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8 Nov 2022

In Memory of Leslie Phillips

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Leslie Phillips (1924-2022)   I.    I was genuinely saddened to hear of the death of Leslie Phillips, who has always been one of my favourit...
7 Nov 2022

In Praise of the Swift and Hannah Bourne-Taylor

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Photo of a swift ( Apus apus ) by David Chapman saga.co.uk       I.    I like most birds.    But I particularly like the little birds that u...
6 Nov 2022

Better Than the Original: On the Joy of Cover Versions

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Alien Ant Farm lead vocalist Dryden Mitchell and Bubbles lookalike in the video  for their 2001 version of Michael Jackson's 'Smooth...
5 Nov 2022

There's No Fool Like an Old Fool: Notes on the Case of Ambrose the Masked Dancer

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Jean Galland as Ambrose the masked dancer Le Plaisir (dir. Max Ophüls, 1952) [1]     "The truth of metaphysics is the truth of masks ....
3 Nov 2022

There's No Fool Like an Old Fool: Notes on the Case of Gustav von Aschenbach

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Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice (1971)     I.    For gentlemen of a certain age - let's say over 50 - be they ...
1 Nov 2022

A Brief Note on the Resurrection of the Damned and Johnny Rotten as an Artist in Decline

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The Damned - Rat Scabies, Brian James, Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible -  proving that whilst punk rockers never die, they do, sadly, grow ...
31 Oct 2022

Reflections on the Virgin Mary's Pussy

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  Aubrey Plaza as the Virgin Mary holding  Grumpy Cat as the Meowsiah (2014)  lostmediawiki.com   There are no cats in the Bible.    Nevert...
30 Oct 2022

Call It: Thoughts on the Coin Toss Scene in No Country for Old Men

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Anton Chigurh teaches a philosophical point to an elderly man  who owns a gas station in No Country for Old Men (2007)     I.    I'm no...
29 Oct 2022

Known / Unknown

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Alicia Eggert, Known, Unknown (2015)  Neon with custom controller (30 x 90 x 12 in.) fnargalleryallery.com Twenty years ago, when the U.S....
28 Oct 2022

In Memory of Frances Farmer

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Frances Farmer (1913-1970)   "She'll come back as fire / To burn all the liars  Leave a blanket of ash on the ground ..."    ...