Thursday, October 31, 2002


Artchat Survival Guide -- Aesthetics
Friedrich -- A shot at defining "aesthetics," a term some of our readers have expressed an interest in. "Aesthetics" is... posted by Michael at October 31, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Learning from Las Vegas
Michael, Wandering around Las Vegas last weekend I ended up spending quite a while walking through various casinos on my... posted by Friedrich at October 31, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Tacit Knowledge -- Sound Levels
Friedrich -- About ten years ago I spent time talking with some movie sound editors and technicians. The issue of... posted by Michael at October 31, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Continuing Ed: The Chaos of History
Michael, While in Las Vegas, my wife and I were at the Venetian casino to buy some new shoes (don’t... posted by Friedrich at October 31, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Free Reads -- Steven Pinker
Friedrich -- The indispensable Steve Sailer does a q&a with Steven Pinker, author of the remarkable new "The Blank Slate,"... posted by Michael at October 31, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Wednesday, October 30, 2002


Comments
Michael We got an interesting and thoughtful comment the other day, which I thought deserved a bit more prominence than... posted by Friedrich at October 30, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Free Looks -- high-end digicams
Friedrich -- While digital movie images strain to approximate the quality of traditional film imagery, these days digital still photos... posted by Michael at October 30, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Public Art--for the Public?
Michael I just got back from a few days with my wife in Las Vegas. While there, I read the... posted by Friedrich at October 30, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Tacit Knowledge -- Genre Writers vs. Literary Writers
Friedrich -- Another entry in our ongoing attempt to put into words the things people know but that don't make... posted by Michael at October 30, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Righties, Lefties, Art and Pleasure
Friedrich -- Laurel Panella has been following our discussions about righties, lefties and pleasure from her home in eastern Tennessee.... posted by Michael at October 30, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Media Surplus redux
Friedrich -- Dave Trowbridge (here) takes my earlier posting comparing food and media surpluses and has himself a whole lot... posted by Michael at October 30, 2002 | perma-link | (3) comments

Tuesday, October 29, 2002


Continuing Ed 1 -- evo bio and aesthetics
Friedrich -- Another new rubric! I'm always impressed by how many people maintain intellectual and artistic interests despite the hecticness... posted by Michael at October 29, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Monday, October 28, 2002


TV Alert
Friedrich -- I’m limiting my list of tips to the week on TV to two resources, the E! Channel’s showbiz... posted by Michael at October 28, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Sunday, October 27, 2002


Free Reads -- no, that's free looks
Friedrich -- Sometimes I wonder why artists/writers/whatever don't make more creative use of the web, and sometimes I marvel at... posted by Michael at October 27, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Why We Love Performers, part 4
Friedrich -- Shakira: It's hormonal The feminist journalist vs. the sexy pop star, from the recent Rolling Stone "Women in... posted by Michael at October 27, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Getty vs. Acropolis redux
Michael, In a previous posting I recounted how disappointed I was in the Getty Museum complex, given the virtually limitless... posted by Friedrich at October 27, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Saturday, October 26, 2002


Policy Break: Legal Reform
Michael Knowing that you're a sucker like I am for stories of hard working young people who struggle despite adversity... posted by Friedrich at October 26, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Trowbridge on dogs and music
Friedrich -- Dave Trowbridge at Redwood Dragon has been thinking about animals, in-born natures, and music, here. Not to be... posted by Michael at October 26, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Media Surplus
Friedrich -- Why are so many modern people obese? One helpful theory comes from evo-bio: because we evolved to survive... posted by Michael at October 26, 2002 | perma-link | (4) comments

Friday, October 25, 2002


A Conspiracy of Silence
Michael As an entrepreneur I am always kind of bemused by discussions of capitalism, since by my reckoning relatively few... posted by Friedrich at October 25, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Samizdata.net
Friedrich -- Curious about who the brainy, party-hearty British libertarians at Samizdata.net are (here, as though I don't link to... posted by Michael at October 25, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads—Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Age
Michael A humorous note from the front in the Digital Wars: A musician, George Ziemann, was attempting to sell some... posted by Friedrich at October 25, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Thursday, October 24, 2002


