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Dorothy Hamill Haircut
Is everything going retro, or am I just getting that old. I swear I have seen a couple young ladies with a Dorothy Hamill Haircut recently. Of course, I guess this should not surprise me. They don’t want to admit it, but a lot of the hairstyles today are retro …
Best Crime Movie in Ages
Add me to the chorus of people who are raving about THE LAST LULLABY, a terrific, l0w-budget indie crime movie directed by Jeffrey Goodman and starring Tom Sizemore as an insomniac hitman on his last assignment. It's based the novel THE LAST QUARRY by Max Alan Collins, who co-wrote the script with Peter Biegen. It's not another in one in a seemingly endless spew of pop-culture-referencing, amped-up, martial-arts, dizzyingly-edited action montages masquarading as movies. This is the real deal,
Campbell Brown, Sexist Pig
Jump to Comments I learned a long time ago, writing captions for photos in magazines and newspapers, that context is everything. Even pictures can mean vastly different things, depending on context, for example, I can show you a picture of a vacant lot, overgrown with weeds and maybe some typical urban trash. And I can provide you with two captions: Urban permaculture project seeks answers to invasive species problem … or Land use regulations create headaches for developers and eyesores for the
Waah Waah Waah!
This story made me laugh. While we sit here, wondering why eggs are $2.00/dzn and bread $2.00 a loaf, Gas at stoopid prices (ranging from 72¢ to 1.39¢/litre - collusion? naaaaah) the auto indiustry has gone on creating monster gas guzzlers for the past decade completely turning blind eye to the rest of the world’s dire cries of “ecological disaster impending!”. So 1.72M SUV’s, Pickups and Vans sit unsold on lots across North America, everyone is buying SmartCars(tm) in Canada (or used cars
‘The Contender’ Host Tony Danza Explains Why He’s Better Than Sylvester Stallone
Tony Danza is beloved by fans for his portrayals of Tony Banta on Taxi and Tony Micelli on Who's the Boss?, but before he took on those iconic TV roles, the Brooklyn native was a professional boxer. In fact, a producer for Taxi discovered him at a New York gym. Now he's returning to his roots as host of the fourth season of The Contender, premiering tonight on Versus. Vulture spoke to Danza about filming in Singapore, his own days as a fighter, and what happens when things get emotional in the
The Language of Texas Cattle Ranching
The man that is Busby “Buzz” Owens is what you think of when you think of the classic Texas cattle rancher. Sadly, the image we automatically conjure up has almost become a thing of the past. Today, the person who owns land and cattle in Texas has to be part cowboy, part businessman and certainly, part gutsy venture capitalist. Owens is all that and more. He’s a serious man. It’s obvious after meeting him that he rarely smiles and it safe to assume, he never laughs either. He is angry, too–that’
Separated by a tear. . .
The noble Mabes . . . . . . and the teary-eyed American Indian from that litter ad in the seventies.
Adidas SL72 trainers reissued with original detailing
Another old school reissue from Adidas, with the Adidas SL72 trainers available now for pre-order. Originally produced in 1972 to coincide with the Munich Olympics the shoe was reissued a while back in a full leather finish, but this version is faithful to the first generation. That means a nylon weave body with suede detailing, a 'running shoe' type sole and should you want to pass them off as a first edition, a vintage hand-finishing treatment to create a slightly aged look. Choose from th
Marvel’s “Eye” Sees Thursday Release
After a rather lengthy lead time, MARVELS: EYE OF THE CAMERA sees release this week. The solicitation copy reads thusly: The long-awaited sequel to the award-winning publishing sensation that made Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross into stars begins here! News photographer Phil Sheldon’s back, with the man-on-the-street’s perspective on the big events of the Marvel Universe, from the Avengers, the all-new X-Men and the Secret Wars to Dracula and the Werewolf By Night. But this time, Phil’s world is g
GLEN E FRIEDMAN - IDEALIST PROPAGANDA
If there was one photographer that had his finger on the pulse of everything cool, that photographer would be Glen E. Friedman. He captured some of the most iconic images of such skateboarding legends as Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Duane Peters, Stacy Peralta, and other in the late seventies and early eighties. Glen was also there in the early stages of the punk and hardcore scene, documenting the angst, energy, and rebellion of Black Flag, Minor Threat, Suicidal Tendencies, and the Bad Brains. But
Johnny Depp Will See You in Hell
Depp's Inferno: OInfinitum Nihil, Johnny Depp's production company, has acquired the screen rights to Nick Tosches's novel In the Hand of Dante and will develop it as a star vehicle for Depp. The story tells the simultaneous tales of Dante in the fourteenth century as he writes The Divine Comedy and the modern-day Tosches (Depp) as he attempts to authenticate Dante's original manuscript. With Depp occupying his time these days playing boring characters like the Mad Hatter and Captain Jack Spar
The Sadistic Mika Band
from Tokyo appeared on OGWT in the seventies and supported Roxy Music ( or so I'm told ). Bowie was also, somewhat inevitably, a fan. The Frank Chickens toured extensively in the eighties and introduced karaoke to a whole new generation. Other moderately successful Japanese bands include Pizzicato 5 and Pink Lady. Kyu Sakamoto had the first ( and only ) Japanese-language number one single on Billboard with 'Sukiyaki' in 1965. Domo arigato gozaimasu.
