Monday, December 23, 2002


Holiday Hiatus
2Blowhards is taking a break. We'll be back and ranting on January 2nd. Best wishes and happy holidays to all... posted by Michael at December 23, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Artistic Temperaments
Michael— Sorry about being missing in action for the last little bit. I’m afraid real life—in the form of my... posted by Friedrich at December 23, 2002 | perma-link | (3) comments

Saturday, December 21, 2002


WTC Plans Redux
Friedrich -- I won't I won't I won't I won't I won't --- OK, I will, but just for a... posted by Michael at December 21, 2002 | perma-link | (11) comments

Thursday, December 19, 2002


Guest posting -- Chris Bertram
Friedrich -- Chris Bertram, whose classy blog Junius can be read here, emailed me an especially interesting note about my... posted by Michael at December 19, 2002 | perma-link | (3) comments

Free Reads -- Kevin Michael Grace
Friedrich -- Have you ever marveled at how little conventional singing gal pop singers do these days? And how much... posted by Michael at December 19, 2002 | perma-link | (9) comments

One Size Doesn't Fit All
Michael— Going through the deluge of comments on my recent posting on Photography and Painting, what struck me most, other... posted by Friedrich at December 19, 2002 | perma-link | (4) comments

WTC Candidates
Friedrich -- Have you looked at the new set of proposals for the WTC site? Viewable here. As for my... posted by Michael at December 19, 2002 | perma-link | (10) comments

Wednesday, December 18, 2002


Modern Art 101
Friedrich -- Modern Art, in a very cute Flash nutshell, here. Link thanks to Velvet Hammers, here. Best, Michael Update... posted by Michael at December 18, 2002 | perma-link | (4) comments

Tuesday, December 17, 2002


Progress
Michael— I see from the NY Times of December 17 that one of my pet theories is being empirically validated:... posted by Friedrich at December 17, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

10-Best Lists
Friedrich -- Do you enjoy end-of-the-year best-of lists? I do. I have plenty of dignified intellectual and critic friends who... posted by Michael at December 17, 2002 | perma-link | (3) comments

Monday, December 16, 2002


Free Reads -- Wendy Perriam on erotic books
Friedrich -- Have you ever run across the Bad Sex Award? It's a competition (for the worst passage about sex... posted by Michael at December 16, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Free Reads -- Velvet Crypt
Friedrich -- A delightful new participant in the culture-blogosphere -- Polly Frost's Notes from the Velvet Crypt, readable here. Polly's... posted by Michael at December 16, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Art is Not Science
Friedrich -- I was kicking around a few notions for the last week or so. Then this morning they came... posted by Michael at December 16, 2002 | perma-link | (17) comments

New Ideas: Drawing Blind, Cheap Movies, Evo Lit Crit
Michael— About once a month I seem to spend a sleepless night caused by middle-aged problems too mundane to mention... posted by Friedrich at December 16, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

TV Alert
Friedrich -- This week as usual, cable brings us more good movies and promising TV shows than a single Tivo... posted by Michael at December 16, 2002 | perma-link | (3) comments

Sunday, December 15, 2002


Guest Posting -- Yvonne Harrison
Friedrich -- Yvonne Harrison, who lives in New Zealand and makes a living as a technical writer, got in touch... posted by Michael at December 15, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Free Reads -- Reclining Nudes
Friedrich -- Are you fascinated by the way art and pornography quarrel, feud, and occasionally make nice? I am, so... posted by Michael at December 15, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Friday, December 13, 2002


Photography and Painting
Michael— Steve Sailer, in a comment on my posting “The Hudson River School, Part II” suggested that readers who enjoy... posted by Friedrich at December 13, 2002 | perma-link | (25) comments

Free Reads -- Fred Reed
Friedrich -- However inclined I may be to libertarianism, I still can't help wincing at a lot of what tends... posted by Michael at December 13, 2002 | perma-link | (16) comments

Thursday, December 12, 2002


Free Reads -- Alexandra Ceely
Friedrich -- Alexandra Ceely, who runs Out of Lascaux (here), has been on a cultureblogging tear, showing how to do... posted by Michael at December 12, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Investigative Reporting
Michael— You’ll be thrilled to hear that 2blowhards has a new investigative reporting scoop! According to a highly placed source... posted by Friedrich at December 12, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Milton Glaser on art
Friedrich -- Have you ever read an interview with the ad guy/illustrator Milton Glaser? I talked to him once and... posted by Michael at December 12, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Writing for a Living
Friedrich -- I'm always pleased to see people taking writing classes, music instruction, art classes. It's a great way to... posted by Michael at December 12, 2002 | perma-link | (7) comments

