Tag Archives: Joann Sfar

holiest of wars and purest of arms

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Dave

Sometimes you have to question if there is a difference that makes a difference. And also, is it true that a people can make themselves holy through a dedicated study of sacred texts? Or, is this strictly a Platonic idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Antoine-Jean Gros, Bill Maher, carl boese, Dennis Malone Carter, francois regnault, gary lucas, gary lucas the golem, Gnosticism, Harold Bloom, Jehuda Loew, Joann Sfar, L. Ron Hubbard, Napoleon Egypt, paul wegener, Sigmund Freud, Slavoj Zizek | Leave a comment

telling stories about our neighbors

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Dave

Its an axiom today, that the “story” is not to be trusted, a forewarning of the dangers to be risked of buying into a “good story” . The storyteller is a pejorative term, tenuously linked to the tradition of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged arthur goldreich, arthur goldreich foundation, denis goldberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hieronymous Bosch, Joann Sfar, Love Crimes of Kabul film HBO, Nicolai Leskov, phyllis chesler, shimon dotan, tanaz eshaghian, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

GUYS and PUPPETS and DOLLS

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Dave

Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son was the winning entry in the 1965 Eurovision song contest sung by France Gall. The song was filled with Gainsbourg’s trademark double entendres and clever word-play and arrangements. Ironically, Gainsbourg is somewhat hitting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged Alfred Jarry, Charles Baudelaire, Felix Feneon, France Gall, Jane Birkin, Joann Sfar, Kat Gardiner, Pablo Picasso, Pink Martini, Pupulus Mordicus, Serge Gainsbourg, Serge Gainsbourg Melody Nelson | Leave a comment

FAMOUS & DANDY LIKE AMOS & ANDY, ABDUL & SAMMY

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Dave

We learn to like to be the heroes We learn to lie to the brand name negroes We learn to laugh to avoid being angry We learn to kill and learn to go hungry We learn not to feel, for … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged African Slave Trade, Amos 'n' Andy, Arab Slave Trade, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Bart Schultz, Bristol Radical History Group, Bruce Mazlish, Captain G.F. Lyons, David Frum, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Dr. David Livingstone, Edmund Burke, Eugene Delacroix, Eve Troutt Powell, Gustave Boulanger, James Mill, James Richardson, Jean Leon Gerome, Jennifer Pitts, Jeremy Bentham, Joann Sfar, John Stuart Mill, Marq de Villiers, Michael Franti, Randy Newman, Randy Newman Sail Away, Sheila Hirtle, Thomas Holt, William Allan, William Allen | Leave a comment

EXILE BY THE RIVERS DARK: OU EST LE SOLEIL

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Dave

”His profile, pitched in a precisely preconceived profile of a pose, the enormous ear, the prominent nose. His chin – smooth, not yet his signature unshaven chin— juts serenely, sagely, slightly upturned. The lips, sensual-soft, poised in mid-exhale. As if … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Baudelaire, Brigitte Bardot, Carolyn Heinz, Dreyfus Affair, Ezra Pound, French Cinema, Gainsbourg, Gainsbourg Melody Nelson, Gertrude Stein, Grant Rosenberg, Hannah Arendt, Henry Miller, Jane Birkin, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Joann Sfar, Marcel marceau, Serge Gainsbourg | Leave a comment

The Cat Who Ate the Family Parrot

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Dave

Once that cat was out of the bag, all hell broke loose. A clever cat with the verbal skills of Socrates and Plato, but lacking the attendant maturity.In Algeria in the 1930s, legend has been passed down that a common … Continue reading →