Tag Archives: shirley MacLaine

hindsight is anything: expect the unexpected

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Dave

There are some movements that are strange, unpredictable, and even when they surge into social dominance, not easy to explain; events outside the conventional thinking that hunts causes, reduces chance to a minimum, and loves plotting the tides that sweep … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Juliet Prowse, Lou Reed Velvet underground, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Nikita Khrushchev, shirley MacLaine, Spyros P. Skouras, vaclav havel | Leave a comment

car 39 where are you?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Dave

The 39 Steps was the film that projected Alfred Hitchcock into the status of acclaimed filmmaker. Recently,there is a story circulating that “39″ steps that were “recovered” from the World Trade Center are going to use as an entrance way … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged afghanistan aversion to number 39, Alfred Hitchcock, alfred hitchcock 39 steps, book of angels, dion nissenbaum, jon boone, rehael angel, shirley MacLaine, study of angels | Leave a comment

uhhmm…ommm…and deceptive bends

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Dave

American popular culture, true to form, has been able to commercialize and monetize Yoga; disengaging it from its Hindu spiritual roots and transforming it into a leisure past-time and hobby where it is placed on the rack or shelf, and … Continue reading →