Tag Archives: Gordon Brown

eye of the tyger

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Dave

William Blake saw heaven in a speck of dust. Toying on the brink of madness, he always seemed to stop just short of leaping off the cliff, of sacrificing himself to some form of wish fulfilling fantasy. An enigma of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Arthur Rimbaud, craig raine, Edvard Munch, Gordon Brown, Harold Bloom, ian mcewan, Isaac Newton, John Milton, Sigmund Freud, Voltaire, W.B. Yeats, William Blake | Leave a comment

FROM POMPEII to Madame de Pompadour:Games People Play

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Dave

When the volcano Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as a host of luxury villas overlooking the Bay of Naples. That ancient tragedy was a gift to the modern world: the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Archibald Alison, badarthistory.blogspot, Calouste Gulbenkian, Casanova, Chia Sihan, Claude Lorrain, Cochin, Comte de Caylus, David Watkin, Dominique-Vivant Denon, Emma Hamilton, Fragonard, Francois Boucher, Gail Leggio, Giacomo Casanova, Giambattista Piranesi, Giorgio Sommer, Gordon Brown, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Judith Harris, Laurence Sterne, madame de Pompadour, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Nicolas Poussin, O'Murphy, Pliny the Younger, Pompeii Art, Pompeii erotic art, Pompeii statues, Robert Fulford, Sevres Porcelain, Sir William Hamilton, Teresa Cutler, Vincennes porcelain, Wendy Thompson | Leave a comment

SIR FARTSALOT & MRS. IMAVITCH AT THE G8

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Dave

As the G20 Summit prepares to unfold and our world leaders set to pitch tent in Toronto . Its called ”Toronto the Good” because it may be the world capital of the politically correct. There is some uncertainty whether the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Al Jolson, BP Oil Spill, Carlo Guiliano, Conrad Black, David Cameron, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, G20 Economic Summit Toronto, G8 economic summit Toronto, George Orwell, Gillian Duffy, Gordon Brown, Indymedia, Jonathan Swift, Kevin Bolger, Mae Clarke, Mendelson Joe, Michael Howard, Moe Koffman, Nick Clegg, Ottawa International Writers Festival, Rex Murphy, Roy MacGregor Globe and Mail, Sean Wilson, Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger, Stephen Harper, Tony Hayward | Leave a comment

PIPSQUEAKS & POLITICAL GEEKS

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Dave

”New research published in the journal “Evolution and Human Behavior” concluded that short men tend to be more jealous. Why anyone chose to research this topic I have no idea. But what bugs me is the immediate relationship between the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Barack Obama, British caricature, Buster keaton, Carla Bruni, Chaplin Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin, Danny DeVito, Eric Campbell, Gordon Brown, Henry Samuel, Jacques Chirac, James Gillray, Joe Pesci, Joes Pesci Casino, Johann Gottfried Schadow, Laurel and Hardy, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon Complex, Paulette Godard, Randy Newman, Robert De Niro, Sarkozy, Tiny Sandford, William Pitt | Leave a comment

ART AU GO-GO

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Dave

It was all about the goodies, the girls and the games. Pop art, according to Lawrence Alloway, the critic who invented the term, is ”the use of popular art sources by fine artists: movie stills, science fiction, advertisements, game boards, … Continue reading →