Movies--Sweet Home Alabama and Secretary
Michael You ask if I’ve seen any movies. The only movie I've 'been to' recently was "Sweet Home Alabama" which... posted by Friedrich at October 24, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Righties and Pleasure again
Friedrich -- Brian Micklethwait at Samizdata.net, here, has been following our gabfest about righties and pleasure, and has now entered... posted by Michael at October 24, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Philosoblog and Envy reredux
Michael To make my own pathetic little addition to your brilliant discussion of the current alliance between notions of pleasure... posted by Friedrich at October 24, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Free Reads -- Theodore Dalrymple on Paris Crime
Friedrich -- The British doctor who writes under the names Theodore Dalrymple and Anthony Daniels is one of the best... posted by Michael at October 24, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Andrew Sullivan on the economics of blogging
Friedrich -- I just caught up with Andrew Sullivan's essay for London's Sunday Times about writing, blogging, and trying to... posted by Michael at October 24, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Righties and Pleasure Forever
Friedrich -- It occurs to me that if I'm going to gas on about righties and pleasure, and if I'm... posted by Michael at October 24, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Politics and Cuisine
Friedrich -- In FrontPage, J.P Zmirak puts together an amusing political taxonomy of eating, then sets sail into deeper waters,... posted by Michael at October 24, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Pleasure and Politics reredux
Friedrich -- A political staffer from the West Coast writes: The reason why conservatives seem more puritanical than liberals about... posted by Michael at October 24, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

The Economics of Janis Ian
Michael One of our correspondents brought to my attention the following article by Janis Ian on the topic of intellectual... posted by Friedrich at October 24, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, October 23, 2002


Far From Heaven
Friedrich -- I just caught a screening of the new Todd Haynes movie "Far From Heaven," starring Julianne Moore. Do... posted by Michael at October 23, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Free Viewing -- Clive James Interviews
Friedrich -- Online entrepreneurial arts-and-ideas flair: Clive James, the Australian novelist and journalist (remember how great his TV reviews were?),... posted by Michael at October 23, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Keats Redux
Friedrich -- Some helpful notes from readers about the poetry of John Keats. Tim Hulsey (from Virginia) writes: As for... posted by Michael at October 23, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Free Reads -- Dana Gioia
Friedrich -- Good news, as reported by Robin Pogrebin in the NYTimes: the poet Dana Gioia is a candidate to... posted by Michael at October 23, 2002 | perma-link | (4) comments

Philosoblog and Envy redux
Friedrich -- Heavens! I go away on business for a couple of days and return to find all the neighbors... posted by Michael at October 23, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Tuesday, October 22, 2002


Getty vs. Acropolis
Michael I took my daughter to the J. Paul Getty museum complex in Los Angeles last weekend (she had a... posted by Friedrich at October 22, 2002 | perma-link | (3) comments

Saturday, October 19, 2002


Free Reads -- Philosoblog and Envy
Friedrich -- A new find: Jim Ryan's engrossing Philosoblog, here. It's a robust and invigorating pleasure going along for the... posted by Michael at October 19, 2002 | perma-link | (11) comments

Magazine Culture Redux
Michael As I browsed a magazine stand recently I was surprised to see an essay by Shelby Steele in the... posted by Friedrich at October 19, 2002 | perma-link | (4) comments

TV Alert
Friedrich -- We postmoderns tend to take for granted how well-off we are in terms of access to entertainment. You've... posted by Michael at October 19, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Tacit Knowledge -- Polaroid
Friedrich -- Polanyi: How can we know what we don't know we know? Have you run across Michael Polanyi's concept... posted by Michael at October 19, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Friday, October 18, 2002


The Economics of Elvis reredux
Michael You ask what direction would I like to see copyright law take as we move further into the age... posted by Friedrich at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Bye-Bye Movies, Hello Digishorts
Friedrich -- I dragged the Wife to an evening at ResFest, a touring festival of films made with digital equipment... posted by Michael at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Economics of Elvis Redux
Friedrich -- Many thanks for explaining the business history behind the pop-music business. I'd always wondered what the hell ASCAP... posted by Michael at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

On-Stage Ads
Friedrich -- Vanessa O'Connell in the WSJ (not online, at least not for free) reports that billboards for Piper-Hiedsick and... posted by Michael at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- John Allen Paulos
Friedrich -- In ABCNews.com, here, John Allen Paulos looks at how and why people seem more responsive to stories than... posted by Michael at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Keats and British Acting
Friedrich -- I just finished listening to an audiobook of selected poems by John Keats, read by a variety of... posted by Michael at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

