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Thomas Kinkade: Light-Fingered Painter
Self-styled “painter of light” Thomas Kinkade died last week, as the Sunday New York Times obits duly noted: Thomas Kinkade, Artist to Mass Market, Dies at 54 Thomas Kinkade, the prolific painter of bucolic and idealized scenes who estimated that his … Continue reading
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Tagged New York Times, New Yorker, painter of light, Susan Orlean, Thomas Kinkade
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Correction o’ the Day (II)
From Sunday’s New York Times: MAGAZINE The Riff column on Page 52 this weekend, about musical obscurity and how it is no longer an honor, misspells the surname of a singer about whom everybody knows something (or at least something other … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (I)
From the New York Times Sunday Style section: STYLE The Possessed column last Sunday, about a dermatologist and his yoga mat, misspelled his given name. He is Fredric Brandt, not Frederic. Seriously? There’s a “Possessed” column? And it showcased a … Continue reading
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Tagged correction, dermatologist, Fredric Brandt, New York Times, Possessed, yoga mat
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Dead Blogging The Lyonel Feininger Exhibit At The Harvard Art Museums
So the Missus and I trundled over to the Harvard Art Museums to catch Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928–1939 and here’s some of what we saw: From the Harvard Art Museums website: One of the most versatile talents of the modern … Continue reading
Hey, FaceShnook: You’re Being Pixel-Pocketed!
The latest installment in the Wall Street Journal’s invaluable (and Pulitzer Prize-worthy) What They Know series is a wake-up call for every one of the 800 million+ Facebookniks. Selling You on Facebook Many popular Facebook apps are obtaining sensitive information about users—and users’ friends—so … Continue reading
Boston Herald Achieves Tabloid Nirvana
All too often the Boston Herald is merely a lively index to the Boston Globe – not reckless or lurid enough to rival uber-tabloids like the New York Post or the Daily News. But today’s Herald is something special. Exhibit … Continue reading
A Chart Is Worth A Thousand Words
Trouble in Democratic FundraisingLand, via the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. First, the Journal: Super PAC Money Stalled Despite Obama Greenlight After Bill Burton failed to win the job of White House press secretary last year, he … Continue reading
Tim Cahill Watch: Collateral Damage?
Throughout this week’s Cahillpalooza over the former Treasurer’s indictment on public corruption charges, one question has gone unasked: What about Makena? Tim Cahill’s daughter has been writing a regular column for the Herald (samples here and here), but does she … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Cahillpalooza, Makena Cahill, Tim Cahill
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Tim Cahill Indictment Edition III)
Day Three of Cahillpalooza features contrasting coverage in the local dailies. Both have news stories about former Treasurer Tim Cahill pleading not guilty in a Suffolk County court to charges of public corruption. Boston Globe: Cahill pleads not guilty to … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Margery Eagan, Martha Coakley, Tim Cahill
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Campaign Outsider 