Categories
Archives
-
-
-
-
Recent Posts
- Upcoming dates: Frankenstein
- Getting unstuck
- “Where am I coming from? Where am I going? A fusillade of question marks.” — Ciarán Carson
- Frankenstein coming to life …
- “I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless.” — Thom Yorke
- Frankenstein and Tiffany, part deux
- “I want to live, not pose!” — Carole Lombard
- “When I’m performing, that’s the real me.” — Billy Lee Riley
- “If someone spends his life writing the truth without caring for the consequences, he inevitably becomes a political authority in a totalitarian regime.” — Václav Havel
- “[At Swim-Two-Birds is] just the book to give to your sister, if she is a dirty, boozey girl.” – Dylan Thomas on Flann O’Brien’s masterpiece
Recent Comments
- sheila on That’ll Learn Ya reunites
- joe franco on That’ll Learn Ya reunites
- sheila on “When I’m performing, that’s the real me.” — Billy Lee Riley
- Kristen Westergaard on “When I’m performing, that’s the real me.” — Billy Lee Riley
- sheila on Upcoming dates: Frankenstein
- Frances on Upcoming dates: Frankenstein
- sheila on Upcoming dates: Frankenstein
- sheila on Getting unstuck
- Frances on Upcoming dates: Frankenstein
- Walter Biggins on Getting unstuck
- Amir Lauber on All That Jazz: Remembering and Loving Erzebet Foldi
- sheila on “When I’m performing, that’s the real me.” — Billy Lee Riley
- sheila on “When I’m performing, that’s the real me.” — Billy Lee Riley
- Krsten Westergaard on “When I’m performing, that’s the real me.” — Billy Lee Riley
- sheila on Premiere of Frankenstein official trailer!
- sheila on Premiere of Frankenstein official trailer!
- Sheila Welch on Premiere of Frankenstein official trailer!
- sheila on “I wish I had not been so reserved.” — Joseph Cornell’s final words
- Jack Sakes on “I wish I had not been so reserved.” — Joseph Cornell’s final words
- sheila on All About Al podcast: Discussing Dog Day Afternoon
-
Tag Archives: essays
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “Valentino,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken H.L. Mencken, as can be expected, didn’t have much good to say about this new-fangled business of movie-making. He thought it … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Books
Tagged A Mencken Chrestomathy, Elvis Presley, essays, H.L. Mencken, Italy, Rudolph Valentino
24 Comments
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
Posted in Books
Tagged A Mencken Chrestomathy, Abraham Lincoln, essays, H.L. Mencken, politics, war
5 Comments
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
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
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “The Politician,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken It is certainly no surprise that Mencken, with those libertarian leanings, hated professional politicians. He watched the compromises and saw idiocy, … Continue reading
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “On Suicide,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken A mortician friend of Mencken’s tells him that the number of suicides are up. To the mortician, this is good news. … Continue reading
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “The Cosmic Secretariat,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken Mencken cannot believe in an omniscient and loving God. He looks around at the rampant chaos and cruelty and scorns the … Continue reading
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “Women as Christians,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken Here Mencken takes on two of his favorite topics: women and religion, specifically the Christian religion. His views on religion veer … Continue reading
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “The Feminine Mind,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken Mencken spent the entirety of his life in Baltimore. He lived in the same house. He worked certain jobs for decades. … Continue reading