The Economics of Elvis
Michael Perhaps you noticed the following in the October 12 issue of the Economist: The war over control of the... posted by Friedrich at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Report From Texas redux
Friedrich -- Thanks for passing along the story about Joni Rogers, who sounds like quite a wit, and quite an... posted by Michael at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Report from Texas
Michael One of our correspondents writes that she attended an interesting luncheon recently featuring Joni Rogers, a cancer survivor who... posted by Friedrich at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Evo Bio Questions -- Acne
Friedrich -- I couldn't be happier that evolutionary-biology thinking has been flourishing, and at the progress it's made in pushing... posted by Michael at October 18, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Thursday, October 17, 2002


Derbyshire on taxes
Friedrich -- Most of the arguments I've seen in favor of smaller government have been based on such notions as... posted by Michael at October 17, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Saddam's Sons
Friedrich -- Fabulous reporting in this Newsweek piece about Saddam Hussein's sons, here. Evan Thomas, Christopher Dickey, Colin Soloway and... posted by Michael at October 17, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Paul Johnson
Friedrich -- A freebie online treat from the Wall Street Journal, which doesn't give much away for free: the historian... posted by Michael at October 17, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Steve Sailer
Friedrich -- I love checking in on the protean Steve Sailer (here). He writes enlighteningly about evolutionary biology, he writes... posted by Michael at October 17, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, October 16, 2002


DVD update
Friedrich -- The Wife and I had a DVD orgy over the long weekend, managing to watch four movies without... posted by Michael at October 16, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Non Negotiable Demands reredux
Michael I’m not normally a big one for movie sequels, but I was pleased to read in the Los Angeles... posted by Friedrich at October 16, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Artistic Quote of the Day
Michael A quote from John Walker’s “Constable”: [Constable] found beauty in everything that grows: weeds as well as flowers. He... posted by Friedrich at October 16, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Gross Over-generalizations -- Women and Baked Goods
Friedrich -- Mood heighteners? What is it with women and baked goods? Last night, for example, I was at dinner... posted by Michael at October 16, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Poussin redux
Michael Your posting on Poussin reminded me of an observation by Delacroix (who was an extremely intelligent art critic.) Delacroix... posted by Friedrich at October 16, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Tuesday, October 15, 2002


Decades of Design?
Michael Granted, I’m the former Detroiter, but we’re both old enough to at least dimly remember the days when American... posted by Friedrich at October 15, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Monday, October 14, 2002


Short Stuff
Michael Going through the Wall Street Journal of October 14, I noticed the following, er, "Dog-Bites-Man" headlines: -TNT Tells Operators... posted by Friedrich at October 14, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Glenn Gould
Friedrich -- Rick Phillips writes about Glenn Gould for Gramphone magazine, here. Thanks to cultureblogger Kelly Jane Torrance (here) for... posted by Michael at October 14, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

TV Alert
Friedrich -- As you with your Tivo and I with my VCR know, the idiot box is idiotic only if... posted by Michael at October 14, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Sunday, October 13, 2002


Comics--That Old Time Religion
Michael, Thanks for tipping me off on the latest in the debate over the religious affiliation of super-heroes. According to... posted by Friedrich at October 13, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Truth in Advertising redux
Michael My posting on “Truth in Advertising” received a response from one of the University of California lecturers who was... posted by Friedrich at October 13, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Art, Beauty & Fashion
Michael Thanks for sending me a copy of Dave Hickey’s 1992 book, “The Invisible Dragon: Four Essays on Beauty.” I... posted by Friedrich at October 13, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Saturday, October 12, 2002


Times Square
Friedrich Times Square: The revolution is now I can’t be the only person who’s noticed that what the early Soviet... posted by Michael at October 12, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Eisenman/Oakeshott redux
Friedrich -- Sweet of you to take a look at Oakeshott's great essay, "Rationalism in Politics" (readable here) -- and... posted by Michael at October 12, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Google Searches
Friedrich -- Fun to keep track of Google searches that have led surfers to this blog. For every one earnest... posted by Michael at October 12, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Knowledge Loss
Friedrich -- I was talking about books with an arty guy in his early 20s who's very bright and talented.... posted by Michael at October 12, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Free Reads – Oakeshott redux
Michael I’ve been turning over the essay you recommended in your posting, Michael Oakeshott’s 1947 essay, “Rationalism in Politics." As... posted by Friedrich at October 12, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Friday, October 11, 2002


