Tag Archives: monty python and the holy grail

tunnel vision: rejigging the disposition matrix

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Dave

Atheist reinforcement workshops. Death and destruction in the Middle East. Its always racist, violence and excessive. But its holy. Somehow sanctified under some tawdry pretext for the greater good and the glory of the almighty, someone’s almighty of the moment. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Barack Obama 2012, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Free Syrian Army, George Orwell, glenn greenwald, Hannah Arendt, John O Brennan, Kade Crockford ACLU, Louis Le Nain, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mohamed Morsi, monty python and the holy grail, Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, Theodore Gericault | Leave a comment

manhattan campfire tapes

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Dave

Get that Occupy Wall Street feeling. …Anyone who’s anyone is spending about $1,660( luxury package) to sleep in a sleeping bag in midtown Manhattan. Its a perversion of the word “authenticity” which seems to be a predominant driver of consumerism … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged Deirdre Yack, Fran Cutler, Glamping, Glamping in a yurt, Hyatt 48 Lex, joseph heath, Kate Moss, Kate Moss Glamping, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, monty python and the holy grail, Rudy Giuliani, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, Thorstein Veblen | Leave a comment

black silver: brushes in shining armor

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Dave

We heard it confirmed this week that Michael’s will be opening a dozen stores in Quebec over the next I imagine six to eight months, and they plan on predatory pricing for art supplies at 50% off, a kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Caravaggio, Charlie Chaplin, De Serres stores, FM Brush, FM Brush black silver, Gustave Dore, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Michael's Quebec, monty python and the holy grail, omer de serres | Leave a comment

looney walk timeout

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Dave

Anyone game for fish slapping? … Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Michael Palin! Like a lot of people a certain age, I discovered them not long after PBS began picking up their shows in the … Continue reading →