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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Happy Third Day After the Solstice
Bernini’s St. Theresa in Ecstasy is in the Cornaro Chapel (Santa Maria Vittoria). Which means nothing to me, but the act of writing down the address for future reference seems constructive, especially with all the thinking I’m doing about Rome, … Continue reading
Posted in arts, history, humor, Philadelphia
Tagged Bernini, Ingrid Rowland, Robert Hughes, Rome, solstice, South Philly, The Ecstasy of St. Theresa
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Joe Conason, meet Karl Rove
A resolution for 2012: Don’t read opinion pieces by knee-jerk Obama supporters who profess to be liberals. Their stuff is as propagandistic as the garbage that streams from the right in support of Newt and Mitt and the dimmer Republican … Continue reading
Posted in mainstream media, Mitt Romney, Obama, Politics, Wall Street, world-wide economy
Tagged billionaires, Joe Conason, libertarian, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul
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‘Blue Christmas’
Elvis Presley had been knocked sideways by the British Invasion, by new styles in America, and by a long series of crappy music and movie-starring choices, but his 1968 Comeback Special silenced critics and breathed new life into his career. … Continue reading
Rejoice, fellow pagans
The winter solstice is here, marking for me the crossroads of dread and hope. Dread because it’s the shortest day of the year, when you can’t walk down the street without being reminded of consumerism’s holy of holies, Christmas Day. … Continue reading
‘Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto’
If anyone wanna know, Tell him James Brown sent you. You know I know what you will see Because that was once… me. Hit it! Hit it!
Posted in arts, pop music, Uncategorized
Tagged James Brown, Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
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‘Holiday Affair’
A low-key romantic comedy set at Christmastime and starring Robert Mitchum in a more-or-less wholesome role, wooing the very young Janet Leigh. The role seemed a good career move at the time (1949), as Mitchum was trying to recover from … Continue reading
PA’s frackin’ Scrooge of the Year
James Carville noted years ago that, from the standpoint of political strategists, “Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and Alabama in between,” or words to that effect. He has been pilloried by critics on the left and right for his remark, … Continue reading