New Cultureblog
Friedrich -- A delightful discovery, "Out of Lascaux," an art-history cultureblog run by Alexandra, whose last name I don't know,... posted by Michael at October 11, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Poussin
Friedrich -- A couple of terrific, oh-so-true pieces about Poussin: Karen Wilkin in The New Criterion, here, and Robert Hughes... posted by Michael at October 11, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Marriage
Friedrich -- Remember how common it used to be for people to claim that, while marriage was good for men... posted by Michael at October 11, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Frank Miller
Friedrich -- I know I'm 15 years late arriving at this particular party, but: have you ever looked at the... posted by Michael at October 11, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Jenna
Friedrich -- Are you a fan of the porn star Jenna Jameson? She's an interesting figure, very entrepreneurial and in-charge.... posted by Michael at October 11, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Crunchy Cons -- Redux unto exhaustion
Friedrich -- NRO is going hog-wild with the Crunchy Cons controversy. Who'd have expected the topic to generate any controversy... posted by Michael at October 11, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Free Reads -- Amiri Baraka rereredux
Friedrich -- John Derbyshire is dryly amusing on Amiri Baraka in today's National Review Online, achieving his effects by pretending... posted by Michael at October 11, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Thursday, October 10, 2002


Free Reads -- Vernon Smith
Friedrich -- Mike Lynch and Nick Gillespie interview the brand-new economics Nobelist, Vernon Smith, here. Smith is known as the... posted by Michael at October 10, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Matt Welch
Friedrich -- Matt Welch in the National Post discusses globalization, politics, subsidies, tax breaks and film production. It's a good... posted by Michael at October 10, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Self-Esteem Redux
Friedrich -- Andrew Sullivan has a good time connecting Robert Torricelli's resignation from the NJ Senate race and the recent... posted by Michael at October 10, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Philip Roth Reredux
Friedrich -- Funny rant about the incoherence of visual people, thanks. A professor I know who has to teach aesthetics... posted by Michael at October 10, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Female Gaze
Michael I was driving down the road the other day when I passed a bus shelter and spotted the following... posted by Friedrich at October 10, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, October 9, 2002


Free Reads--Philip Roth redux
Michael In your posting “Free Reads—Philip Roth” you comment that “a gift for writing fiction has nothing whatever to do... posted by Friedrich at October 9, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Been there, Done That Redux
Friedrich -- Many thanks for your rant about Paul Goldberger’s review of the Times Square Westin. Goldberger’s an odd critic... posted by Michael at October 9, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- John McWhorter
Friedrich -- Have you run across the writing of John McWhorter? A Berkeley prof of linguistics who writes commentary about... posted by Michael at October 9, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Orchestras in Crisis
Friedrich -- Robert H. Hughes in The Wall Street Journal (online, but you have to subscribe) reports that big-city symphony... posted by Michael at October 9, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Ron Rosenbaum
Friedrich -- Ron Rosenbaum grew up reading The Nation, but these days he's feeling pretty disenchanted with the Left. In... posted by Michael at October 9, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Free Reads -- Philosophy and Literature
Friedrich -- I'm a few days behind on this, but I thought I'd let you know that the wonderful, indispensable,... posted by Michael at October 9, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Tuesday, October 8, 2002


Policy break
Michael Of course, just because I told you to check out "Prospect" doesn't mean I agree with everything in it.... posted by Friedrich at October 8, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

A Prospect on Prospect
Michael I guess I gotta get down to my local magazine stand a bit more often. Hunting around for something... posted by Friedrich at October 8, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Definitions -- "Liberal"
Friedrich -- However gloomy I can get about whither-the-modern-world, I sometimes remember what a great time it is too. One... posted by Michael at October 8, 2002 | perma-link | (6) comments

Monday, October 7, 2002


Been there, done that
Michael I was glancing through the New Yorker of October 7 when I happened to notice the headline: “Miami Vice:... posted by Friedrich at October 7, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Sunday, October 6, 2002


Short Stuff
Michael Two headlines from the NY Times of October 5: Jury Sets Punitive Damages at $28 Billion for Smoker I... posted by Friedrich at October 6, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Parental Discretion Advised
Michael You’ve asked me what it’s like to be a parent in today’s sexually saturated environment. Well, let’s just say... posted by Friedrich at October 6, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Arts in the Moonlight Re-redux
Michael In your posting, Arts in the Moonlight redux, you ask: I wonder how the NEA decides which artists who... posted by Friedrich at October 6, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Saturday, October 5, 2002


