Tag Archives: Humphrey Bogart

zimbabwe: houses of the holy

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Dave

Who built Zimbabwe? Some say King Solomon and other The Queen of Sheba. Archaeologists claim they have had the right answer for years… …For a reluctant guest as a forcibly detained visitor of the local Africans, German explorer Karl Mauch … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Adam Render German trader, E.M. Forster, Humphrey Bogart, Karl Mauch German explorer, Katharine Hepburn, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Robert Morley, Rozwi tribe Zimbabwe, The Great Zimbabwe Ruins | Leave a comment

zimbabwe: carting off the soapstone birds

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Dave

The Great Zimbabwe Ruins. Who built them? Some say King Solomon., others the Queen of Sheba. Archaeologists claim they have known the right answer for years… …The first white man known to have looked upon Zimbabwe was a German trader … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Adam Render German trader, George Millar Rhodesia, Humphrey Bogart, John Huston director, Karl Mauch German explorer, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Rhodesia History, The Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Walter Huston, Zimbabwe ruins | Leave a comment

the 1950′s: many monuments to tedium

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Dave

Rosy myths and unrosy realities. Why must we feel nostalgic for the 1950′s even if we never lived them? … …let it be unequivocally stated that television of the 1950′s with a few exceptions was absolutely awful, as most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock Strangers on a Train, Bogart African Queen, Bwana Devil movie, Deborah Kerr actress, From Here to Eternity Movie, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Cardiff, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, On The Waterfront, Robert taylor Quo Vadis, The 1950's American culture, The 1950's decade | Leave a comment

the fifties: east side stories

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Dave

We have been through trying times these past several years. The urge to look back on what is perceived as a ahppier, simpler time is naturally very strong. We tend to canonize the fifties as stable and reassuring, a Golden … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alan Lomax, Alger Hiss, Arthur Miller, Danny kaye, Dorothy Parker, Humphrey Bogart, lena horne, Leonard Bernstein, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, McCarthy with hunts, Olin Downes, Orson Welles, Pete Seeger, Red Channels pamphlet HUAC, Roy Acuff, Roy Cohn, Senator Joseph A. McCarthy | Leave a comment

tough without a gun

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Dave

David Maraniss, as a takeaway in his biography of Obama, sets the context for an implied view of Obama as a man who operates on the premise that there are no inner core values to be disconcerted about. In this … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged alfred lessing, Arthur Koestler, Barack Obama 2012, Chris Hedges, David Maraniss, David Maraniss Barack Obama, Humphrey Bogart, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Nate Silver pollster, Walter Benjamin, Warren Beatty | Leave a comment

water of life

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Dave

…Setting aside all the trivia about whisky, one can easily summarize the characteristics of this undeniably important fluid… Definition: A spirit distilled from malted barley or other grain- Oxford dictionary. Note that it is not described as “good to drink” … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Dylan Thomas, errol flynn, George Bernard Shaw, Humphrey Bogart, Jeff Bridges, Jimmy Stewart Philadelphia Story, Joe E. Lewis, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mose Allison, W.C. Fields | Leave a comment

get rich quick

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Dave

Get rich quick. There is no business like the money business. One of the most enduring and profitable businesses is the investment guides and investment newsletters where people pay sometimes substantial sums of money to receive investment advice. Many know … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged benjamin graham, Charlie Chaplin, charlie chaplin the goldrush, dennis gartman, Diamond Jim Brady, Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, peter lynch | Leave a comment

flitcraft parables

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)! In this issue of the “Creative living for Tacoma” magazine—somewhat oddly, produced in Seattle—City Arts took a look at the period in Hammett’s life where … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word | Tagged Creative Living for tacoma Magazine, cushman institute hospital, Dashiell Hammett, Humphrey Bogart, jesse marinoff reyes, michael sean sullivan, Peter Lorre, peter lorre the maltese falcon, Pinkerton detectives, sam spade, samuel dashiell hammett, stan shaw, stan shaw illustrator, the flitcraft parable, the maltese falcon, victoria culver | Leave a comment

in gold we trust: bullions and bullions served

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Dave

Is it only a metal whose value comes from the useful goods for which it can be exchanged? The belief in gold does appear more mystical, touching on the psychological aspects of fantasy and ecstasy more so than its pragmatic … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged barrick gold africa, barrick gold north mara, Edgar Allan Poe, Humphrey Bogart, Jamie Dines, jason zweig, John Huston, keanu reeves sad, Paul Krugman, Ron Paul, ron paul stock portfolio, Will Wilkinson, william bernstein | Leave a comment

Broke bank: ballads of bonnie and clyde

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Dave

Its a type of calling. A kind of priesthood. Except the fire and brimstone has been replaced metaphorically by the Biblical intonations of the high priests of economics. They have either found them and dusted them off from a new … Continue reading →