Paleo Retiree’s Linkage- Do Unpaid Internships Lead to Jobs? Not for College StudentsWhat's the point of interning?
- Want to work in fashion? Perhaps it's time to think again: How 52% of workers in the 'glamorous' industry hate their jobsJobs in glamor fields are often misery-making.
- Outrage as Serena Williams says Steubenville rape victim was 'lucky' and 'shouldn't have put herself in that position'Was Serena blaming the victim or sharing some good sense?
- Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Euro, Germany's Thilo Sarrazin Is Not SorryFact Du Jour: "A recent poll showed that fully one-third of Germans say there is no freedom of opinion in the country."
- Obama, Nixon, oil spills and socialized medicineRemembering the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969.
- Thanks, EU, but Iceland isn’t so keen on joining any moreIceland's government is listening to the wishes of its people. Imagine that.
- Oklahoma Republican Lawmaker Organizes Antiwar Rally at State CapitolLet's see more of this.
- Rope WebsThe life of a professional rigger. (NSFW)
- Archiculture Official Trailer on VimeoBut will this doc explain why the architecture-and-developer class is inflicting such a lot of zigzaggy and wibbly-wobbly monstrosities on us?
- Dazzling pictures of surfer sirens as they plunge beneath the crashing wavesPhoto portfolio du jour.
- Do Unpaid Internships Lead to Jobs? Not for College Students
Category Archives: Performers
“Rust and Bone”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This movie might have been something had director Jacques Audiard bothered to give it a shape and some conciseness. I love Marion Cotillard; she reminds me a bit of Nadia Sibirskaia, though there’s a smidge of … Continue reading
De De Mollner’s Sunset Strip (With a Few Detours Along the Way)
Blowhard, Esq. writes: After reading Paleo Retiree’s ultra-groovy interview with De De Mollner about her days as a go-go dancer in 60s L.A., I couldn’t help but wonder about some of the Sunset Strip locations she mentioned. A few of … Continue reading
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Tagged Amoeba Music, Capitol Records building, Chateau Marmont, Cinerama Dome, Ciro's, Crossroads of the World, Dan Tana's, Falling Down, Hollywood, Hollywood & Vine, KHJ Studios, Los Angeles, Lucy's El Adobe, Martoni's, Mel's Drive In, Musso & Frank Grill, Nickodell's, Pandora's Box, Paramount Pictures, Sunset Sound, Sunset Strip, The Brown Derby, The Comedy Store, The Trip, The Troubadour, The Whiskey, Tower Records, Trocadero, West Hollywood
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Notes On Two Early Films by Masaki Kobayashi
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “A Sincere Heart,” from 1953, demonstrates that Masaki Kobayashi’s gift for staging was evident very early on. In particular, his ability to invest spaces with emotional meanings, and to link them to other spaces via subtle visual … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged A Sincere Heart, Criterion Collection, Eclipse, Film, Hideko Takamine, Hulu+, Japan, Masaki Kobayashi, movies, Somewhere Under the Broad Sky
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Shakin’: An Interview With De De Mollner
Paleo Retiree writes: Yesterday I expressed my enthusiasm for ’60s go-go dancing, which I consider to be a majorly underappreciated popular artform. Who doesn’t love the girls who dance behind rock acts? But how much do you know about them? … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Performers
Tagged 1960s, De De Mollner, go-go dancing, Los Angeles, popular culture
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Go-Go Dancing
Paleo Retiree writes: As far as giddy, pure-pleasure culture-activities go, there hasn’t been much that’s given me more pleasure over the years than watching go-go dancers. They’re a lot more than just cute, skillful and energizing eye candy — although, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Performers
Tagged Dance, De De Mollner, go-go dancing, Hollywood A Go Go
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Open Mic Night
Blowhard, Esq. writes: When was the last time you attended a comedy open mic? Recently I went to one and it was a strange and interesting experience.
Posted in Performers
Tagged Big Trouble, bombing, Comedy, Dan O'Shannon, grinding, Holy Fuck, Los Angeles, stand-up
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“Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Hara-Kiri,” the latest from Takashi Miike, has met with tepid reviews, perhaps because it’s 1) a remake of a classic, and 2) defiantly short on action. But I thought it was largely riveting — aside from … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Film, Hara-Kiri, Harakiri, Koji Yakusho, Masaki Kobayashi, movies, Takashi Miike
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Notes on Two Early Films by William Wyler
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In 1929 William Wyler directed a treatment of Peter B. Kyne’s “Three Godfathers,” a Western story of redemption which has been filmed several times, notably by John Ford in the 1940s. Where Ford emphasizes the spiritual … Continue reading
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