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Johann Sebastian Bach… not just good for your ears and good for your soul… good for you period. From Miller-McCune: A newly published study from Mexico reports repeated listening to certain classical works — including one by Mozart — helps ease the debilitating symptoms of clinical depression. “Music offers a simple and elegant way to [...] (2nd Anniversary re-print. Original posted 12/01/2009) I hope I don’t offend anyone; this is a sincere question and I am very interested in learning what y’all (you’se guys for Rich and Stosh, you’ins for Eric) have to say. I haven’t looked at the numbers but there is no question our nation graduates way, way, way too [...] For those of you who love nostalgia there’s a nice little reminder in the video between 1:29 and 1:34. Share on Facebook The Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David (born this date in 1748) Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share on Facebook The new day dawns on a kinder, gentler Threedonia. Thanks to the folks at “Garfield minus Garfield” we are pleased and proud (preased) (ploud?) to bring you Garfield’s hilarious, new adventure with the assurance that no cats were harmed in the making of this strip. Share on Facebook Spring 2011, Ford re-introduces the Boss 302 Mustang 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 For more on this go HERE Best of all it isn’t government subsidised and it burns gasoline. Worst of all it’s missing the Yellow/Orange paint scheme of my youth…boo. Share on Facebook Did Germany outstrip England’s growth — reaching industrial parity in 1900 because it didn’t have copyright laws? This article from Speigel online makes that claim. The entire country seemed to be obsessed with reading. The sudden passion for books struck even booksellers as strange and in 1836 led literary critic Wolfgang Menzel to declare Germans [...] Perhaps my favorite piece of music ever… The whole symphony is powerful. Gorecki was also used beautifully by Peter Weir in the film Fearless starring Jeff Bridges. Share on Facebook The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up’ by J.M.W. Turner (1838) Share on Facebook Gene Kelly was born this day in 1912… thank God for that and screw Warner Bros. for requesting that embedding be disabled. Share on Facebook David Mamet, playwright (Glengarry Glenross, Speed the Plow and American Buffalo), screenwriter (The Spanish Prisoner, Ronin, The Verdict, The Untouchables) and even creator of TV shows (The Unit) has written a collection of essays called Theatre which seem to flesh out his recently realized conversion (of sorts) to conservatism — or at least not liberalism [...] Saw this Gil Elvgren painting that is up for auction HERE. They are requesting a minimum bid of $16,000. Feel free to e-mail me for my mailing address when you win. I’ll even pay for shipping. Share on Facebook I posted a little over a week ago that The Vatican newspaper had reported that they may have found — or rediscovered a Caravaggio painting. Alas — it was not meant to be. From Yahoo! News: The Vatican’s top art historian has shot down a report in its own newspaper that suggested a recently [...] The Hookah Lighter by Jean-Leon Gerome The woman in the painting above is breaking Islamic law as interpreted by Hamas…. OK… she’s breaking a couple of laws. Hamas has outlawed wimmins from smoking hookahs in Gaza Strip. The Islamic war on life continues apace in Gaza: Smoking water pipes is a popular habit among both [...] The Vatican newspaper is reporting that the Jesuits in Rome may have a newly discovered Caravaggio (my favorite artist) painting depicting the martyrdom of St. Lawrence. From Yahoo News: The front-page story in L’Osservatore Romano came out as Italy celebrates the 400th anniversary of Caravaggio’s death. This weekend, churches and a gallery in Rome housing [...] I realize it seems to be Threedonian consensus that Keaton and Lloyd are superior to Chaplin — a view I share, but this is interesting nonetheless: A short silent comedy that was lost for decades holds a big surprise for film buffs and historians when a familiar face emerges on screen wearing a police uniform and [...] What could go wrong allowing an Italian “artist” to hang his work in Poland? The poster, which went up in June in the western city of Poznan just steps from a synagogue, is an Italian artist’s take on what he calls the “horrors” of the American lifestyle and is one piece of artwork in a contemporary [...] The only surviving copy of the 1507 world map by Martin Waldseemüller, purchased by the Library of Congress and now on display in its Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. The term “America” can be seen in continent on the lower leftmost panel. Vespuci is pictured on the top panel of the third column. The above [...] Phil Hendrie parodying the Art Bell show. All voices are done by Phil Hendrie. Unpre-recorded. Unscripted. Just one brilliant man and a microphone all done in real time. Share on Facebook The Course of the Empire — Third (The Consummation of the Empire) by Thomas Cole Share on Facebook The Course of the Empire — Second (Pastoral State) by Thomas Cole Share on Facebook So I just saw this at the Mirage (Hi Fritz!) which leads me to the following questions: The Beatles; Overrated? Underrated? Justrightrated? Could there have been “The Beatles” without these four guys? Were/Are any replaceable? How important was George Martin? Would the Beatles have been the Beatles without him? Would George Martin have been George Martin without them? Share on [...] The Course of the Empire — First (The Savage State) by Thomas Cole Share on Facebook One of the great loves of my life is maps. I can’t get enough of maps — fold-up maps, subway maps, maps in the back of my Bible, topographical maps, Nat’l Geographic maps, star charts, old maps, new maps, — you get the hint. Rand McNally whomever he or they are should have [...] The day the music was born… Cole Porter in 1891, Les Paul in 1915… Share on Facebook Cracked.com is on the job again with Top 15 Grossly Misleading Movie Posters… POland and Ghana seem to lead the pack. Here’s Polish Romancing the Stone: and Polish Sex and the City: about which they write: If you’ve never seen nor heard of Sex and the City before, then A) tell us where you live, and how [...] Works written includes those written while jobs were held. Some of those salaries are quite high for the times. h/t: Lapham’s Quarterly Share on Facebook Evil Dead 2 (1987) Cabin visitors fight spirits of the dead. Cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Richard Domeier, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley. Director: Sam Raimi. 12:00 AM EDT. IFC. Tomorrow night at midnight (hey it’s June 5 Central, et al.) is the greatest actor not Dennis Hopper to not win an Oscar. [...] Aldo Nova! Paging Aldo Nova! Maybe you were right after all! Here’s an interesting article entitled “The Pleasures of Imagination” from The Chronicle of Higher Education. How do Americans spend their leisure time? The answer might surprise you. The most common voluntary activity is not eating, drinking alcohol, or taking drugs. It is [...] |
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