-
Click to subscribe to RSS
Tag Archives: New York Times
Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Umpteenth Plus One Yoko Ono Edition)
Just about every year at Christmastime, Rift Beatle Yoko Ono runs holiday greetings in the New York Times. This year’s model: ImaginePeace is still in the same place, if you want it. Then again, so is war. But there … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Imagine Peace, John & Yoko, New York Times, Rift Beatle, Yoko Ono
5 Comments
Quote o’ the Day (Bride of Wildenstein Edition)
From our Day Late, Dolor Short desk Buried in yesterday’s New York Times piece about the Wildenstein art dynasty going Chernobyl, with everyone suing everyone. Jocelyn Wildenstein, Alec’s first wife, known for her extensive plastic surgery, more or less opened the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Alex Wildenstein, Bride of Wildenstein, Guy Wildenstein, Jocelyn Wildenstein, New York Times
2 Comments
New York Times Puff Piece Is Less Than Fenway Frank
The Grey Lady gives a big wet kiss today to local developer Steve Samuels, who’s responsible for most of the recent building boom in the Fenway area. From the Times Business section’s Square Feet column: Fenway Park’s Neighborhood Changes, but Keeps Its … Continue reading
Bee(g) Headache for Bayer
It’s understandable if Bayer needs a couple of aspirins after this full-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times. The honey shot: The Natural Resources Defense Council has a bee in its bonnet for good reason according to the (Raleigh) News … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bayer, bees, honey shot, Natural Resources Defense Council, neonics, New York Times, Raleigh News & Observer, Syngenta
Leave a comment
The Arts Seen in NYC (Fabulous Picasso Sculpture Edition)
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town the other week and say, it was swell. Our artinery: Friday We started out at the Museum of Arts and Design and – yes – we were MAD about the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Aelita: Queen of Mars, African Princess clock, Alexander Rodchenko, American Folk Art Museum, Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom, Andy Warhol, Arkady Shaikhet, Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet, artinery, Émile Zola, Becoming Jewish: Warhol’s Liz and Marilyn, Ben Brantley, Catalan Noucentismo, Clive Owen, Collection de l'Art Brut, cubism, Dead Treez, Douglas Hodge, Ebony G. Patterson, El Lissitzky, Elizabeth Taylor, Evan Cabnet, Eve Best, Harold Pinter, Jackson Pollock: A Collection Survey 1934–1954, Jacqueline de Ribes The Art of Style, Jean Dubuffet, Jean-Baptiste-André Furet, Jewish Museum, Joaquín Torres-García, Keira Knightley, Kelly Reilly, Kongo: Power and Majesty, MAD, Marilyn Monroe, Max Penson, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, Museum of Arts and Design, Museum of Modern Art, Neo-Plasticism, New York Times, Old Times, Picasso Sculpture, Roundabout Theatre Company, shabbes elevator, Soldier Spectre Shaman: The Figure and the Second World War, Studio 54, Thérèse Raquin, The Luxury of Time, The Met, The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography Early Soviet Film, The Red Flame, Time Has No Shadows, Ultraism-Vibrationism, Unorthodox, Valeska Soares, Wendell Castle, Wendell Castle Remastered
1 Comment
Quote o’ the Day (Dislike Ted Cruz Edition)
From Frank Bruni’s latest New York Times op-ed column: [A] Bush 2000 alumnus said to me: “Why do people take such an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? It just saves time.” Ouch.
GOP Prez Hopefuls in Pickup Truck Race to Bottom
The terrorist attacks on Paris earlier this month have unleashed a predictable raft of TV spots from Republican presidential candidates trying to out-tough each other on homeland security. The common denominator? Terrorists with rocket launchers in pickup trucks. That image … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider 