Exotic and irrational entertainment

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

"Charmed with their Civility and Beauty": Lady Mary Wortley Montagu part 2

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (detail), by Jonathan Richardson (?), ca. 1726 A continuation of "I tremble for what we are doing"...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

"I tremble for what we are doing": Lady Mary Wortley Montagu part 1

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Portrait of a Lady, possibly Lady Mary Pierrepont (detail), studio of Charles Jervas (?) Lady Mary Pierrepont Wortley Montagu is pe...
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Sunday, July 10, 2016

The Opera Urns

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The opera urns being filled in the basement of the Paris Opera, Dec. 24, 1907. Photo from the NY Times . Format wars In my lifetime...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Do men deserve women?: Amrita Rao in Love U...Mr. Kalakaar!

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Love U...Mr. Kalakaar! (Love U...Mr. Artist!, 2011; written and directed by S. Manasvi) is the latest Amrita Rao film to ask the questio...
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Thursday, June 23, 2016

Kim Gordon: Girl in a Band

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Sonic Youth always seemed to exude an aloof, supercilious cool, which is perhaps why some people can't stand them. In part because I ...
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