Truth in Advertising
Michael The L.A. Times on October 5 published some letters from non-tenure track lecturers that showcase the low priority the... posted by Friedrich at October 5, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Art in the Moonlight Redux
Friedrich -- Thanks for returning to the theme of art and economics, a much-underdone topic. The NEA study you discuss,... posted by Michael at October 5, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Philip Roth
Friedrich -- Working in and around the arts, you find yourself having to get past many sweet illusions. (It's either... posted by Michael at October 5, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

TV Alert
Friedrich -- Cable TV is so rich in movie pickings next week that the best rep theater would have a... posted by Michael at October 5, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Literary Pleasures of Military History
Michael I don’t know if I ever mentioned to you that I spent several years reading a lot of military... posted by Friedrich at October 5, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Art in the Moonlight
Michael The NEA, after performing considerable analysis on the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) and longitudinal databases such as the... posted by Friedrich at October 5, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Friday, October 4, 2002


Free Reads -- Funniest Jokes
Friedrich -- Dr. Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire has been collecting jokes for over a year, and asking... posted by Michael at October 4, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Hugh Grant
Friedrich -- I'm not much of a fan of Hugh Grant as a movie performer. About half of what he... posted by Michael at October 4, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Amiri Baraka re-redux
Friedrich -- Thanks for pointing out the latest development in the Amiri Baraka anti-Semitic-poetry saga. It highlights, or at least... posted by Michael at October 4, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

DVD Update -- The Business of Strangers
Friedrich -- The Wife and I watched “The Business of Strangers” last night. Did you notice it when it had... posted by Michael at October 4, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Amiri Baraka redux
Michael The NY Times today addresses the controversy that has erupted over a poem read at a festival by the... posted by Friedrich at October 4, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Thursday, October 3, 2002


Free Reads -- Self-Esteem
Friedrich -- Has a major social turning point arrived? Is the insane vogue for "self-esteem" finally over? Erica Goode in... posted by Michael at October 3, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Begs the Question
Friedrich -- It’s the rare language-usage error that makes me emerge from my usual apathetic shell, but this one does:... posted by Michael at October 3, 2002 | perma-link | (8) comments

Not a Critic
Friedrich -- After a few recent visits with bright, talented friends who are critics, it occurs to me why I’m... posted by Michael at October 3, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Free Reads -- P.D. James
Friedrich -- Have you read the British mystery-and-detective novelist P.D. James? She has tons of fans. I've read a few... posted by Michael at October 3, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Magazine Culture
Michael 2Blowhards has scored another triumph of investigative reporting. Owing to a wrongly directed fax, we’ve got the behind-the-scenes scoop... posted by Friedrich at October 3, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, October 2, 2002


Best of the Blogs?
Michael I wonder if one could put together a magazine (ezine?) based on the "Best of the Blogosphere." It would... posted by Friedrich at October 2, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Pauline Kael
Friedrich -- The jazz critic Francis Davis talked with Pauline Kael shortly before she died. A version of that q&a... posted by Michael at October 2, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- WTC Architecture
Friedrich -- Catesby Leigh in the New York Post argues that the planners and agencies responsible for rebuilding the site... posted by Michael at October 2, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

TV Alert
Friedrich -- Wednesday, 10-02 * At 8 pm, A&E runs a "Biography" episode on the British comedian Benny Hill. Americans... posted by Michael at October 2, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

War Poetry redux
Friedrich -- Sweet of you to think of me as 2blowhards' resident "poetry expert," but if I am indeed that... posted by Michael at October 2, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Tuesday, October 1, 2002


If I Were an Editor 10 redux
Michael Where do you get off asserting modern artists come from money? Eager to refute this outrageous claim, I visited... posted by Friedrich at October 1, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

War Poetry
Michael As we are perhaps on the brink of military activity, I found myself wanting to know more about war... posted by Friedrich at October 1, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

TV Alert
Friedrich -- The usual thing to do about TV is complain about the amount of crap that's on. Me, I'm... posted by Michael at October 1, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

If I Were an Editor 10
Friedrich -- Many thanks for your enlightening treatises about Shakespeare’s London and Mozart’s Vienna. The topic of money, business and... posted by Michael at October 1, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments