Sunday, November 30, 2003


Inexcusable Self-Congratulations
Dear Friedrich -- Here's a well-done piece for Reuters by Mark Egan about the lit-fiction author John Robert Lennon, with... posted by Michael at November 30, 2003 | perma-link | (10) comments

Saturday, November 29, 2003


Guest Posting -- "J" on Modeling for Artists
John Leavitt, our "True Art School Tales" correspondent, is on vacation. During this hiatus, we're pleased to run a guest... posted by Michael at November 29, 2003 | perma-link | (10) comments

Do We Call Them "Movies" or "Videoclips"??
Dear Friedrich -- How do you feel about calling videoclips "movies"? Part of me thinks, Why the hell not? But... posted by Michael at November 29, 2003 | perma-link | (3) comments

Friday, November 28, 2003


Elsewhere
Dear Friedrich -- * Brian Micklethwait declares himself medium-agnostic where the visual arts are concerned, here. * Julie Iovine at... posted by Michael at November 28, 2003 | perma-link | (5) comments

Tuesday, November 25, 2003


Downbeat Update: "21 Grams" and "The Barbarian Invasions"
Dear Friedrich -- The Wife and I set out to the movie theaters this afternoon hoping to have a nice... posted by Michael at November 25, 2003 | perma-link | (19) comments

Westlake Makes Me Happy
Dear Friedrich -- During my recent week off I treated myself to one of Donald Westlake's "Parker" novels (which he... posted by Michael at November 25, 2003 | perma-link | (44) comments

Monday, November 24, 2003


Sunday Afternoon at The Movies
Michael: Yesterday I took my 12-year-old daughter to see “Looney Tunes, Back in Action.” Since I had fortunately been inoculated... posted by Friedrich at November 24, 2003 | perma-link | (11) comments

Saturday, November 22, 2003


Teaching Company Lecture Series on Sale
Dear Friedrich -- I've blogged before about The Teaching Company, which sells recorded versions of college-level lecture series. I've tried... posted by Michael at November 22, 2003 | perma-link | (15) comments

Friday, November 21, 2003


King vs. Hazzard
Dear Friedrich -- A couple of people have written in asking what I think about the Hazzard vs. King dustup... posted by Michael at November 21, 2003 | perma-link | (29) comments

Coming to Grips with Nietzsche, Part I
Michael: As you probably remember from our student days at our Lousy Ivy University, I was a fan of Nietzsche—I... posted by Friedrich at November 21, 2003 | perma-link | (19) comments

Thursday, November 20, 2003


Greats I Don't Get
Dear Friedrich -- Aaron Haspel's good posting here about Henry James and the movies (a response to some postings over... posted by Michael at November 20, 2003 | perma-link | (107) comments

Back-Home Accents
Michael: Have you ever tried to summarize what makes the accent of your home town unique? Since my ear for... posted by Friedrich at November 20, 2003 | perma-link | (22) comments

Wednesday, November 19, 2003


High Pitched Voices
Friedrich -- I've been out in California, thus spending a lot of time in the car, and thus listening to... posted by Michael at November 19, 2003 | perma-link | (32) comments

Elsewhere
Dear Friedrich -- I’ve spent the last week with blogging crippled not just by in-law hospital challenges but by a... posted by Michael at November 19, 2003 | perma-link | (5) comments

Tuesday, November 18, 2003


True Art School Tales
A new installment in John Leavitt's ongoing True Art School Tales, his irregular, illustrated diary about life as an art-school... posted by Michael at November 18, 2003 | perma-link | (7) comments

Monday, November 17, 2003


The LA Times Book Review and Me
Dear Friedrich -- Do you follow the LATimes Book Review Section? It's edited by Steve Wasserman, who's quite the serious... posted by Michael at November 17, 2003 | perma-link | (8) comments

Friday, November 14, 2003


The Business of Art: Stan Lee and Marvel Comics
Michael: Thanks for shipping me Jordan Raphael’s and Tom Spurgeon’s bio of the comic book legend, “Stan Lee and the... posted by Friedrich at November 14, 2003 | perma-link | (10) comments

