February 2012
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Free Film Noir Movies | Open Culture →
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Best Super Bowl commercials - Timelines - Los... →
Nice rundown of famous and infamous Super Bowl spots through the ages—um, the past 46 years. (Each game day only seems like an eternity.)
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“VH1 has scheduled special programming as a tribute to [Don] Cornelius. The...”
– Set your DVRs, this is a great documentary.
Business Associate Puzzled by Death of Don Cornelius; VH1 Slates Tribute to the ‘Soul Train’ Icon : TVBizwire : TVWeek
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January 2012
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“Like tuning into NPR, knitting and canning, watching “Sunday...”
– Charles Osgood finds a new generation of squares hep to his old-fashioned ‘Sunday Morning’ style | Capital New York (via JimRomenesko.com)
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Video: Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the... →
Documentary aired last month, is now streaming at video.pbs.org
“It is important to realise that in all the years I have been in the music...”
– Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols on his butter ads
Posh punk: fashion turns the clock back to 1977—The Observer
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Reasons to be Cheerful» Blog Archive » In Search... →
It’s available to listen to (even in the U.S.) here. Actually found it rather gossipy and somewhat boring, radio being not the best medium for a discussion of visual art (and I say that as a veteran of at least one hundred episodes of a radio program where the host interviewed a lot of visual artists while I trimmed my cuticles with a single-edge blade in the control room).
December 2011
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WatchBTS at tonight’s #BBCAmerica broadcast of Wait, Wait—Don’t Tell Me, 8pm EST-so no Countdown with Keith Olbermann for you!
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Bert Schneider obituary: 'Easy Rider' producer... →
Academy Award winner (Documentary Feature) for Hearts and Minds; Emmy award winner (Outstanding Comedy Series) for The Monkees. His father was Columbia Pictures chairman Abraham Schneider. Along with Easy Rider, Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson produced The Monkees’ Head, Five Easy Pieces, and The Last Picture Show.
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Kurt Andersen: From Fashion to Housewares, Are We... →
Nostalgia kills culture, as we’ve always maintained. VF has posted this excellent culture think piece online, yay!
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George Clooney And Sony Pictures Plan Feature On... →
Cannot WAIT to see this!
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The Mad, mad world of Al Jaffee - CNN.com →
And the rest of The Usual Gang of Idiots, too.
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“Mr. Sues was in New York when he learned Mr. Schlatter wanted to work with him....”
– Alan Sues (1926-2011). Before Laugh-In, he was cast in Edie Adams’ Vegas act by producer George Schlatter.
Alan Sues, a ‘Laugh-In’ Cast Mainstay, Dies at 85 - NYTimes.com
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November 2011
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“Pan Am is the third such retro period show to struggle and die, after CBS’...”
– Remember, the first 13 episodes were pre-sold to the BBC. And ABC says it’s not dead…just resting. Until next fall. Riiight…
‘Pan Am’ Proves It: ‘Mad Men’ Knockoffs Just Don’t Work - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire
Doris Day's 'My Heart' To Receive December U.S.... →
Produced by her son, the late Terry Melcher of L.A. music and brush-with-Manson fame. ALL proceeds will benefit her animal rescue foundation.
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BBC News - Ken Russell: A true British original →
I see that the career retrospectives in these obits are omitting works like Altered States…
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