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Marina Abramovic Blushathon (IV)
The New York Times did its “The Arts in 2010” review on Tuesday, and smackdab below the predictable “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” action photo was this: With its costs and its casualties (including Christopher Tierney, standing above), “Spider-Man: Turn … Continue reading
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Tagged Blushathon, Marina Abramovic, MOMA, New York Times, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
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The Tizzard Of Twenty-Ten
As in, all in a tizzy. The local weathernerds shifted into Snowpocalypse/Snowmageddon/Brrrricane gear, the NFL spiked the Philadelphia Eagles game, and Universal Hub’s French Toast Alert blinked orange. All for a measly 18 inches of snow. Regardless, there were plenty … Continue reading
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Tagged Blizzard of '78, Boston Globe, Kevin Cullen, Wine for All Reasons
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NYT David Barstow Is Not The Son Of Robbins Barstow
Splendid reader Brendan Myers solved the Barstow question at the end of our previous post : If WikiPedia is to be believed, the New York Times David Barstow was born in 1963, making it impossible for him to have gone … Continue reading
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Gecko v. Flo: Worst Media Smackdown Ever?
The folks at left-wingnut website AlterNet are all lathered up about the ongoing slapfight between the Geico gecko and Progressive Insurance spokesgal Flo, who’s annoying enough to be the 21st century Mr. Wipple Curent AlterNet headline: Cutesy GEICO Gecko’s Ad Fight … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, Flo, Geico gecko, Mr. Wipple, Progressive Insurance
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The Prevalence Of Humbug
In his latest piece, The Humbug Express, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman addresses the imbalance between the right-wing media’s propaganda machine and that of the left wing. He starts out by recalling the original humbugger, Charles Dickens’ immortal Ebenezer … Continue reading
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Tagged Max Black, New York Times, Paul Krugman, The Prevalence of Humbug
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Free The Daniel Chester French One!
The artist who sculpted the Minuteman statue in Concord, Mass., and the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington is losing the Stockbridge Smackdown to America’s Imagemaker. Friday’s Wall Street Journal A-Hed headline: It’s a Norman Rockwell … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheserwood, Daniel Chester French, Norman Rockwell, Wall Street Journal
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You’re On Deadspin? You’re Dead, Period.
Headline o’ the Week, via Deadspin: This May Or May Not Be Rex Ryan’s Wife Making Foot-Fetish Videos (UPDATE) Relevant video (one of many truncated versions on YouTube): From Deadspin: There’s a celebrity in the foot-fetish world who posts videos … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Favre, Deadspin, foot-fetish videos, Jenn Sterger, New York Jets, quarterbuck, Rex Ryan, Tom Brady
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WSJ Wants Not Neutrality
The Wall Street Journal’s campaign against net neutrality started in earnest last April with a question from op-ed columnist Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.: End of the Net Neut Fetish? Hooray. We live in a nation of laws and elected leaders, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gawker, Holman Jenkins, John Fund, Not Neutrality, Robert McDowell, Wall Street Journal
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Maureen Dowd: Religion Is A Crèche
New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd doesn’t seem to have much use for religion in spite (because?) of her good Catholic upbringing. When she does talk about matters of faith, it’s often related to her family, as today’s column … Continue reading
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Tagged crècheniks. MoDo, Friends of the Creche, Marlon Perkins, New York Times, Op-It Girl, Wild Kingdom of God
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