In the NYT article, David Browne discusses the disturbing trend toward not printing liner notes in CD booklets and sending purchasers of the hard CD online to find personnel information for the recording.
Either (a) The New York Times is reading this blog, or (b) great minds think alike.
July 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: music
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.
Tags: TV
Screenings: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Bette Davis, trapped behind a chalky white face of pancake makeup, gets about as much emotional mileage from her facial expressions as would a drunken mime.
Tags: film · food · history · music · Screenings · TV
Where ideas come from
December 10th, 2007 · No Comments
Situation: Painful jump-roping > Patent idea: Skipping ropes with more comfortable & effective skipping position
