Apr
15th
Thu
15th
"What are you going to do, then?" I asked. "To smoke," he [Holmes] answered. "It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes."
Apr
11th
Sun
11th
Officers placed numerous green Tropical Isle Hand Grenade containers and plastic beer cups near numerous shell casings to mark them
Apr
10th
Sat
10th
A New Orleans mayor appeals for aid, 1874.
“Nothing but large increase of resources for relief can prevent the horrors of famine and great loss of life. We need a million of dollars more. Details will be given by mail. LOUIS A. WILTZ, Mayor and Treasurer of Relief Fund.”
But you have to appreciate: no one wants to know they have been manufactured
Apr
9th
Fri
9th
“This is some straight up Balzac.”
Mar
20th
Sat
20th
Why Americans Don’t Like Jazz
This is a very interesting piece and its premise could apply just as easily to classical music. The author should remember, however, that the enjoyment of fine arts has always been the province of the select few and not the general public. When the few were attending Mozart premieres, the general public was into songs with lyrics like these:
For staying while dinner is cold and hot And pudding and dumpling? burnt to pot, Burnt to pot, burnt to pot, Till pudding and dumpling’s burnt to pot. We’ll drink off our liquor while we can stand, And hey for the honour of old England, Old England, old England, And hey for the honour of old England !
Mar
17th
Wed
17th
O’Toole said that print journalism and the pub had been ”stifled” in recent years. ”Keith’s play has become a comical elegy on this double demise.
Jan
24th
Sun
24th
I would say humbly, this would be Mardi Gras, New Year’s Eve, the 300th anniversary of New Orleans and the invention of television all wrapped up into one
