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Tag Archives: entertainment
Review of “The Art of Getting By”
While on vacation, I caught a delightful movie on HBO that I did not recall ever seeing advertised for showings in the theater. The film is entitled The Art of Getting By and stars Freddie Highmore (Finding Neverland and Charlie … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, art, entertainment, film, movies, music, soundtracks, television
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Cool artistic Cali theaters
Here are photos of two historic theaters in located in the Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Sacramento in the lovely communities of Grass Valley and Nevada City.
Posted in architecture, art, Cities, entertainment, fun, history, land use, movies, pictures
Tagged art, art deco, California, entertainment, Grass Valley, history, movies, Nevada City, theaters
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Best live albums
Live albums are something you seldom see anymore, but back in the day, live albums were quite popular and could be the impetus to superstardom – several of the acts listed below got their big break from a live album release. … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, concerts, entertainment, music, recordings
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Wasting away in mind-pollutionville
I detest infomercials and cannot think of any less imaginative way to run a television station than to air mindless infomercials. Here in Greater Lansing they seem to be the programming du jour when stations have nothing better to do or are … Continue reading
Posted in art, civics, Communications, consumerism, economics, entertainment, pollution, product design, technology, Television
Tagged advertising, broadcasting, entertainment, programming, television, TV, visual pollution
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Spider-man is truly amazing
I saw The Amazing Spider-man last night and thought it was a very enjoyable and entertaining movie. In fact, I liked it better than the initial version with Tobey Maguire. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone were perfectly cast as Peter … Continue reading
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Tagged art, comics, entertainment, film, movies, Spiderman
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The heart of “Brave”
Saw the newest Pixar movie, Brave yesterday afternoon in a theater stuffed to the rafters. While not my favorite Pixar movie of all time, it ranks up there with the best. An excellent film full of howling laughs, edge of … Continue reading
Obsolete watch – things about to disappear
Here’s my initial list of things that will largely disappear in the next decade. Sure, you can still find buggy whips in certain places, but they don’t permeate the market like they did 100 years ago. Wristwatches – who needs … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, entertainment, history, marketing, music, products, TV
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Dialing in Radiohead live
I attended a Radiohead concert last night at the Palace of Auburn Hills outside of Detroit. The opening act was Caribou and from what I saw (the last ten minutes due to traffic) they were very good. Radiohead hit the … Continue reading
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Tagged concert, Detroit, entertainment, music, Radiohead, reviews
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“Screen” better days
Earlier this month I posted photos of two historic and impressive movie theater marquees in Ann Arbor – the Michigan and the State. Here are photos of two old theaters in south-central Michigan. The first, “The Main” is along U.S. 12 … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, entertainment, film, marquees, movies, theaters
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