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April 12, 2010
The King (not-Elvis edition)
This is a celebration. A celebration of LeBron James, who is about three weeks away from claiming his second straight MVP nod.
So let the debates begin. Let's hear the naysayers come out with arguments for Kobe, for Durant, for D-Ho (?). Please.
Just check out this small sampling of what the King has done on the court this season:
[video:]
Good golly, Miss Molly.
I'm not going to get into stats and PERs and win/loss and all that. ESPN has twenty-seven different writers who will be hashing all ...
So let the debates begin. Let's hear the naysayers come out with arguments for Kobe, for Durant, for D-Ho (?). Please.
Just check out this small sampling of what the King has done on the court this season:
[video:]
Good golly, Miss Molly.
I'm not going to get into stats and PERs and win/loss and all that. ESPN has twenty-seven different writers who will be hashing all ...
April 5, 2010
Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris
If you haven't visited this exhibit yet, do yourself a favor and get there. Just a wonderful collection of Cubist work — along with some other miscellany: photographs and the like — culled together from traveling pieces, as well as some of the Phila. Museum's own.
The exhibit kicks off with a self-portrait Picasso made in 1906:
As you walk in, you're given a personal MP3-player device, through which you can listen to an "audiotour." The narrators told me, through my headphones, that Picasso had...
The exhibit kicks off with a self-portrait Picasso made in 1906:
As you walk in, you're given a personal MP3-player device, through which you can listen to an "audiotour." The narrators told me, through my headphones, that Picasso had...
March 30, 2010
Vincent
With thoughts of Vincent van Gogh, born on this day in 1853.
"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men." -vvg
"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model." -vvg
"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way." -vvg
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"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men." -vvg
"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model." -vvg
"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way." -vvg
http://gregippolito.net/
March 22, 2010
H.R. 3590
Said Winston Churchill: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried."
On the morning following the House's historic vote on national health care reform legislation, I'll let the good people at The Onion address all the disappointed constituents out there:
[video:]
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On the morning following the House's historic vote on national health care reform legislation, I'll let the good people at The Onion address all the disappointed constituents out there:
[video:]
http://gregippolito.net/
March 18, 2010
Pictures of You
The fourth-grade chorus at PS22 sings "Pictures of You" by the Cure.
[video:]
This clip is the quintessence of, "Man, you just never know."
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[video:]
This clip is the quintessence of, "Man, you just never know."
http://gregippolito.net/
March 17, 2010
My Bracket
Just finished my bracket. I already hate it.
[bracket image:]
Syracuse feels like a better team than Ohio St., but I just can't bet against Evan Turner (if that makes any sense). I'm vexed. Oh well, f**k it. I always lose these things.
G.
[bracket image:]
Syracuse feels like a better team than Ohio St., but I just can't bet against Evan Turner (if that makes any sense). I'm vexed. Oh well, f**k it. I always lose these things.
G.
March 15, 2010
Peter Graves, RIP
Man, that was quick. Someone already edited together a Peter Graves/Airplane tribute and posted it on YouTube. Bon voyage, Captain Oveur...
[video:]
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[video:]
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March 8, 2010
Goldberg Variation
Absolutely jaw-dropping. Truly must-see:
[video:]
No cutaways, either; this is a one-camera, one-shot film.
The song is pretty rockin', too.
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[video:]
No cutaways, either; this is a one-camera, one-shot film.
The song is pretty rockin', too.
http://gregippolito.net/
March 1, 2010
The People v. Bad Company
Bad Company, you are hereby charged with ripping off Joni Mitchell.
Your self-titled song, "Bad Company," is an almost note-for-note copy of Joni's transcendent "Woodstock."
Jurors, let's examine the evidence. First, "Bad Company":
Bad Company - Bad Company
Next, "Woodstock":
Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
In closing, we do recognize that without you, Bad Company, we wouldn't have Stillwater — and that's worth noting. But we also recognize that Stillwater isn't even real, yet "Fever Dog" is a better son...
Your self-titled song, "Bad Company," is an almost note-for-note copy of Joni's transcendent "Woodstock."
Jurors, let's examine the evidence. First, "Bad Company":
Bad Company - Bad Company
Next, "Woodstock":
Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
In closing, we do recognize that without you, Bad Company, we wouldn't have Stillwater — and that's worth noting. But we also recognize that Stillwater isn't even real, yet "Fever Dog" is a better son...