Short Stuff
Michael-- Perhaps you caught this headline from the Wall Street Journal of December 12: Europe's Space Effort is Hurt As... posted by Friedrich at December 12, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Hudson River School, Part II
Michael— As promised, I am continuing with the history of the Hudson River School as the torch was passed from... posted by Friedrich at December 12, 2002 | perma-link | (4) comments

Wednesday, December 11, 2002


PBS Responses
Friedrich -- As you remember, a few weeks ago we were lucky enough to be the first blog linked to... posted by Michael at December 11, 2002 | perma-link | (3) comments

Monday, December 9, 2002


American Art, All Wild and Wooly
Friedrich -- Perhaps we ought to come right out and say it: American culture and art are strange and wild.... posted by Michael at December 9, 2002 | perma-link | (14) comments

Hudson River School, Part I
Michael— I assume you remember a few weeks ago one of our devoted readers, Felix Salmon, dismissed the Hudson River... posted by Friedrich at December 9, 2002 | perma-link | (8) comments

Nikos Salingaros, Christopher Alexander
Friedrich -- In my usual wooly-headedness, I overlooked a note left for us a couple of weeks back by Nikos... posted by Michael at December 9, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Saturday, December 7, 2002


TV Alert
Friedrich -- It doesn't surprise me that complaining about television is such a beloved ritual -- so much TV really... posted by Michael at December 7, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Friday, December 6, 2002


Writing Software
Friedrich -- Do you dislike Word as much as I do? I suppose it's an OK piece of software, and... posted by Michael at December 6, 2002 | perma-link | (11) comments

Blogging Bliss
Friedrich -- Do you carry a cafe conversation around in your head? I do. What I mean is that some... posted by Michael at December 6, 2002 | perma-link | (4) comments

Free Reads -- Digital Movie Theaters
Friedrich -- P.J. Hufstutter reports in the L.A. Times that the Regal movie theater chain will be outfitting all its... posted by Michael at December 6, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Thursday, December 5, 2002


Continuing Ed -- Architecture Critique
Friedrich -- A game. Guess the political orientation of the British architecture critic who wrote the following: We all like... posted by Michael at December 5, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Art Critics -- What Are They Like?
Friedrich -- The National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University just released the results of a study they did of... posted by Michael at December 5, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Wednesday, December 4, 2002


Flash New Urbanism
Friedrich -- National Geographic online has created a Flash animation that provides an introduction to some of the principles of... posted by Michael at December 4, 2002 | perma-link | (5) comments

Funky Chickens
Friedrich -- Music has been found have a fast and dramatic impact on the moods of very young chickens, reports... posted by Michael at December 4, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

The New Advertising
Friedrich I love paying the occasional little bit of attention to advertising. So what if it's all about selling goods:... posted by Michael at December 4, 2002 | perma-link | (4) comments

Free Reads -- Salmon on Bond
Friedrich -- One of the deftest and funniest (in a low-key way) things I've ever read on the Bond movies... posted by Michael at December 4, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Economics and Art Appreciation Redux
Michael— In your posting, “Economics and Art Appreciation,” you ask if my study of economics has had an impact on... posted by Friedrich at December 4, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Tuesday, December 3, 2002


Free Viewings -- Elka Krajewska
Friedrich -- A couple of years ago, when I first heard that it had become possible to make movies on... posted by Michael at December 3, 2002 | perma-link | (3) comments

John La Farge
Friedrich -- Many thanks for the informative (and beautifully laid-out) excursions into art history. Like you, I’ve come to understand... posted by Michael at December 3, 2002 | perma-link | (4) comments

TV Alert
Friedrich -- Forgive my tardiness in delivering this guide to some of this week's worthwhile TV viewing. I'm still groggy... posted by Michael at December 3, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Monday, December 2, 2002


Digital Dreams
Michael— You’ve touched on the topic of digital photography, both still and movie version, commenting on the perceptual differences between... posted by Friedrich at December 2, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Rewriting (Art) History
Michael As you know, I’m a bit critical of the standard-issue histories of Modern Art that we were force-fed back... posted by Friedrich at December 2, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Free Reads -- Bachini on Modernist Architecture
Friedrich -- Alice Bachini, whose blog is A Libertarian Parent in the Countryside, here, has a gaily-mocking tone that often... posted by Michael at December 2, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Economics and Art Appreciation
Friedrich -- This is a culture blog (generally, anyway), so it might seem strange for me to write about economics,... posted by Michael at December 2, 2002 | perma-link | (9) comments