Monster #8

Buddy Dooley
Monster #8 (2013)
6" x 5" Paint


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Aaron

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Chomsky

Chomsky is 84.

He doesn't cover a lot of new ground here, yet what he says is as crucial as ever.


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The Black Mamba

Electric!


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Another Useless "Historical" Film?

We'll see.


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Monster #7

Buddy Dooley
Monster #7 (2013)
6" x 5" Paint


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Sonny Boy Williamson

A tasty selection from Charles Lucas.


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Monster #6

Buddy Dooley
Monster #6 (2013)
6" x 5" Paint

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Rethinking Economics

A daring essay by Andrew Levine.

And another by Greg Kaufmann.






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Now What?

With the college football season about to end  I'll soon have to transition into another form of sporting distraction.

It isn't easy for me because I'm not really a fan of millionaire basketball players (NBA). Professional football (NFL) puts me to sleep most of the time, though I attempt to watch the occasional game.

The 47th Super Bowl is around the corner.  I watched the first two or three, then lost interest for years and years.  I've watched a couple of those in the past decade, but can't remember who won or even played in them.

I don't care much for the hype around the Super Bowl.  It's loud and obnoxious, and of course it is at bottom meaningless.  That is the story of entertainment in general. An action movie and the Super Bowl have a lot in common; they're usually both immediately forgettable.

True artistry is difficult to find anywhere, particularly in sports and movies.  Particularly when you're older and your interest has ebbed because you've become a jaded personality.

I once loved college basketball, but I've sort of lost my day to day passion for that game as well.  I still like March Madness, but I don't follow the conferences like I used to.

The college game is really diluted these days.  The best players turn pro out of high school or after a year or two in the college game.

Kentucky started four freshmen and a sophomore last year and won the NCAA Tournament.  Then those players and the team's sixth man all turned pro.

I'd be very disappointed if I was a Kentucky fan.

I'm skimming the OSU/UO b-ball game tonight.  It's halftime.  Neither team looks very good.

I guess Arizona is the best Pac-12 team this year, coming back up from a few down years.  Back in the day, when Lute Olson led the program, the Wildcats were fun to watch.  They were always very good.

Today I couldn't tell you the name of one single player on the current Arizona team.  Same with UCLA.

Oh well...


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Monster #5

Buddy Dooley
Monster #5 (2013)
6" x 5" Paint

Dooley just puts it out there, never mind the world.

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P.S.  He says there will be ten monsters and then he'll move on to something else.  So bear with him, forgive him, and do what you must do.

Fiesta Madness!

(Bruce Ely photo)

Rogue Barner Ducks in a crowd of KSU fanatics!

Great game.  I'm happy.

Next up for Oregon.  Sanctions, a one year bowl ban, and a new coach!


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Pollack's History

Here is an interesting excerpt by Norman Pollack from his book-in-progress.

While I agree with Pollack that Obama seems a willing functionary of our militarist economy, I'm not equally certain that he is necessarily content with his role therein or believes his own rhetoric.

Where many others would deliberately deceive, Obama is simply overwhelmed by the vagaries of power.  Our choice often appears to be between the deceivers and the inept.

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The Best

(Football's best uniform)

Somebody should throw an unsportsmanlike-conduct flag on CD later today during the Fiesta Bowl.

He, along with a majority of other old-fashioned football pundits, doesn't like Oregon's Nike-made unis.

Throw the flag while he tailgates with a plateful of scrapple and black-eyed peas--and God knows what kind of insane and distasteful Starbucks' concoction to wash it down with--in front of his TV and berates my favorite college football team for its supposed bad taste in apparel.

He should be reminded that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  In the culinary as well as the football arts.

Don't ever forget the pink pillbox hat!!

There are, however, reasonable voices amid the protesters.

That's fifteen yards and no dessert for you, CD.


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Clowney--ing Around

A Michigan running back gets clowned good here.

One of the best defensive plays you will ever see anywhere.  The speed with which this happened, in the S. Carolina/Michigan Outback Bowl yesterday, is remarkable, and rare.

I watched a lot of college football this season and this takes the RBP Best Moment Trophy.


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