Tag Archives: Neil Reynolds

china: year of the fat cats

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Dave

The Associated Press recently reported that Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Katy Perry have all been deemed threats to “cultural national security” in China, and that the government is surveilling, reprimanding and controlling content on music websites in a protracted effort … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged ai weiwei, al weiwei, Avner Mandelman, Banksy, beyonce, john dewey, kate perry, katy perry, Lady Gaga, Leah McLaren, Neil Reynolds, Paul Krugman, sarah mclachlan, Thorstein Veblen, Yue Minjun | Leave a comment

PLEDGING FAITH AS COLLATERAL: Sloth & the Imp

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Dave

“This new millennium already marked by killings is merely a sign of what Conrad called our miserable ingenuity. How we love to create Devils and Gods and bloody rivers of ways to get their almighty attention. What we turn away … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous | Tagged Brendan Gill, Cardinal Egan, Christopher Hitchens, Conrad Black, Father Gabriele Amorth, Frans Huys, Goethe, Hieronymous Bosch, Jacques Derrida, Jimmy Breslin, Jimmy Breslin The Church That Forgot Christ, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Joseph Conrad, Kelly Cogswell, Neil Reynolds, Pope Benedict XVI, Randy Newman, Rossano Gospels, Stanley Milgram, Syriac Bible of Paris, Watering of the Girls Hungary | Leave a comment

PINOCCHIO,PROFITS & PEE WEE: ''another NICE mess''

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Dave

At the G20 Summit in Toronto last week, the major accomplishment was the agreement on the ”Toronto Consensus”, which proclaimed in light of the Tsunami of fiscal stimulus hosed into a river of existing, and backlogged promises to spend, these … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged Adam Smith, Alexander Berkman, Allen Stanford, Anarchism, Anarchists, Angela Merkel, Bakunin, Ben Bernanke, Bernard Madoff, Black Bloc, Chen Wenling, David Letterman, Director James Horne, Fabians, Fabrice Tourre, Gandhi, Gandhi Groupies, Hal Roach Studios, Henry Clay, Henry Clay Economist, Henry Fonda, John Ibbitson, John Maynard Keynes, John Stuart Mill, Lady Gaga, Lloyd Blankfein, Lloyd Blankfein Goldman Sachs, Mark Rothko, Matt Taibbi, Mikhail Bakunin, Neil Reynolds, New York magazine Steve Fishman, Oliver Hardy, Pee Wee Herman, Peter Hodson, Pinocchio, PVM Oil Futures Limited, Reginald Rose, Roberto Benigni, Rolling Stone Magazine, Scott kauffman ThinkGeek, Sidney Lumet, Sprott Asset Management, Stan Laurel, Stephen Perkins, Steve Fishman, The Daily Bail, ThinkGeek, Tom Cruise, Toronto Consensus G20, Zoe Brennan | Leave a comment

A Kick In The Family Jewels

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Dave

P.C. stands for politically correct … after attending a taping of the show, which reportedly contained edgy humour, Microsoft bosses reneged on its sponsorship deal with Family Guy. Apparently,after seeing a recording of the show, the company stated, “the content … Continue reading →