That’s “Andrea” at the keyboard here. Unfortunately, there seem to be a lot of Andreas out there. This is the one—or one of the ones—with a beard. It’s “probably” Andrea Monticciolo, but that’s not, you know, definite. Posted by Air Studio
Is “Ishtar” a neglected masterpiece? HELL NO!
For a good ten years after its release in 1987, Ishtar, the famously ill-fated Warren Beatty/Elaine May/Dustin Hoffman thrilla in the desert, was a literal punchline. Virtually any public meltdown, from a bungled presidential debate to a failed spring line, could be wittily dismissed with the line “Hey, it wasn’t that bad—it wasn’t like it…
What’s wrong with CNN? Who gives a sh*t?
If you care about what’s “wrong” with CNN, well, you probably want to be on CNN. Otherwise, you wouldn’t give a shit. A couple of days ago, Tim Alberta published what is apparently considered (by people who want to appear on CNN) to be a “bombshell” article/takedown for the Atlantic, Inside the Meltdown at CNN,…
Roni Ben-Hur Trio—“Monk’s Dream”
Roni Ben-Hur, guitar, Santi Debriano, bass, and Vince Cherico, drums. Posted by Luca’s Jazz Corner
How to improve kids’ reading: First, do the math
A couple of weeks back I read an article in Reason by Emma Camp, More States Are Using Science-Backed Reading Instruction. It Shouldn’t Have Taken This Long., touting “science of reading” instruction methods, which stress training in phonics—mapping letters to sounds—as opposed to “balanced literacy”, aka “whole language”, aka “three cueing”, which, Emma says, was…
How to accessorize a coffee table: Alan Vanneman versus the New York Times
How’s your tablescape? Tim McKeough of the New York Times has some advice, and a video: You see them on Instagram and in design magazines: those perfectly composed coffee tables that tie a living room together and hint at the fabulous taste of the homeowners. How do those tablescapes come together? How does someone decide…
Shorter National Review: Yo, Trump people! WE ARE ON YOUR SIDE!
OK, this is goldarn hilarious—to me, at least. The National Review is throwing itself into a goldarn—or perhaps goldurn—full-court press over the utterly laughable, load o’ shit “Durham Report”, cranking out such utterly laughable, bullshit pieces as The FBI Didn’t Ignore Russian Intel on Hillary’s Plan to Smear Trump — It Abetted the Plan, and…
Who’s stoopider, Noah Rothman, the New York Times, or the U.S. Treasury? Tough call!
Damn right it is. Over at the National Review, hot shot author Noah Rothman, whose best-selling book, The Rise of the New Puritans, trashing those damn West Coast hippies grown old and rich and censorious, which, if I read it, I’d probably agree with more often than not, is on a tear, tearing into those…
Issa Souriant— “Monk’s Dream”
Shorter Paul Krugman: Herbert Hoover was right. Businessmen are too goddamn greedy!
Goddamn right they are. Uncle Paul tells it like it is, unlike the many times I’ve bitched or sneered at him (though mixed in, to be sure, with occasional gestures of praise). As Paul points out, all the supposedly “responsible” businessfolk, in favor of “sound” principles, have no problem with a single house of Congress,…