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George Wallace: Our Kind of Man

January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I found this small political advertisement (it’s the size of a business card) at a local antique mall that is, sadly, going out of business.

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Tags: politics

Design Your Own PICTURE SALADS!

January 7th, 2010 · No Comments

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Tags: food

NPR’s Studio 360: Style and the Mad Man

September 7th, 2009 · No Comments

“Is this not the whitest TV show you’ve ever seen?”

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Tags: TV

Open Daily for Breakfeast (Everywhere a sign #22)

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

“And let it be proclaimed artfully from every napkin dispenser on every table in the land…Each day shall henceforth start with a banquet of orange and yellow bell peppers!”

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Tags: food

Dyna Moe does Mad Men

October 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

K. Cortez sent me a link to the flickr page of one Dyna Moe who, apparently, is a graphic artist-genius-magician. The picture above, of Mr. Cooper in his office with the mysterious Rothko painting, is just one example of the witty and vibrant interpretations Dyna Moe has created.

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Tags: TV

Telepathic approval

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments

This McCain campaign ad began broadcasting before John McCain was even off the stage at tonight’s debate. Does “I approved this message” mean that “I allowed Rick Davis to approve this ad?”

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Tags: politics · TV

The glittering lure of Mad Men

July 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

It is a rare series that can pull a viewer into its own universe as well as Mad Men does. The Sopranos and Six Feet Under, two examples from recent years, did this by holding a prism up to the world, placing the audience within a specific cultural pocket (New Jersey mob families and Southern California undertakers, respectively) and looking outward.

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Tags: TV

Be your own Warhol

March 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

One of the interactive elements of the Museum’s website is an area where you can learn, step by step, how Warhol designed his trademark silkscreen portraits. You are then given the opportunity to make one yourself, using some pre-selected photographs as your raw material.

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Tags: film

Dead Fred

March 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Alleviate all that pent up aggression by violently and repeatedly stabbing Fred through the heart…

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Tags: Uncategorized

Opera spoiler

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

It sure is a good thing that most opera-goers already know the plot of the piece, because if one was planning on going to see this performance of Tosca to find out what happens in the story, there would be no surprise!

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Tags: music