Movies have so permeated our society that it is often just assumed that you have seen certain ones. Jokes, popular culture, and advertisements play up the ubiquitous nature of some movies, specifically their lines. You may even quote lines from movies you’ve never seen. Here are eight often quoted movie lines and the context they are spoken...
Read MoreJ. C. Leyendecker
JC Leyendecker was a painter/illustrator who, between 1896 and 1950, painted more than 400 magazine covers and pretty much revolutionized the magazine cover as we know it. His work is almost painfully stylish, and I adore everything of his that I’ve come across since discovering him. To see more (why wouldn’t you?) click the cut. You can also...
Read MoreTo the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
How then did it work out, all this? How did one judge people, think of them? How did one add up this and that and conclude that it was liking on felt, or disliking? And to those words, what meaning attached, after all? - Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse I know I’ve done Virginia Woolf already — I highlighted the perennial Mrs. Dalloway back...
Read MoreThe Velvet Underground – After Hours
Maureen Tucker was the drummer for The Velvet Underground until she wasn’t. After moving away from the band (following Lou Reed’s departure) and on with her life, she eventually found herself living in Georgia and working at a Walmart distribution center. In 1989, a young band named Half Japanese “found” her (talent languishing),...
Read MoreThere Was a Moment to Turn Back
Standing in his dark room again after these months apart, I feel as though I’ve come home to find all of my furniture rearranged. The street lamps beyond the window leak an accordion of light through the slits in the blinds, and as my eyes adjust I find his vague outline, one knee bent as he sits propped up against a large pillow on the bed, his...
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