Issue 317
Week of 04/07/2008
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Babette's Feast (1987)
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Tree of the Wooden Clogs (1978)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Little Women (1933)
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As The Blog Turns

04/11/2008

Ouch! The Daily Show's Eviscerating "Documentary" About Fox News

The best way to start out the weekend is with some excellent satire, and this John Oliver piece fills that bill in spades.

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04/09/2008

The Surge Twins

Maureen Dowd weighs in on the Petraeus and Crocker hearings:

You know you’re in trouble when Barbara Boxer is the voice of reason.

“Why is it,” she asked, “after all we have given — 4,024 American lives, gone; more than half-a-billion dollars spent; all this for the Iraqi people, but it’s the Iranian president who is greeted with kisses and flowers?”

She warmed to: “He got a red-carpet treatment, and we are losing our sons and daughters every single day for the Iraqis to be free. It is irritating is my point.”

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Petraeus Stumped By Monty Hall Problem

Darn, It's Looks Like The Surge Is Permanent

Inspiration: Cognitive Dissonance in Monkeys - The Monty Hall Problem

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04/08/2008

Cognitive Dissonance in Monkeys - The Monty Hall Problem

I have a degree in Psychology, but I've never heard of this counter intuitive problem before involving mathematical probabilities.  You can also play an online version of the game.

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04/07/2008

Art And Video Links For 04/07/2008

Emma Florence Harrison
Not many details are known about Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite artist Emma Florence Harrison, who was also one of the Glasgow Girls, but I think these are some of the best children's book illustrations that I've ever seen.  There are more of her illustrations here.

From "Early Poems" By William Morris

An illustration to Christina Rossetti's poem 'A Birthday'
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Joseph Karl Stieler
Joseph Stieler was a German portrait artist, who's realist painting and subjects are quite fascinating.  I was particularly impressed with his paintings of women in "The Gallery of Beauties".

Beethoven (1820)

Beautiful Amalie Auguste, Princess of Bavaria
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Shadi Ghadirian via traveling with the ghost
These are wonderfully composed photographs of Iranian women, who live in a Islamic contraction forcing them to have one foot in the past and one foot in the present.

Iranian Woman With A Can Of Pepsi
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Roman Tolici via Glubibulga
Bunny rabbits gone berserk!

Hypostasis (2006)
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Domodress via Everlasting Blort
Here is a link just in case you don't know who Domo-kun is.

Domodress
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Norah Jones - Sunrise
I saw an article about Norah Jones on NYT and found this gem on YouTube.  She's great!

Nora Jones
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Tegan And Sara -Back In Your Head
When I was looking up Norah Jones on YouTube, I found the amazing identical twins Tegan and Sara from Canada.  Here are a few of their songs I enjoyed on YouTube: I know I know I know, Walking with a Ghost (which White Strips covered) and Living Room.  They're great too!!!

Tegan?
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The Count Basie Orchestra - Corner Pocket
This music is simply sublime.  I wish I could have seen his band in his prime.

Count Basie
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Kraftwerk - Radioactivity (Live)
I saw this article on Metafilter, which reminded me about Kraftwerk, who I have featured several times before.  Radionactivity is a great of song which they performed live.  I'd love to see these guys live.  They're one of my favorite bands.  They look a little like the Blue Man Group in that picture below, don't they?

Kraftwerk
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Brian Eno - Babys on Fire
This was kind of a weird experimental color video shot at MIT in 1976, but the recording by Brian Eno is one of my all time favorites.

Brian Eno's First Album - Here Come The Warm Jets (1973)
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Michael Powers - Baby's Got a Train
This New York City blues man can really play his Fender Stratocaster reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and Stevie Ray Vaughn.  His MySpace page is here.  Thanks Tom W. for the link!

Michael Powers Live
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Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman  (Live)
This 1970's hit still sounds fresh to me and not dated at all.

Carlos Santana
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Teaserama (1955) trailer

Sexy Betty Page In Teaserama
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The Ugly American Says Adios To The World

Thank God Time's Almost Up For Circus Boy!

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Petraeus Stumped By Monty Hall Problem 4/9

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The Ugly American Says Adios To The World 4/6

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Bush Mistakes His Glue Stick For His ChapStick 4/3

Pickles Joins The SETI@home Project 4/2

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The McScrooge Talk Express 3/29

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Cheney Detonates Atomic Grenade To Jump Start Peace Process 3/24

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McCain Would Be The 6th Civil War Veteran President 3/20

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The Phez Twins 3/17

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Bush Library Pledge Drive 3/31

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Citizen McCain 3/9

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Monster Theater Presents:
The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy 3/7

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The Real George W. Bush 3/2

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John McCain's Spam And Eggs 2/29

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Nader To Run For President
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