
In which a group of graying eternal amateurs discuss their passions, interests and obsessions, among them: movies, art, politics, evolutionary biology, taxes, writing, computers, these kids these days, and lousy educations.
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Demographer, recovering sociologist, and arts buff
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College administrator and arts buff
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Media flunky and arts buff
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Art, Architecture, the Econ of Art
Friday, May 12, 2006
Margi Young 4
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Margi Young 2
Monday, May 8, 2006
Art Innovation Bleg
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
More Art Metrics
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Letter to Nikos
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Jane Jacobs R.I.P.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
"Fast Food Nation," Part 1
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Mike Slack's Polaroids
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Upscale Book Jackets
Thursday, April 6, 2006
William Whyte
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Jack Vettriano
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Ionarts on Bonnard
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Digi-Photo Links
Friday, March 10, 2006
Peripheral Explanation
Friday, March 3, 2006
Art Links of Note
Sunday, February 26, 2006
John Sloan Updates
Friday, February 17, 2006
Bugatti Bliss
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Be Original! Do Like Me!
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Jane Jacobs
Sunday, February 5, 2006
Should First be Best?
Friday, January 27, 2006
Same Old, Same Old
Monday, January 9, 2006
Art & The Middle Class
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Shiney
Saturday, December 17, 2005
More Scruton
Friday, December 16, 2005
The Mona Lisa Algorithm
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Dueling Light-Painters
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Revivals
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
De Young Museum Impressions
Friday, October 28, 2005
The Depression in Color
Friday, October 21, 2005
Graphics [Fads]
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Inside New Urbanism
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Watercolor vs. the DeYoung
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Popular Artists (1): Pino
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Giclée OK?
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Museum-Viewing Styles
Thursday, September 15, 2005
As Bad as All That?
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Mad-Dog
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Dutton on Evo-Crit
Thursday, August 11, 2005
The Albany Mall
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Sole Creators?
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Fact for the Day
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Steve on Golf Courses
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Building Boom
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Nikos Reactions
Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Weirdos and Culture
Friday, April 22, 2005
Architecture Elsewhere
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
More Silver
Saturday, April 9, 2005
Architecture Elsewhere
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Thom Mayne/Quinlan Terry
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Stoned Again
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Stoned
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Aurbach on Krier
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Barbarians
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Tinkertoys
Friday, February 4, 2005
Hughes on Goya
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Photography Questions
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Graphic Design
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Vacation and the Arts
Monday, December 27, 2004
Museums
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Confessions of a Naked Model
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
More Francis
Saturday, November 6, 2004
Nairn
Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Elsewhere
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Classical Symposium
Friday, October 8, 2004
Renaissance and Religion
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Salingaros on Viseu
Saturday, September 18, 2004
Will Middlebrow Ever Return?
Saturday, September 11, 2004
Katarxis #3 Is Now Online
Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Responses and Elaborations
Friday, August 27, 2004
The Renaissance
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Gals and Art
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Elsewhere
Thursday, July 29, 2004
John Massengale
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Lunch Emails
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Laughing at Rem
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Slow
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
A New Sarah Susanka Book
Friday, June 11, 2004
More on FLW
Friday, May 28, 2004
Underneath It All
Thursday, May 13, 2004
New-Urb Elsewhere
Monday, May 10, 2004
Froggytime
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Salingaros on Tschumi 8
Monday, April 26, 2004
Salingaros on Tschumi 7
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Salingaros on Tschumi 6
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Salingaros on Tschumi 5
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Salingaros on Tschumi 4
Monday, April 19, 2004
Salingaros on Tschumi 3
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Salingaros on Tschumi 2
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Salingaros on Tschumi 1
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Architects and Glass
Friday, April 2, 2004
Three Questions
Friday, March 26, 2004
Light Entertainment
Thursday, March 25, 2004
Cultural Hype
Friday, March 19, 2004
Massengale on Modernism
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Towers in the Park
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Greek Elections
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Restaurant Realities
Friday, February 27, 2004
Michelangelo and Rodin
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Bay Area Figurative Artists
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
In the Neighborhood of Genius
Thursday, February 19, 2004
Taunton Press
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Frederick Turner
Thursday, February 12, 2004
Virtual Architecture?
Friday, January 30, 2004
NEA Gripes
Friday, January 23, 2004
Jess
Friday, January 16, 2004
Person A and Person B
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Elvgren--Ahead of His Time?
Friday, January 2, 2004
Raphael on Popper
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Salingaros on Kahn
Saturday, December 13, 2003
The Man or His Times?
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Design
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Greats I Don't Get
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
True Art School Tales
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
True Art School Tales
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Quotes of the Day
Saturday, October 11, 2003
Goltzius and Authorship
Friday, October 3, 2003
Pic of the Day
Saturday, September 27, 2003
David Milne
Friday, September 26, 2003
Another Oakeshott Quote
Friday, September 19, 2003
True Art School Tales
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Sculpture and the Inner Child
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
And The Nominees Are...
