinton, Instagram, like Brown on Williamson, Newsweek, Pinterest, Snapchat, WhatsApp
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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Hanker Down’ Edition)
From our neverending Language Police blotter As always, the hardworking staff is on the differently clichéd beat like Brown on Williamson. And the past several months have provided a myriad of mangled phrases. Call the roll: • Back in November, David Mark, co-author … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayatollah Khamenei, Bayou State, Bobby Jindal, Boston 2024, Boston Herald, David Mark, differently clichéd beat, Dog Whistles Walk-Backs & Washington Handshakes, Financial Times, Hurricane Katrina, Iran nuclear deal, Language Police, like Brown on Williamson, Monday Note, MSNBC, NBC News, Nikkei, NPR, Pi Day, Scott Walker
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DeVito/Verdict on Bernie & Phyl’s New York Advertising Agency: Dumb as a Mattress of Rocks
Bernie & Phyl’s, which for a long time ran the most cringeworthy television spots in the history of New England advertising, now has a hotshot New York ad agency – DeVito/Verdi – and a smart, funny TV campaign that features old-time videoclips with funky new narratives. Representative … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie & Phyl's, Bernie & Phyl's Furntiure, DeVito/Verdi, YouTube
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Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Howard Jonas Edition)
From our endless series Funny how often these ads appear in the Saturday New York Times, which has the cheapest advertising rates for the week. Regardless . . . from Saturday’s Grey Lady: Nuts to Obama graf: … Continue reading
NYT Goes All RBF (Resting Bitch Face)
Leave it to the New York Times to say cow, see cow. From Jessica Bennett’s Page One piece in the Sunday Styles Section: Cursed With a Death Stare The Internet meme known as RBF points to the perils of the serious … Continue reading
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Tagged January Jones, Jessica Bennett, Kristen Stewart, New York Times, RBF, say cow see cow, Styles section, Victoria Beckham
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Boston City Hall Plaza Gets Some National Love
Much-maligned Boston City Hall Plaza has been getting some good press lately, especially in the Boston Globe, for efforts to spruce/lively it up. And now Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s relentless red-brick-revival is garnering national recognition, via the Wall Street Journal’s Jon Kamp. … Continue reading
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