Tag Archives: Elfriede Jelenik

AUTUMN OF IMPERIAL VIENNA: Illusions Haunted by the Shadow of Death

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Dave

When Adolf Hitler left provincial Linz in late adolescence there was only one place to go: Habsburg Vienna, the great imperial city, home to a veritable Babylon of peoples, the ineffable seat of an ancient empire. But the crowded streets … Continue reading →

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EROS AU SECRET:THEY ARE CURIOUS YELLOW ET JAUNE

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Dave

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. (Alphonse KARR, Les Guêpes 1849) The more things change, the more they stay the same. Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton examine how French culture in the eighteenth century projected these new attitudes of lavishness … Continue reading →

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ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: HIGH IQ LOW IQ & FUKQ

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dave

Sometimes, unlike Banks, ideas are too small to fail and too big to succeed. Religiously, law makers have practiced anti-eugenics in keeping the big banks and global economy in a recurring coma, various unspecified ”upper body injuries” of the financial … Continue reading →