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Frank Lloyd Wright Redux
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
True Art School Tales
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
Pic of the Day
Monday, September 1, 2003
Parking Lots and Downtowns
Saturday, August 30, 2003
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
James Howard Kunstler
Friday, August 15, 2003
David Sucher, Day Two
Thursday, August 14, 2003
David Sucher, Day One
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Contempo Figurative Art
Saturday, August 2, 2003
Pic of the Day
Friday, August 1, 2003
Elsewhere
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
East Meets West
Friday, July 18, 2003
Paul Johnson on art
Saturday, July 12, 2003
Hindu Art
Tuesday, July 8, 2003
El Grullo
Monday, July 7, 2003
Rethinking "Kitsch"
Friday, July 4, 2003
More on Libeskind
Wednesday, July 2, 2003
New Traditionalist Art
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
Brian on Bridget
Sunday, June 1, 2003
Manny Farber
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
The Arts Litany Redux
Friday, May 23, 2003
Doodles & Their Uses
Thursday, May 22, 2003
The Arts Litany
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Our Evil Agenda
Saturday, April 26, 2003
Hot New Buildings
Friday, April 25, 2003
Architecture and Sex
Thursday, April 24, 2003
I don't know why I worry
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Art Deco
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Idolatry Redux
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
A Nagging Question
Thursday, April 3, 2003
New and Improved
Monday, March 31, 2003
Lucian Freud on Tape
Friday, March 21, 2003
Ignored no more
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Pic of the Day
Friday, March 14, 2003
Pic of the Day
Thursday, March 13, 2003
Bipolar Elvis
Monday, March 3, 2003
Pic of the Day
Saturday, March 1, 2003
Bad Meditator
Thursday, February 20, 2003
Bulletins from the Sickbed
Thursday, January 30, 2003
Art Survival Tips
Monday, January 27, 2003
Food As Art; Art As Food
Thursday, January 23, 2003
WTC -- Gaudi's Entry
Thursday, January 9, 2003
Free Reads -- Philosoblog
Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Pic of the Day
Monday, January 6, 2003
Idolatry
Saturday, January 4, 2003
Pic of the Day
Friday, January 3, 2003
Piero's Reputation
Thursday, January 2, 2003
Art Imponderables
Monday, December 23, 2002
Artistic Temperaments
Saturday, December 21, 2002
WTC Plans Redux
Wednesday, December 18, 2002
Modern Art 101
Monday, December 16, 2002
Art is Not Science
Friday, December 13, 2002
Photography and Painting
Thursday, December 12, 2002
Milton Glaser on art
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
PBS Responses
Saturday, December 7, 2002
TV Alert
Wednesday, December 4, 2002
Flash New Urbanism
Tuesday, December 3, 2002
John La Farge
Monday, December 2, 2002
Rewriting (Art) History
Thursday, November 28, 2002
Politics of the NEA, part II
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Digital Photography Musings
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Pollock's Drip Fractals
Monday, November 25, 2002
Art is Long, Life is Weird
Thursday, November 21, 2002
Aesthetics & Automobiles
Wednesday, November 20, 2002
Celebrity Smack Down
Saturday, November 16, 2002
Art in Santa Fe
Friday, November 15, 2002
Adorno's Self Portrait
Thursday, November 14, 2002
Our Mission, so to speak
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
The TiVo Revolution continues
Friday, November 8, 2002
Cultureblog Fever
Tuesday, November 5, 2002
The Living Dead
Sunday, November 3, 2002
TV Alert
Saturday, November 2, 2002
The Emperor Has No Clothes
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Comments
Monday, October 28, 2002
TV Alert
Saturday, October 26, 2002
Media Surplus
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Philosoblog and Envy redux
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
Getty vs. Acropolis
Saturday, October 19, 2002
TV Alert
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Artistic Quote of the Day
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Decades of Design?
Saturday, October 12, 2002
Times Square
Friday, October 11, 2002
New Cultureblog
Monday, October 7, 2002
Been there, done that
Saturday, October 5, 2002
Art in the Moonlight Redux
Friday, September 27, 2002
Fun With Flash
Wednesday, September 25, 2002
Hollywoodize Yourself
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Every Picture Tells A Story
Saturday, September 21, 2002
Crunchy Cons, Reredux
Friday, September 20, 2002
Time-stopping Redux
Thursday, September 19, 2002
The Oldenburg Story, Part II
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Free Reads -- Andres Duany
Saturday, September 14, 2002
Free Reads -- Adorno Redux
Thursday, September 12, 2002
Artistic Problems
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
New Classicists
Friday, September 6, 2002
Prissy Art Classes Redux
Thursday, September 5, 2002
Prissy Art Classes
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
Adorno
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
Scruton for a Day
Saturday, August 24, 2002
Carbuncle Awards
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