Thursday, November 13, 2003


Cave Art Redux
Friedrich -- Apologies for the light blogging. I've been out of town attending to a hospitalized relative. Everything's going well,... posted by Michael at November 13, 2003 | perma-link | (7) comments

Wednesday, November 12, 2003


Cave Paintings: Art and Religion in the Upper Palaeolithic
Michael: Are you fascinated by the cave paintings of Western Europe? As someone whose own tastes run towards animal art,... posted by Friedrich at November 12, 2003 | perma-link | (29) comments

Tuesday, November 11, 2003


"Love Actually"
Dear Friedrich -- How do you respond to chickflicks? The way I react seems to parallel the way I react... posted by Michael at November 11, 2003 | perma-link | (20) comments

Saturday, November 8, 2003


Diane Keaton on Her First Nude Scene
Dear Friedrich -- In her upcoming movie, "Something's Gotta Give," Diane Keaton -- who's now 57 years old -- does... posted by Michael at November 8, 2003 | perma-link | (23) comments

Friday, November 7, 2003


Elsewhere
Dear Friedrich -- * Time to hit the 1-Click button: Volume 2 of Christopher Alexander's "The Nature of Order" has... posted by Michael at November 7, 2003 | perma-link | (8) comments

Toni Bentley Redux
Dear Friedrich -- A few months ago I raved a bit (here) about Sisters of Salome, a book by the... posted by Michael at November 7, 2003 | perma-link | (6) comments

Book Sales vs. TV Viewship Redux
Dear Friedrich -- Wow, I really was tired when I put up that posting last night comparing sales for "The... posted by Michael at November 7, 2003 | perma-link | (13) comments

Thursday, November 6, 2003


Book Sales vs. TV Viewership
Dear Friedrich -- A comparison between sales of a best-selling novel and viewer numbers for a failed TV show. Total... posted by Michael at November 6, 2003 | perma-link | (13) comments

Wednesday, November 5, 2003


Straight Boys, Gay Tastes
Dear Friedrich -- I've been wondering for some time about how today's straight young guys make any sense of anything.... posted by Michael at November 5, 2003 | perma-link | (35) comments

Moviebiz Jargon Watch
Dear Friedrich -- Laura Holson is writing in the NYTimes about the highly-choreographed first day of the new "Matrix" movie,... posted by Michael at November 5, 2003 | perma-link | (18) comments

Tuesday, November 4, 2003


Sociobiological Song Lyrics
Michael: I recently heard an old song by the Georgia Satellites, “Keep Your Hands to Yourself.” The lyrics of the... posted by Friedrich at November 4, 2003 | perma-link | (29) comments

Moviegoing Update 4 -- "The Triplets of Belleville"
Dear Friedrich -- The best thing I've seen at a movie theater in the past few weeks was the trailer... posted by Michael at November 4, 2003 | perma-link | (9) comments

Moviegoing Update 3 -- "Kill Bill"
Dear Friedrich -- Kill Bill: Is there such a thing as a movie that collapses under the weight of its... posted by Michael at November 4, 2003 | perma-link | (20) comments

Monday, November 3, 2003


Moviegoing Update 2 -- "Au Hasard, Balthazar"
Dear Friedrich -- I still make it to the art cinema occasionally. Are you ever nostalgic for the days of... posted by Michael at November 3, 2003 | perma-link | (15) comments

Moviegoing Update 1 -- "In the Cut"
Dear Friedrich -- While you've been contending with out-of-control SoCal fires, The Wife and I have been running around to... posted by Michael at November 3, 2003 | perma-link | (3) comments

We Need a Sociobiological Economics
Michael: I’ve been reading a lot about cooperation and private property recently, but what my reading has led me to... posted by Friedrich at November 3, 2003 | perma-link | (34) comments

Saturday, November 1, 2003


Elsewhere
Dear Friedrich -- * How lucky for everyone that City Journal, one of the best magazines around, puts all its... posted by Michael at November 1, 2003 | perma-link | (10) comments