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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
Dead Blogging ‘Colossal’ at Company One Theatre
Well the Missus and I trundled down to Calderwood Pavilion in the South End last night to catch the Company One Theatre production of Colossal and man, it was moving – in virtually every sense of the word. Andrew Hinderaker’s play … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Molina, Andrew Hinderaker, Anthony Goss, Boston Globe, Calderwood Pavilion, Colossal, Company One Theatre, Damon Singletary, Greg Maraio, Intimate Apparel, Joel Brown, Kathryn Lieber, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Marlon Shepard, Summer L. Williams, Tommy Neblett
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A Jason Gay Ol’ Time (Boston 2024 Edition)
From our long-running Jason Gay Ol’ Time series The five-ring monte game that Store 2024 ran in Boston this past year has, mercifully, come to an end. And Boston native Jason Gay gave it a proper burial in his Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
Dead Blogging Beethoven’s Ninth in Copley Square
Well the Missus and I trundled downtown yesterday to catch the Handel + Haydn Society’s performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at the Boston Globe/WGBH Summer Arts Weekend and, say, it . . . swelled. Thanks to the incomparable Brian O’Donovan and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 Summer Workshops, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Boston Globe, Brian O'Donovan, Calderwood Pavilion, Catch As Catch Can, Copley Square, Denny Dale Bess, Handel + Haydn, Huntington Playwriting Fellow, Huntington Theatre Company, John Steber, Marianna Bassham, Matthew Boston, Mia Chung, Skin in the Game, Summer Arts Weekend, The Orphan of Zhao, This Exquisite Corpse, We Spend Our Lives., WGBH, You for Me for You
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Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Michael Steinhardt – Again! – Edition)
The latest in our long-running series Yesterday’s New York Times featured yet another ad from Zionista Michael Steinhardt, whose previous Times ad (along with his various associations – see here and here) we dutifully noted last month. His current foray: … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthright Israel, Chuck Schumer, Core Booker, Israel, John Stossel, Judy and Michael Steinhardt Foundation, Ken Abramowitz, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michael Steinhardt, New York Times, NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture Education and Human Development, Palestinian Authority, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Rand Paul, Robert Menendez, Samantha Power, Sheldon Adelson, The World Values Network, United Nations, Warren Buffett
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