My Derriere or what the New York Times can Kiss

The New York Times, in early 2011 will begin charging for online content after one has viewed a certain number of articles. I consider this a FAIL for the premiere paper in the world. I hope this does fail, and miserably at that. Why would I go and pay for anything they offer when there is [...]

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The End for the Beginning, or the Beginning for the End?

In Literature we have all grown accustomed to the Dystopian and Utopian genres.  That we can perfect a heaven or a hell on earth are thoughts that merit a closer look.  Science and religion, now quite distinct from each other, are the lenses upon which we may view the worlds of Dystopia and Utopia. Now the prevailing [...]

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The Salvo and Salvador.

In Houston, TX three dubious lots of Dali artwork have been donated to the Salvation Army Thrift Store.  The New York Times Article has all you could ever want to know about this little development of high kultur and second hand stores. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/arts/design/29dali.html?_r=1&ref=design   I for one hope they are real so that I can [...]

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The Inverse of the Obtuse to the nth power

After visiting a certain Bush League MFA show and then going to the Brooklyn Museum for the Gustave Caillebotte show my wheels and gears, pulleys and levers started grinding, (Yawn! most decidedly.) and I came up with an original thought.  Now if the Impressionists were avant-garde or whatever you would like to call their mode of [...]

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Grateful Dead at NYTimes.com

There is an interesting article over at NYTimes.com about the legacy of the Grateful Dead and their different eras and periods.  Specifically the underground fandom of amateur tape archivists is discussed at length. One can tell the reporter is a Head which makes the article that much more enjoyable. Here is the link to the article: [...]

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Six Degrees of Information

So I came up with a game that one plays on Wikipedia. It is simple really, one tries to get from one entry to another in six hyperlinks or less.  First one has to set the parameters, such as get from plastic to border collie. Plastic>Synthetic Fiber>Animal>Mammals>Zooamata>Dogs>Border Collies Well this example was seven depending on how [...]

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Brunch with Basquiat and Burns

Sprung from the earth! That is how one would like to characterize these two artists.  They reached the stage fully formed and ready to produce. A venerable Dickensian moment we have from Jean Michel Basquiat and Robert Burns. Hardly congruous they are when first appearances are taken into account. Firstly we have a Caribbean-American who [...]

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My favorite male actor under 40

As you’ve all heard by now Christian Bale beats his mother and unravels balls of obscenities at directors and grips. Oh well, is he the hardest working man in show business? I’m gonna guess Yeah he the hell is. You’ve seen his movies and you may know he deals with depression but we are here [...]

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He did some of this and some of that now he’s dead

John Updike has died. Now may a new generation emerge? Oh the horror of someone who has exhausted their pen on mindless suburban fictive elements.  I wrote a while back on his sheepish review of Toni Morrison. Yeah that’s all I have to say about Mr. Updike.

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The National Gallery, Washington D.C.

As this first cup of coffee oozes into my stomach lining I will tell you a little tale of love and redemption, hope and loss. I was in Washington for about a five day stretch for the inauguration of Barack Obama and I dipped into the National Gallery twice. Once on the Saturday before the inauguration. [...]

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