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Tag Archives: H.L. Mencken
algonquin: keeping the demons at bay
The high spirits of the 1920’s. A circle of young, exuberant wits ( Robert Sherwood, Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker among them ) regaled Dry-Era America from around a hotel table and Algonquin Hotel and they were branded the “vicious … Continue reading
fiscal cliffs: mind over chatter
Scientific charity. In railways, steel and finance, Andrew Carnegie was a cool,rational man and his ventures into charity were meant to be scientific as well… In 1889 Andrew Carnegie, in his usual bold and provocative manner, stated his philosophy of … Continue reading
the myth is not invulnerable
Aesthetics and economics. As with the farmer, so it generally went with the small businessperson: dealer, salesman, contractor,and small merchant. Their income may be considered handsome when compared to past standards, but they are, collectively, a group that has to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnold Hauser, David Geffen art collection, Donald Kuspit, Francis Bacon artist, H.L. Mencken, Henry Clay Frick art collection, Jan van Goyen, Jeff Koons, jeffrey deitch, Marcel Duchamp, Sinclair Lewis, Sir Joseph Duveen, Steven A. Cohen, willem de Kooning
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sci-fi and science fantasy
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) … William Fitzgerald Jenkins, AKA Murray Leinster (1896-1975)! The award-winning writer of science fiction and alternative history had an absolutely prolific output, including 1500 short stories and articles, 14 … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged analog magazine, argosy magazine, galaxy magazine, H.L. Mencken, h.l. mencken the smart set, jesse marinoff reyes, louisa carter lee, murray leinster, paul verhoeven, Richard M. Powers, saturday evening post, star wars movie, william fitzgerald jenkins
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to be equals among equals
Tangled up in the tri-color. Girodet’s portrait of Belley is still a controversial painting whose implications remain pertinent and relevant, embroiled as we are in the same morass that followed the French Revolution. Girodet was the first artist to cross … Continue reading
charisma of the radiant but broken
Soul under the spell of the moon. The thrill. The construction of empty form. Kitsch before there was kitsch. It meant using high art to express low life, the underworld and it was the beginning of sensationalism that the reign … Continue reading
at the wall of disbelief
It’s another case of utter disbelief. It can be said that disbelief arises, as a primal reaction, before knowledge, rationality, and analysis roll in and suffocate it; attempts to domesticate it, tame the volatile components and explain it away, perhaps … Continue reading
fizzy warbles: an arm’s reach of desire
The marketing double-cross.New coke, old tactics. Obesity and the bottom line. The belching monster. The twisted veracity of the plausible. The taste test of corporate integrity. Cuddly polar bears- just by coincidence they are white, predatory and live in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Warhol, andy warhol coca cola, bill cosby new coke, billy wilder coca cola, coca cola marketing, H.L. Mencken, Henry Miller, Jean-Luc Godard, max headroom, peter jennings, robert woodruff coca cola, sammy Davis Junior, Slavoj Zizek, Thorstein Veblen, ty cobb, zizek coca cola
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vaudeville: american culture is performance
Vaudeville has been dead for over ninety years.The wandering minstrel had been replaced by the electronic age. The acrobats, the animal acts, the dancers, the singers, and the old-time comedians have all taken their bows and turned stage left into … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Jolson, alice lloyd, bert gordon, Constance Rourke, fred allen, gilbert sarony, gilbert seldes, H.L. Mencken, Jack Kerouac, june havoc, nancy a. walker, nathanael west, Norman Rockwell, Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Halperin, Samuel Beckett, Van Wyck Brooks, vaudeville
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