Readers of this blog, few though they may be, may recall my intermittent yet persistent nattering of Wash Post columnist Anne Applebaum, provoked by her endless efforts to talk the United States into another Cold War, a conflict necessary, so Ann believes, if the U.S. is to avoid the ugly fate of becoming another Europe,…
Author: Alan Vanneman
A Warhol Original? There aren’t any
Over at the New York Review of Books, Richard Dorment has an unintentionally hilarious piece on that most enigmatic of epistemological enigmas, the quest for a “genuine” Warhol. Dorment starts off smart, explaining that early Andy was pumped by silk-screen prints because they didn’t look hand-made. “I wanted something…that gave more of an assembly-line effect,”…
The Washington Post: When Cowards Get Pissy
Sunday’s Washington Post has a short—short, but not short enough—editorial making snide fun of civil libertarians. In “Obama Punts,” the Post sneeringly takes the President to task for not seeking legislation that would enshrine the current despicable Bush-Obama policy of “preventive detention.” According to the Post, “Passing new legislation would have been difficult, and the…
Well You Needn’t? Well, actually, you do, Part IV
Pianist Bill Mays and bassist Red Mitchell, 1982.
Newt Gingrich—such an entrepreneur
Over at the NYT, Jay Goltz writes a hilarious story about being selected as “Entrepreneur for the Year” for Illinois by Newt Gingrich’s Business Defense and Advisory Council. You can imagine how hot to trot Jay was to head to DC and pick up his big shiny trophy, not to mention enjoying some serious face…
Althusserians to the left of me, neo-Gramscians to the right of me
Can an article containing the following sentences be worth reading? “In 1990, my first year as an assistant professor there, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign held a conference on "Cultural Studies Now and in the Future.” The program included historians, media theorists, sociologists, anthropologists, and AIDS activists; and the theoretical terrain—over which cultural studies…
All the Sad Young Republicans
I guess that Matt Latimer is, in fact, not so young, but he certainly is sad. The former Bush speechwriter can’t help pissing all over his old boss, along with Sec. Treas. Paulson (definitely not a favorite), not to mention both John McCain and Sarah Palin. Matt paints himself, quite convincingly, as a passionate believer…
Katy Weymouth gets her arms and legs caught in a wringer
Poor Katy Weymouth! She just can’t wreck the Post fast enough, can she? I previously pissed on Katy’s parade here, here, and here, when she attempted to turn her home into a house of journalistic prostitution. Now she’s at it again, telling a reporter that his inspiring tale of a woman who had both arms…
Frank Morgan – “Well, You Needn’t”
Well, You Needn’t? Well, actually, you do, Part II
Randy Weston, piano, and Max Roach, drums, Barcelona, 1999. For some reason, you have to crank up the volume a bit for this one.