One of my favorite performances of all time was Voigt singing the role at Chicago’s Lyric Opera in the late aughts, with sets by David Hockney, to boot. I’m genuinely torn about whether to travel a few hours north to see this one.
Acting is an honorable craft, and it drives empathy in society. But being gifted at it doesn’t mean that the rest of us have to take your opinions on other forms of art seriously.
(I know he did opera and ballet as a kid. I also don’t care. The comments were still idiotic and unnecessary.)
I feel quite confident that the long-term cultural influence of Beethoven and Diaghilev will outlast that of the guy who starred in a middling reboot of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”
On March 10, anniversary of 1959 Lhasa Uprising, Chinese govt would be on high alert, but few Tibetans would dare to mark the occasion as the cost is too high. "World leaders should use this moment to challenge China’s enforced silence surrounding Tibet": www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
When lawyers are motivated to “get to yes,” their work is prone to bullshit (in the technical sense). @danmaurerlawprof.bsky.social argues that the Maduro Rendition memorandum is full of it.
I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.
FBI agents with experience and training in counterterrorism and/or Iran are:
a.) Being fired for doing their jobs.
b.) Transporting detained immigrants as step-and-fetches for ICE.
Republicans aren't complaining about either of those things.
[Exit Murderer.]
I’ve heard it attributed to Churchill, too, who also never said it.
As for western civilization and its heirs, does anyone think this clown could differentiate between a classical and a romantic motif?Would anyone claim he could define “chiaroscuro?”
You want real evidence for the decline of the Ivy League? Hegseth is it. He is the heir of nothing but mediocrity.
It’s important to note that neither Hegseth nor any of the other imposters play acting at national leadership have the slightest inkling of why Europeans came to this continent in the first place, or the creedal principles they chose to detail in our founding documents.
Nothing will ever top “Breaking the Waves” for me.
It’s a scene from “Antichrist.” It’s his worst film, I think, but that talking fox does make me smile.
Only on Bluesky would this get me judged for not being appreciative enough of single parents. In case the Lars von Trier clip didn’t make this explicit, my tongue is firmly in cheek.
In light of even more firings at the FBI last week, I’m re-posting this clip as a protest at how deep the rot is burrowing.
First full weekend of solo parenting — ever — begins tomorrow.
I’m printing this out to show my friends and family, few of whom would ever testify that I’ve *lowered* their blood pressure.
Don’t worry, Graham, my tongue was firmly in cheek (and great seeing you in person the other week).
I realize I’m the only non-academic commenting, but isn’t that the concept of peer review?
This sounds reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman’s film “The Serpent’s Egg,” so, of course, I’m picking it up.
To get a job as an analyst at the NSA, applicants are now required to identify their favorite executive orders.
Radiohead just randomly started streaming live performances and random songs from their catalogue yesterday, and it's still going.....................
👀👀👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ga...
Um, I love Bella Tarr, but I don’t think that *any* of his films are the cure for whatever ails Anna.
In light of Kristi Noem’s testimony, I’m re-upping this piece about the murder of Renee Good.
I proudly wore a badge for almost my entire adult life; I’m not someone unsympathetic to law enforcement, to say the least. Consider what it means, then, when I support this sentiment: Abolish ICE.
It’s probably my favorite Pavement song, and I quite like the video, but Sophie Thatcher was not even close to being born when they recorded it. Which is fine, I guess, but her character is remembering seminal moments from the band’s past...for which she wasn’t alive.
Let me out of here.
I simultaneously posted a question about the Justice Department, and a clip of Richard Hell and the Voidoids singing “Blank Generation,” just to see which got more comments.
You all failed.
I dreamed I was a very clean tramp.
Has OLC *ever* issued an opinion limiting the President’s powers in foreign affairs? I’m not asking rhetorically; I’d genuinely like to know.
If it has *always* been permissive in this realm (and, frankly, in most realms), why should its opinions be seen as objective? How is it not a rubber stamp?
