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Headline New Network: This One’s Better (WWD Edition)
Second in what we expect will be a long-running series Here’s the cover of the latest edition of WWD. And here, WWD editors, is what the headline should have been: The Audacity of Haute You’re welcome.
Headline New Network: This One’s Better
First in what we expect will be a long-running series Boston Globe columnist Scot Lehigh had a smart column on yesterday’s op-ed page. Except – all due respect, Editorial Page Editor Ellen Clegg – here’s what the headline should have … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Donald Trump, Ellen Clegg, Neil Young, Scot Lehigh, The Needle and the Damage Done
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See ‘Irving Berlin’ and Never Hear ‘Suppertime’ the Same
As the hardtrundling staff noted the other day, the Missus and I thoroughly enjoyed the excellent Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin production at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. What we derelictly failed to note was Felder’s moving performance of Suppertime, the song Berlin … Continue reading
The Grey Lady Opens the Kimono (Russian Nesting Ads Edition)
The New York Times, which has gone all in with its native advertising factory T Brand Studio, continues to double up its print and native ads. Earlier this year the Times played footsie with the Weinstein Company in promoting The … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘Irving Berlin’ at the Cutler Majestic
Well the Missus and I trundled downtown to catch Hershey Felder As Irving Berlin at Emerson’s Cutler Majestic Theatre (which really is majestic) and, say, it was . . . Swell! Swell! (Your Ethel Merman impersonation goes here.) Hershey Felder – … Continue reading
Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Fracking Yoko Ono Edition)
The latest in our long-running series For years Beatles disruptor Yoko Ono has been a habitué of the New York Times advertising pages, and yesterday she added this to her portfolio. Drive Yoko nuts graf: Mandatory website: StopUnconstitutionalPipeline.org. (To be … Continue reading
Minions Did NOT Take Over the LA Times Masthead
Okay, so this Minions Meet the Masthead story is all over the place today. Representative sample from KPCC: Minions take over LA Times’ masthead; Critics cry foul Sunday’s L.A. Times featured a trio of Twinkie-like characters meddling with the paper’s sober, … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘Walking Sculpture’ at the DeCordova
Well the Missus and I trundled out to the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum yesterday to catch the Walking Sculpture 1967-2015 exhibit and say, it was swell. From the deCordova’s website: Inspired by Michelangelo Pistoletto’s 1967 performance Walking Sculpture, in … Continue reading
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Tagged "Walking in a Exaggerated Manner Around the Perimeter of a Square", Bruce Nauman, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Ellen Sturtevant, It takes 156000 breaths to evacuate Boston, kanarinka, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Walking Sculpture, Walking Sculpture 1967
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Hey, Marty Walsh: Hire THIS Guy to Fix City Hall Plaza
Since roughly 1969, one question has vexed every Boston mayor: What the hell to do with City Hall Plaza? And the answer that has routinely come back: Damned if we know. Regardless, the latest chapter of this ongoing saga is unfolding at … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston City Hall, Central Park, City Hall Pathetic Redesign Project, City Hall Plaza, Cleveland, Emerald Necklace, Eric Jaffe, Frederick Law Olmsted, James Corner, James Corner Field Operations, Marty Walsh, New York High Line, Public Square, The Atlantic
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Why the New York Times Is a Great Newspaper (Phil Jackson Triangle Offense Edition)
The New York Times Sunday sports section is topped by this Nicholas Dawidoff piece about the origins of the triangle offense that Phil Jackson rode to 11 NBA championships but that the current New York Knicks just can’t get. … Continue reading
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