Tag Archives: Shoeless Joe Jackson

double play: two sides to home plate

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Dave

At one time baseball was America’s national pastime. Bugsy Seigel would go to Ebbet’s field and gamblers and bookmakers were part of the natural habitat of the game. Players almost invariably smoked and drank and advertised for these companies. There … Continue reading →

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white men and black cats: fraternal disorder

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Art

the cult of the black cat…… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This is a small shopping bag (the sort of thing to put a few nails in) from Copeland Lumber – a local northwest hardware/lumber store. I believe they’re still in business, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged american graphic design history, art chantry, black cat occult, black cat symbolism, c.h. pants rowland, concatonated order of the hoo- hoo, copeland lumber, Edgar Allen Poe, Henri Matisse, IWW, Kate Middleton, president harding, Prince William, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, The Wobblies | Leave a comment

CASEY AT THE PLATE: BATTER UP IN BABYLON

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Dave

Gambling, like pornography, has somehow arranged itself to be completely normalized; an integral element in our service based economy. It is still on the margins of acceptable discourse at the Sunday family supper, sort of doing a limbo under the … Continue reading →