Tag Archives: Billy Wilder

spirits having flown: another gray morning

What is meant by the spiritual in art is not self-evident; its been lost in translation, like finding the code to understanding Van Eyck’s Ghent altarpiece, its becoming extinct as a graspable part of the lexicon and daily interchange. The … Continue reading

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Jackie : putting pins in the valley of the dolls

A product of her times. Or simply another variant on the white liberal Eastern establishment, make that neo-liberal and what appears to be appallingly ethno-centric and racist, filled with any number of twisted ideas as a defense mechanism in guarding … Continue reading

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road weary

It is the triumph of capitalist rationality. Call it Fordism. The dark side, apparent from the beginning, is the dangerous temptation of an inhuman but very rational drive toward profit. Fascism. There is no doubt that the landscape created by … Continue reading

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recycle the ideal: chasing the “it”

Certainly Coke would not be the global brand it is without the Americanization of the global psyche.Coke is it. An artificial unfulfilled promise. After all, the product of the Coca Cola company is advertising and its creation of desire. “Coca … Continue reading

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FRANKLY MR. SHANKLY: I’d Rather Be Reified

Frankly Mr. Shankly, I’d rather be famous than righteous or holy, any day….. and so Morrissey sang with the Smiths. Frankly, Mr Shankly, this position I’ve held it pays my way and it corrodes my soul I want to leave … Continue reading

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AUTO TUNING HIS MASTERS VOICE: THE CURSED LIBRETTO

It could have been a very conventional life. He returned from Milan, because his old teacher back in Busseto croaked, and Verdi, who had obligations to the town, was recalled to take over the local Philharmonic Society. During the following … Continue reading

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OH DEMON ALCOHOL: STRAIGHT UP

Here’s a story about a sinner, He used to be a winner who enjoyed a life of prominence and position, But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements, And his selfish wife’s fanatical ambition, It turned him to … Continue reading

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BLONDE AMBITION & SEDITION: THE WHITE VEIL

The woman’s legs seemed to go on forever. It was hard to tell exactly whom they belonged to, or what she was thinking, but their purpose was clear, dominating a billboard for a new condo…. drawing the eyes of admirers … Continue reading

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WILD BILLY'S CIRCUS STORIES

Life and Art Not while the fever of the blood is strong, The heart throbs loud, the eyes are veiled, no less With passion than with tears, the Muse shall bless The poet-sould to help and soothe with song. Not … Continue reading

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NOBODY'S PERFECT … HEAVEN KNOWS THEY TRIED

”…Problem is, the only open slots are with Sweet Sue and Her All-Girl Society Syncopaters. As if high heels, girdles, and falsies weren’t tsouris enough, “Josephine” and “Daphne” must keep those testosterone levels down while in the sensuous proximity of … Continue reading

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