Clifford Richards paper art
The work of Clifford Richards, designer and paper artist of the Sixties and Seventies, has recently been added to the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection. And happily, his work has also been made available in their shop at the same time. That means that you can purchase vintage Richards prints, such as this assured pair of toucans (below), or populate your child's environment with fun pop-up animals like those above. Such bright colours and simple lines are sure to go down well.
Frequently asked Questions about Automobiles
by Daryl Marples Automobiles, don’t we just love and worship them? Well, some people don’t do either one, but most of us do. As pollution concerns are being tackled, by both stricter legislation and improved technology, we can feel a lot less guilty about our four wheeled friends. They come in all shapes and sizes, more or less, and can be so shiny and new that we just can’t resist them. Of course even when they’re not new, the possibilities are there to improve them and make them our own. So
Statement: libel action brought by Johanna Kaschke
AS IS being reported widely across the leftwing blogosphere, I am currently being sued for libel by Johanna Kaschke, a Conservative Party activist based in Tower Hamlets.In light of the considerable publicity, let me state the following for the record. This case centres on whether or not Ms Kaschke - filmed in May in the company of London mayor Boris Johnson - can fairly be said to have been 'linked' to the ultraleftist Baader Meinhof terrorist gang in her youth in seventies Germany. Ms Kaschke
Holly Roller Not Again
The Kings of Leon boys have reportedly fallen out with each other once again. With the band beginning a massive world tour in support of latest album Only By The Night, this worsening of relations couldn’t come at a worse time. The southern cowboys have been at ‘blows’ say fellow family members. We do hope the once Seventies- hillbilly rockers, turned pristine and poised superstars, haven’t got too big for those old John Wayne’s. The current edition of Q suggested that tensions within the grou
Win Robert Wyatt Boxset
9 Album Retrospective Robert Wyatt is venerable enough to remember the days when rock 'n' roll personnel were pretty much powerless when it came to contracts. The sixty-three-yearold musician has been a solo artist for thirty-five years now, but initially came to prominence in the 1960s with influential prog-rock outfit Soft Machine. Like so many of his contemporaries, he felt a bit shafted by his early deals. “A lot of stuff I did from the Sixties all belongs to the record company in perpetu
Today On Radio 2 3/12/08
Figgy Duff is a pudding, as you may know. Never had it, but it's a Newfoundland specialty involving lots of butter and sugar so it can't be bad. Figgy Duff the band was formed in 1975 in St John's, and went on to become one of the province's best known folk rock bands. Last summer one the band's founding members, Pamela Morgan, led the group in a 25th anniversary party at the Writer's Festival at Woody Point in Bonne Bay Newfoundland, the former Orange Lodge -- the building itself had just tur
Thinking Through the Debris of Terror: After Bombay
Last week’s terror attacks on Bombay/Mumbai, for which there can be no justification whatsoever, have targetted railway stations, restaurants, hospitals, places of worship, streets and hotels. These are the places in which people gather. where the anonymous flux of urban life finds refuge and sustenance on an everyday basis. By attacking such sites, the tactics of the recent terror attack (like all its predecessors) echo the tropes of conventional warfare as it developed in the twentieth centu
The Battle Over Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park by Graham Bowley - NYTimes.com
Read original...View Slide-show...CATHRYN SWAN, a freelance public relations consultant who wears glasses with thick burgundy frames and her brown hair clipped back in a barrette, was squinting into the sun beneath the elm trees in Washington Square Park, looking as if she were in physical pain.Photo Credit: http://www.satyamag.com/sat.site.images/swan.jpg Taking out a red tape measure, Ms. Swan leaned into the bushes to indicate the height — four feet — of an imaginary iron perimeter fence, one
Steven by Steve Madden Empire Hobo Handbag | Chic and Contemporary East West Purse
The trend for hobo handbags has been around for years, and it's showing no signs of slowing down. But it's all too easy to take that boho-chic look too far, leaving you looking like a leftover from the seventies! You'll never have to worry about that carrying the Empire hobo. The slouch is a lot subtler than we see on many hobo handbags, making it a much more sophisticated choice. Its clean lines and polished gold-tone hardware allow you to pair it with a dress jacket and pencil skirt for a co
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