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C. Wright Mills
C. Wright Mills was the caustic critic of an America far removed from the tree-lined streets of W. Lloyd Warner’s “Yankee City.” His world was metropolitan, seen through the grey haze of the 1930’s; and unlike Warner’s six classes, he … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Alex Colville, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, C. Wright Mills, Jack Levine painter, W. Lloyd Warner
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the kitschy fifties: they way they were
…In the fifties not only were the automobiles and the houses ugly looking but so indeed were most of the people. In 1950, for some reason, American women began wearing their hair in an exceedingly short, tightly curled, and decidedly … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's clothes fashions, 1950's Italian cut hairstyle, 1950's kitsch, 1950's poodle cut, 1950's sack dress, Bob Hope, Desi Arnez, ethel merman, I Love Lucy show, Lucille Ball 1950's, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Orval Faubus
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when the candles cost more than the cake
Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Leslie Townes Hope, aka Packy East, aka Bob Hope (1903-2003)! There’s nearly two centuries worth of talent represented on this cover! Well, about five months short anyway. Both subject and … Continue reading
button up: getting some notions
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) THE notions section of your drug/hardware/grocery store is a place barely anyone ventures any more. that’s the little section where you find things like scissors and thread and replacement zippers and hooks and buttons and … Continue reading
tee it up: triple bogey on consumption
Throughout history, people have often been idle, and they have always had holidays. Even in the darkest periods of the Dark Ages, the rich hunted, jousted, sang, danced and made love. The peasants gorged, got drunk and cavorted. Yet, true … Continue reading
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Tagged baggar vance, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, charles lees, che guevara, david allen painting, Dean Martin, earl Woods, F.Scott Fitgerald, Fidel Castro, j.f. abbott, joseph heath, pierre bourdieu, Robert Redford, Theodor Adorno, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, Thorstein Veblen, Tiger Woods, william inglis
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A BLIND DATE WITH BLIND FATE
”In both the film and its source, the scandalously popular novel by Fanny Hurst, Ray has economic and social options other than life in the Back Street. It may be the devil’s bargain under the patriarchy, but it is a … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged Adam Smith, Bob Dylan, Bob Hope, Brief Encounter David Lean, Bright Lights Film Journal, Charles Boyer, David Lean, Fannie Hurst, Fanny Hurst, Germaine Greer, Irene Dunne, James mason, John Flaus, John M. Stahl, Lolita, Lucille Ball, Margaret Sullavan, Noel Coward, Stanley Kubrick, Susan White, Trevor Howard, Vladimir Nabokov, Werner Fassbinder
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