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Monthly Archives: November 2013
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “In Memoriam, W.J.B.,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken Poor William Jennings Bryan. History has not been kind to him. He backed the wrong philosophical horse too many times. He … Continue reading
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “Forgotten Men,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken In this 1928 essay, Mencken’s thesis is that history is written by second-rate men, and even the first-rate men are reduced … Continue reading
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The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “The Anglo-Saxon,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken Way to make friends, Henry! This lengthy essay on “The Anglo-Saxon” was first published in the Baltimore Evening Sun in 1923, … Continue reading
I Am Extremely Busy
Email Exchange: David: Are you around tomorrow afternoon? Me: I’m just binge-watching SUPERNATURAL and working on a gigantic piece about the actors/the gender politics of the show/the insane fandom/the objectification of male beauty and what that signifies/what the word “schtick” … Continue reading
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979); Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
I went through a minor Fassbinder phase, brought on by watching Querelle back in college, merely for the Brad Davis factor. The whole thing struck me as lunatic, hot, dirty, crazy, radical, gorgeous, and camp. Who the hell was this … Continue reading
Review: Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Enter Here (2013)
Thoughtful documentary about husband-and-wife installation-art partners Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. The Pace Gallery is currently doing its first retrospective of their work. (Ilya is the creator, and Emilia is the make-it-happen facilitator.) I will make it a point to go. … Continue reading
“I’m No Stranger to Dark.” – Lisa Marie Presley
Very touching interview with Lisa Marie Presley, on the occasion of a concert she just gave in the fabled Jungle Room at Graceland. Where her father recorded near the end of his life. If you know me, and you know … Continue reading
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “Its Origins,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken Part of Mencken’s “Notes on Democracy” (1926), this essay looks at the origins of democracy seen through Mencken’s jaundiced cynical eyes. … Continue reading
Claude Chabrol’s Le Boucher (1970)
Claude Chabrol’s La Ceremonie is one of the most frightening films I have ever seen. It is filled with such a word-less unease that by that final scene, you are so disturbed and shaken up that it’s almost a relief … Continue reading